<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 5pt 1in; tab-stops: 5.0in 5.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Based in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place>, Optimal Solutions and Technologies (OST), Inc. is a CMMI Level 3 company. We provide information technology and management consulting solutions to a wide range of clients in both the public and private sectors.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 5pt 1in; tab-stops: 5.0in 5.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To support our growth initiatives, we seek a seasoned C</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial">omputational Linguist.<SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 5pt 1in; tab-stops: 5.0in 5.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Key responsibilities include:</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> responsible for the development and use of tools for corpus processing and management, including text formatting, document categorization, topic detection, information retrieval, and extraction of subsets. The computational linguist will also help to define techniques for evaluating a technical thesaurus under development by OST, and for validating the effectiveness of text mining applications.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 5pt 1in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Qualifications:</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol"> <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 5pt 1in 5pt 1.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list 1.25in left 5.0in 5.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol">An </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">MA degree in computational linguistics, linguistics, computer science, or related field. PhD is a big plus</SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 5pt 1in 5pt
1.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list 1.25in left 5.0in 5.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>4+ years experience in a software development or integration environment. Experience in the development of thesauri or dictionaries for text mining is a big plus<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list 1.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New
Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">3+ years experience in managing a large corpus of text data<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list 1.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Skilled in Perl or Python tool development. Java, C++ or other programming experience is a plus<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list 1.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Extensive experience in linguistics, particularly computational linguistics. Background in aviation or aviation safety highly desired<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list 1.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ability to work effectively in teams<o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list 1.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Solid communication, execution, and critical thinking skills</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div
class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list 1.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Passion </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 5pt 1in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please e-mail your resume, including salary history and requirements, to <A
href="mailto:gcooney@ostglobal.com?subject=Project%20Manager"><SPAN style="COLOR: #660099">gcooney@ostglobal.com</SPAN></A>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 5pt 1in; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">OST is a committed equal opportunity employer<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 5pt 1in; tab-stops: 5.0in 5.5in"> </div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 5pt 1in; tab-stops: 5.0in 5.5in"></SPAN> </div>