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Arabic Linguist

Location:
Herndon, VA
Posted:
November 09, 2022

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Fadia Tawfik

719-***-**** adtfth@r.postjobfree.com

Clearances: TS/SCI with Full-Scope Poly (Active)

Seeking a position in which I can apply my technical skills; Arabian Peninsula area expertise; and certified listening, reading, and speaking fluency in several dialects of Arabic in support of US Government defense and intelligence agencies’ counterterrorism threat analysis, operations, and liaison relationships

Qualifications:

Native Arabic speaker with ability to understand difficult and complex terminologies and sociocultural references in Egyptian, Yemeni, Levantine, North African, Saudi, Iraqi, and Sudanese dialects. Expert with Arabeezi sympols.

Fifteen years of experience monitoring Arabic Social media networks and platforms.

translator of documents from Arabic into English and vice versa. Interpreter for Americans interacting with Arab counterparts

In-depth knowledge of and direct experience with customer-specific cyber and targeting operations mission, process, and procedures

A demonstrated record of establishing and maintaining effective relationships with customer staff;

Strong communications and interpersonal skills;

Strong working knowledge of basic office automation and analytical tools such as MS Office Word, Excel, Arc sight, PowerPoint, Dave program, Microsoft2003, 2007, 2010, Microsoft outlook, Query. ANALYSTS NOTEBOOK, Autopilot, Adobe Air, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Intel, ArcView, Arc sight, Global reach, Lighthouse, Crystal Reports, PINWALE, Firefox, PATHFINDER, INFORMATICA, Appetitive, FASCIA, TREND,SURREY, STRONGHOLD, CPE, TREND, and YACHTSHOP.

14 years of SIGINT and targeting experience.

Familiar with the subject matter of the customer and their procedures;

I have professional experience using Geospatial tools such as Geonexus and QGIS.

Familiar with Cartography and GIS, with ability to learn new tools.

Ability to provide Geo-analysis based on strong knowledge of Middle East Geo-locations and language.

Expert with the operation life cycle and strong understanding of the customer's classified programs;

Knowledgeable of the customer environment and familiar with the customer’s mission, goals, and capabilities.

Comfortable user of COTS communications, word processing, database management, and presentation software applications and tools (e.g., Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Citrix, Lotus Notes, ADT, ATS, HRIS, and MS Office applications) to research, request, retrieve, and integrate messages, data, images, videos, and other content in support of production of analysis and assessments

Expert on geopolitical, socioeconomic, cultural, tribal, and ethnic factors that influence individuals and groups in Yemen and elsewhere on the Arabian Peninsula

Proven trainer and mentor of junior and non-native Arabic linguists

Expert on performing exploitation, triaging large quantities of document.

Strong knowledge of Scientific, Legal, military, engineering terminologies in Arabic and English.

Language Test Certifications in Arabic:

NSA: Yemeni, Gulf, Egyptian, Sudanese (3/3) on (01/2015)

Alta: 5/5 in Arabic, 3.5/5 in Yemeni Dialect (4/2/2014)

ICA: S5 / L5 / TA4 (3/14/2012)

DPLT: 4/5 (2006)

FBI: 5/5 (2005)

Employment History:

07/08/2019-Present

GCI:

Providing linguistic and targeting support to a highly respectful customer.

10/02/2017-6/30/2019

CACI:

Providing targeting and linguistic support to a highly respectful customer. Including exploitation of scientific researches.

01/2017- 09/30/2017

CENTRA TECHNOLOGY:

Providing linguistic SIGINT and targeting support including researches and analyzing media files. Identifying and extracting crucial information and a rendering a comprehensive translation of all contained elements.

3/2015 –01/2017:

VENCORE Corp:

Providing linguistic, targeting and analytical support to a respectful customer. Providing translation support from Clear Arabic, hand writing, as well as all Middle Eastern dialects to English and vice versa.

Providing analysts and subject matter expertise (SME) with the required information.

4/2014-02/2015: Tekmasters

Open Source Video Watch Analyst.

-Producing full Motion Video in English and Arabic languages and providing analysts and subject matter expertise (SME) with the required information.

- Providing imagery and geospatial intelligence products

-Providing national policymakers with the most accurate and up-to-date geospatial intelligence, thereby helping them with decisions affecting national security issues.

- Providing analyst work to ensure the successful accomplishment of the mission.

- Capable to use a variety of imagery analysis software suites such as Remote View, NES, ArcGIS, Google Earth, Falcon View, and WARP.

- Responsible for gathering relevant and factual information, exploiting imagery, creating intelligence products, and baselines from a number of sources and platforms in support of national security goals, concerns, and strategies.

- Monitoring worldwide actions and events in addition to relaying this information to staff, and internal/external customers through written and oral forms of communications.

-Geospatial skills and ability to perform basic functions using ArcGIS and Google Earth to create graphics.

-DNI open source center. Monitoring all kinds of media and performing media exploitation to identify key threats.

-06/2009-03/2014 SAIC

Arabic Linguist and SIGINT Analyst.

Provided Arabic translation, transcription and interpretation services for the U.S. Government. Translated printed and handwritten documents as well as performed linguistic analysis of various forms of media and audio language material. Provided targeting as well as interpretation services within the U.S. and foreign countries throughout the world. Train and mentor junior and non-native linguists.

-Interpretation, document and media exploitation, and linguistic analysis of various forms of media

06/2006-06/2009

All World Language Consulting

Arabic Linguist

Provided SIGINT, targeting and linguistic support to our JTF troops in GTMO.

5/2005 – 5/2006

SM Consultant

Analyst/Arabic Linguist

Provided linguistic SIGINT and targeting support for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Scanned, researched and analyzed media files. Identified and extracted crucial information and a rendered a comprehensive translation of all contained elements.

7/2004-5/2005: Titan Corporation (Deployed to Iraq)

Analyst/Arabic Linguist

Provided linguistic analysis and translation services support to the U.S. Government Humint Operations, Command Liaison (CLE) and Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) during Iraq deployment.

1/2001-5/2004: Colorado Springs Department of Education

2001 – 2004

Arabic Language Instructor:

Instructed Modern Standard Arabic classes: Arabic levels I, II and III. Assisted with understanding Middle Eastern socio-cultural applications in comprehensive translation.

2/1996-5/2002: EaglePicher Technologies, Colorado Springs, CO.

Chemist

Provided knowledge and expertise in chemical subject matter in support of various military applications.

Education

Assiut University (Egypt) Double-majored in Chemistry and Biology



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