Spanish Linguist; Security Clearance

Position: Spanish Linguist (2025-0083) with Security Clearance
Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading language and intelligence services company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector. We see this as a significant strength, and it shows: ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow.

We are actively hiring a Spanish Professional Translator/Interpreter to join our team working in Reston, VA. Linguist must have a minimum of 3 years working as a professional translator and/or interpreter within the last 7 years or a recently completed M.A., degree in Translation and or Interpretation. You will be responsible for supporting a government agency and your office with translation, transcription, and interpretation services.

RESPONSIBILITIES
* In this role, linguists will use native reading and writing skills and cultural expertise.
* Linguists to provide high-caliber Spanish to English and vice versa interpretation, translation, and transcription
* Perform proofreading and quality control of final products
* Provide Spanish conversational one-on-one support sessions as needed
* Work independently, under no supervision
* Ability to work as part of at team and able to meet deadline on short-notice
* Work flexible hours Monday - Friday during normal business hours between 0700 and 1800 or as needed depending on the workflow in order to complete deadlines
* Occasionally may be required to work overtime, including weekends and holidays
* As needed, linguists may be asked to travel CONUS and OCONUS TDY'S opportunities to meet the office's requirements, as needed. Travel - Approximately 60% REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
* Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
* Master's or Bachelor's degree in Interpretation and Translation
* Interpretation between source and target languages
* Translation into English and target language
* Transcription into English and target language
* Summarizing/Gisting while drawing upon linguistic or cultural expertise
* Subject Matter Expertise in Religion and Culture, and Linguistics PREFERRED SKILLS
* Translation Related Services
* Summarizing/Gisting, Triage, Quality Control and Editing of language products
* Consecutive note taking, public speaking
* Workflow
* Lexicographer
* Human Language Technology (HLT), CAT tools (e.g., Lilt, MS Suite etc.)
* Terminology Management vetting, and sharing word or phrase translations with context specific meaning, e.g., software, medical or military terminology
* Subject Matter Expertise in Counter-Proliferation, Counter terrorism, Legal/Law, Narcotics Regional Politics and Science and Technology are desired.
* Professional translation and/or interpretation certifications obtained (e.g., ATA, FCICE, CHI/CMI, etc.)