Defense & Cleared Workforce Recruiter

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Oversee the complete recruitment process for a varied range of security-cleared positions.

• Identify, assess, engage, and secure candidates across numerous cleared sectors and locations.

• Take ownership of the entire process from initial outreach to qualification, interview coordination, and offer stages.

• Create structured recruiting workflows for challenging-to-fill and location-restricted roles.

• Ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey.

• Develop and maintain pipelines of security-cleared professionals.

• Recruit federal civilians, military officers, veterans, enlisted and NCO personnel, as well as professionals with previous U.S. government experience.

• Utilize ClearanceJobs, ClearedJobs.net, and other relevant cleared-talent sources.

• Leverage networks such as SkillBridge, TAP, and Hiring Our Heroes.

• Cultivate long-lasting relationships with candidates within specialized defense and federal talent communities.

• Screen candidates for clearance levels, current status, eligibility, and pertinent requirements.

• Coordinate formal verification processes with Facility Security Officers and customer security teams.

• Interpret military occupational backgrounds, including MOS, rate, rank, and service history.

• Convert military experience into civilian and government contracting role requirements.

• Engage transitioning service members and veterans to assist them in aligning operational experience with relevant opportunities.

• Collaborate with hiring managers to establish role requirements and candidate profiles.

• Determine recruiting timelines based on clearance, geography, and market conditions.

• Provide guidance to stakeholders on the availability of cleared talent and sourcing strategies.

• Maintain communication throughout ongoing searches.

• Monitor recruiting metrics and pipeline performance.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5–8 years of comprehensive recruiting experience.

• Extensive experience in recruiting cleared, defense, federal, or GovCon talent.

• Proven track record in sourcing and placing security-cleared professionals.

• Strong knowledge of U.S. security clearance levels and processes.

• Familiarity with Secret, TS, TS/SCI, polygraph requirements, as well as reciprocity and reactivation considerations.

• Experience collaborating with FSOs or customer security offices.

• Proficient understanding of military and veteran backgrounds, including MOS and rate interpretation.

• Advanced skills in sourcing, screening, candidate engagement, and stakeholder management.

• Experience in building pipelines for challenging-to-fill or geographically constrained positions.

• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.

• Highly organized, metrics-driven, and comfortable managing multiple requisitions.

• U.S.-based recruiting professional.

• Experience in recruiting maritime, Navy, drone/UAS, combat-operator, or similarly specialized defense talent is a plus.

• Background as a military recruiter, FSO, or veteran is advantageous.

• Familiarity with contingent, project-based, or RPO staffing models in the defense or federal sector is beneficial.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time engagement.

• Fully remote work.

• Remote consulting opportunity.

• Opportunity matching across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.