Senior Language Technologist

Required Security Clearance:
Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph

8570 Category Requirement:
None

8570 Specialist Requirement:
None

Travel:
None

Potential for Teleworking:
No

Schedule:
Full Time

City:
Fort Meade

State/Territory:
Maryland

Base-2 Solutions is looking for a language technologist that processes and maintains language artifacts (i.e. lexicons, term bases, word nets, taxonomies, ontologies). Applies analytic techniques to improve performance of assigned lexicons. Leverages understanding of linguistics and assigned language to improve machine translation performance. Prepares test cases to assure proper performance. Collects corpora and evaluates performance of language identification modules.

Required Skills:
Sourcing candidates with experience with Kurdish.

Requirements:
Seven (7) years of experience working in the target language

Four (4) years of experience in lexicography

Level 2+ language skills or equivalent in at least one foreign language

Language-specific knowledge of morphology, syntax and grammar and at least four (4) years of experience applying this knowledge to create and improve models

Strong analytic skills and demonstrated experience using information technology

Solid background in English grammar and excellent oral and written communication skills

Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics, computer science, or a language is required

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