Research Analyst (Russia)

at  SOSi

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.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Active in-scope Secret clearance
• Minimum 2 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 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