Linguist/Exploitation Specialist

Description

Linguist/Exploitation Specialist

The Intel Sector team is seeking experienced Linguist/Exploitation Specialist to support a high-impact Intelligence Community customer in the National Capital Region (NCR). This is a unique opportunity to apply your language expertise, analytical skills, and cultural insight to meaningful, real-world missions-all from your home office.

As a linguist on this contract, you will work with a wide range of traditional and social media content, transforming complex information into clear, accurate, and actionable intelligence products. Your work will directly support customer decision-making in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.

Language Requirement

• Italian/German/French/Polish/Turkish
• Full professional fluency in American English, including strong command of idioms and expressions

What You'll Do

• Monitor Internet-based and social media sources in Italian/German/French/Polish/Turkish using customer-defined criteria
• Translate, summarize, analyze, and report on text, audio, video, and social media content, including technical material
• Identify key themes, trends, and insights while capturing geopolitical, regional, ethnic, and cultural context
• Produce high-quality written products that meet strict editorial, style, and formatting standards
• Respond to evolving customer requirements by collecting data, analyzing results, and publishing detailed reports
• Collaborate as part of a virtual team, while also working independently and managing competing priorities

Work Schedule & Location

• 100% remote (home office)
• Primarily Monday-Friday, with occasional nights and weekends as mission needs require

Minimum Qualifications

• U.S. citizen
• Bachelor's degree with 2-4 years of relevant experience or Master's degree with less than 2 years of experience. Additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• Professional-level foreign language proficiency (ILR 3 or higher on a translation test)
• Experience as a foreign media collector, translator, analyst, technical officer, or journalist
• Demonstrated experience with open-source research, including social media exploitation
• Strong understanding of relevant media environments
• Ability to accurately summarize both factual details and abstract concepts
• Advanced computer skills, including MS Office and Internet research tools
• Proven ability to work independently and contribute effectively to a distributed, virtual team
• Self-motivated, intellectually curious, and eager to solve problems and learn new skills
• Excellent organization, time management, attention to detail, and initiative
• Familiarity with human language translation, post-edited machine translation, and adaptive machine translation tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience translating or summarizing live or recorded audio/video content
• Ability to quickly triage large volumes of material to isolate nuanced, high-value information
• Successful completion of English and foreign language translation testing

This role is ideal for linguists who thrive in analytical environments, enjoy working with diverse media sources, and want their language skills to make a real impact.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

January 13, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $59,150.00 - $106,925.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) 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.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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Client-provided location(s): Flexible / Remote

Job ID: Leidos-R-00173529

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-02-06T18:51:45