Overview

Exovera’s Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis (CIRA) is seeking a motivated Russian Linguist-Analyst to provide language-enabled research, analytic services and forward-thinking insight on complex issues related to Russia.

CIRA provides research, analysis, and operational capabilities to government, defense, and private-sector clients. Our team consists of Chinese-, Russian-, and Iran-focused linguist-analysts who work closely with a cadre of software engineers to produce cutting-edge insights, data exploitation, and tool development.

Essential Job Duties

• Work individually and as part of a team to conduct Russian-language open source research and analysis using online sources, academic publications, gray literature, and in-house proprietary databases;

• Identify and collect data for analysis and to create finished reports;

• Write finished analytic reports for and engage with senior clients ranging from short briefs to monograph-length studies;

• Establish subject matter expertise in areas of analytic responsibility, including identifying key items for research and analysis and potential new data sources;

• Work with in-house software developers to identify and assist collection and processing of Russian language documents and structured data

Minimum Requirements

• Active in-scope Secret clearance

• Minimum 3 years demonstrated experience in Russian military strategy, doctrine, and capabilities; science and technology development; and/or political system;

• Advanced Russian language skills equivalent to or above ILR 2+ level for reading and listening;

• Superior verbal and written English communication skills;

• Strong demonstrated ability to work individually or as part of a team;

• Bachelor's degree in area studies, intelligence studies, political science, security studies, international relations, data science, computer science, or related field; and

• Proficiency in MS Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in relevant field

• Experience in Open-Source intelligence analysis with the U.S. government or as a U.S. government contractor;

• Experience translating and summarizing general and technical material;

• Experience building, processing, and analyzing large datasets;

• Programming skills, such as experience in Python, Java, C, Go, Ruby, Swift, MongoDB, ArangoDB, PostgresSQL, Analyst Notebook, Palantir, or other programming languages and databases

Work Environment

• Travel: Dunn Loring Station (orange line); free parking garage available on-site

• Remote flexibility

• Flexible hours, non-shift work