Toponymist / Farsi Specialist

Nelson Intelligence Solutions is seeking a candidate for a Farsi Toponymist (Geospatial Linguist) candidate to support a customer site in Springfield, Virginia. All candidates must possess an Active TS/SCI and be willing to obtain a POLY level clearance to be considered.

Job Category: Toponymist/Farsi Specialist

Location: National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) Campus East or National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) Campus West

Schedule: Full-time

Travel: None

Shift: Day Job

Potential for Teleworking: No

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret / SCI

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) toponymists are Geospatial Linguist, each of whom specializes in a region of the world. The toponymists supply names for NGA maps and charts. The toponymists also confirm that the mapped depiction of political boundaries and sovereignties conform with U.S. position, thereby establishing an important liaison between the U.S. State Department and NGA. They also publish printed lists of feature names, called gazetteers. These services will use the Geographic Names Processing Systems (GNPS), charts, imagery and geospatial tools to refine names information for use in all types of products and to respond to use question via the Ad Hoc Query process. GNPS reflect U.S. recognition or nonrecognition of an area's political status, making them vitally important in sensitive areas. Toponymic research involves comparing many foreign-language sources, transliterating names in non-Roman alphabets, and Romanizing names from Oriental ideographies.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Selected candidate will scan and geo-reference hardcopy maps, research, and order geospatial data sources and commercial imagery to use as reference sources.

• Georeferenced maps and imagery must be conflated with the GNDB.

• Selected candidate will interpret and apply national and international policies governing the treatment of and general guidelines emanating from the US Board on Geographic Names (US BGN), the Department of State (DoS), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and other related organizations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Active TS/SCI and willingness to obtain a POLY level clearance is REQUIRED to be considered.

• Qualified candidates will possess an ILR Skill Level Two certification for reading (DLPT5 2/2) in the language and have a minimum of 3 years' relevant work experience.

• Expertise in research and information gathering utilizing native maps, secondary source maps, and historic maps for extraction for comparison.

• Requires a bachelor's degree and 2 - 4 years of prior relevant experience or master's with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience.

NIS Overview NiS is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business with an emphasis on Federal government opportunities in support of the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and State and local government. NiS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, race, color, religious creed, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, age, or genetic information.