Senior Intelligence Recruiter

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the complete recruiting lifecycle, from requirement intake through to offer acceptance and onboarding.

• Collaborate closely with hiring managers, program leaders, capture teams, and business development staff.

• Create sourcing strategies aimed at filling challenging and mission-critical roles.

• Conduct candidate screenings, assess qualifications, and engage in compensation discussions.

• Build and sustain a pipeline of TS/SCI professionals.

• Utilize platforms such as ClearanceJobs, LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, networking events, professional associations, and connections within the intelligence community.

• Identify passive candidates through focused research and outreach tactics.

• Establish and manage talent communities to address ongoing and future hiring needs.

• Act as a trusted advisor to candidates throughout the recruitment journey.

• Forge relationships with military transition programs, veteran organizations, cleared networking groups, and professionals in the intelligence community.

• Represent DSA at recruiting events, career fairs, industry conferences, and networking activities across Northern Virginia.

• Provide insights regarding market trends, compensation, talent availability, competitor activities, and hiring patterns.

• Assist in proposal staffing efforts and identifying key personnel.

• Engage in workforce planning discussions to forecast future hiring requirements.

• Generate recruiting metrics and pipeline reports for leadership review.

• Ensure a high-touch candidate experience from the first contact through to onboarding.

• Maintain ongoing communication with candidates throughout the hiring process.

• Encourage offer acceptance and minimize candidate drop-off through proactive engagement.

• Monitor KPIs including time-to-fill, qualified candidates submitted per requisition, interview-to-offer ratio, offer acceptance rate, offer-to-start conversion rate, cleared pipeline inventory, hiring manager satisfaction, candidate satisfaction, and reduction of revenue-impacting vacancies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.

• Minimum of 5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience.

• At least 3 years of recruiting experience within the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, or Federal Government contracting environments.

• Proven success in recruiting TS/SCI-cleared professionals.

• Experience in sourcing hard-to-find technical and intelligence talent.

• Strong understanding of security clearance processes and clearance reciprocity.

• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems such as Greenhouse, JobDiva, iCIMS, Lever, Taleo, or similar platforms.

• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.

• Ability to work independently while supporting a team dispersed across various locations.

• All hired employees are expected to have experience with Microsoft Copilot and/or an approved equivalent AI solution.

• Security clearances may only be issued to U.S. citizens; applicants accepting conditional offers may be subjected to government security investigations and eligibility criteria for access to classified information.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Retirement savings plan with company matching.

• Generous paid time off and holiday schedule.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

• Collaborative and inclusive work environment.