Job Description

Salary: 85,150 - 153,925 USD per year Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI CI Poly clearance.
• Achieve a minimum score of 2 in respective foreign language (reading and listening) and a minimum score of 3 in English (reading, listening, speaking, and writing) on the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale.
• Three (3) years of experience working with human language technology and computer programming.
• BA degree and 4 – 8 years of prior relevant experience or a Master's with 2 – 6 years of prior relevant experience.
• Team player who can prioritize and effectively manage their own matrixed team and multiple competing priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate in a professional manner (email, spoken, & reports).
• Experience working with ML/AI products and techniques pertaining to natural language processing, such as optical character recognition, document classification, named entity recognition, machine translation, etc.
• General understanding of the Microsoft Com Object Model, REST API, HTML and XML or JSON formats.
• Familiarity with Python packages relating to machine learning and text processing, including pandas, NLTK, or SpaCY.
• Ability to use or train to proficiency on customer-specific software programs and tools.
• Ability to collaborate, interact, and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical personnel.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the management, development, and configuration of HLT tools, including machine translation engines, text classification models, transliteration, and optical character recognition.
• Identify and address issues with the integration of technology.
• Facilitate the use of Computer Assisted Translation (CAT) tools such as SDL Trados, including creating translation memory projects, and managing translation memory and termbase files.
• Leverage customer tools to generate reports and metrics.
• Review results generated by tools to assess accuracy and effectiveness.
• Work with various team members (e.g., systems engineers, triage specialists, and linguists) to identify products of potential value.
• Provide training to other team members on the use of translation memory and CAT tools.
• Create and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the use of HLT.

Technologies:

• AI
• API
• Support
• JSON
• Machine Learning
• Python
• REST
• Security
• XML
• pandas

More:

At Leidos National Security Sector, we are currently seeking experienced Human Language Technology (HLT) Specialists in various languages to support the HLT initiatives of a Department of Defense (DoD) customer in the National Capital Region (NCR). Our HLT specialists should have experience working with human language technologies, computer programming, computer-assisted translation, and terminology management. As HLT specialists, we will support a program performing Document and Media Exploitation (DOMEX) operations and are expected to leverage our language, analytical, and programming skills.

We will support the use of HLT for triage, translation, and summarization, and help identify and prioritize the work to be performed on the program. Candidates must currently possess TS/SCI clearance and will be required to pass a polygraph and subject interview prior to starting on the project.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is $85,150.00 - $153,925.00. This range is a general guideline only and does not guarantee compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Job Tags

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