Technical Recruiter

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage full life-cycle recruiting from initial intake through offer for a variety of technical positions.
• Partner closely with hiring leaders to define position requirements, develop candidate profiles, establish interview processes, and support candidate evaluation and selection.
• Translate complex technical hiring needs into targeted recruiting and sourcing strategies.
• Proactively identify, source, and engage candidates for specialized and hard-to-fill technical searches.
• Serve as a consultative recruiting partner by providing market insights, recommending solutions, and appropriately challenging or refining hiring strategies when needed.
• Support hiring across both established teams and newer or growing business units, helping stakeholders navigate recruiting processes and best practices.
• Maintain accurate ATS records, candidate documentation, reporting, and timely stage movement throughout the recruiting lifecycle.

MUST HAVES

• 5–8+ years of recruiting experience with a strong focus on technical talent acquisition.
• Proven experience independently managing full life-cycle recruiting, preferably within a corporate or similarly structured environment.
• Experience recruiting across multiple technical disciplines, which may include software engineering, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, DevOps, quality engineering, hardware/device engineering, and product.
• Demonstrated success recruiting for specialized and senior-level technical positions, including individual contributor and leadership searches.
• Ability to understand complex technical requirements, ask effective intake questions, and translate business needs into focused sourcing strategies.
• Experience managing a varied workload of approximately 8–15 active requisitions simultaneously, depending on search complexity.
• Strong direct sourcing capabilities using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search techniques, ATS platforms, and other sourcing channels.
• Strong attention to recruiting operations and data accuracy, including ATS documentation, candidate stage management, reporting, and working within a metrics-driven environment.
• Ability to work independently while maintaining proactive communication and strong partnerships with hiring managers.
• Ability to work onsite in the Northern Virginia area at least 2 days per week, with flexibility for additional onsite days as business needs arise.