Defense & Cleared Workforce Recruiter

24-MAG

. Manage end-to-end recruiting across a diverse portfolio of security-cleared roles .

Posted 9/15/2026full-timeRemote • New York • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $35 - $65 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in full-cycle recruiting for security-cleared roles, with a strong understanding of U.S. security-clearance processes and military backgrounds. Proven ability to build candidate pipelines and deliver a positive candidate experience in the defense and federal sectors.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Full-Cycle Recruiting ExperienceSecurity-Cleared Talent SourcingUnderstanding of U.S. Security-Clearance LevelsAdvanced Candidate Engagement SkillsMetrics-Oriented Recruiting

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Hard Skills

RecruitingSourcingScreeningCandidate EngagementStakeholder ManagementPipeline DevelopmentMilitary Occupational Background InterpretationClearance VerificationDefence Talent RecruitmentGeographically Constrained Recruiting

Soft Skills

Strong Written CommunicationStrong Verbal CommunicationHighly Organised

Tools & Technologies

ClearanceJobsClearedJobs.netSkillBridgeTAPHiring Our Heroes Networks

Industry Keywords

Security ClearanceFederal RecruitmentGovCon TalentMilitary RecruitmentVeteran Engagement

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About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage end-to-end recruiting across a diverse portfolio of security-cleared roles
Source, evaluate, engage, and close candidates across multiple cleared domains and locations
Own the process from initial outreach through qualification, interview coordination, and offer stages
Build structured recruiting workflows for hard-to-fill and location-constrained roles
Deliver a strong candidate experience throughout the hiring process
Build and maintain pipelines of security-cleared professionals
Recruit federal civilians, military officers, veterans, enlisted and NCO personnel, and professionals with prior U.S. government experience
Use ClearanceJobs, ClearedJobs.net, and comparable cleared-talent channels
Leverage SkillBridge, TAP, and Hiring Our Heroes networks
Develop long-term candidate relationships within specialised defence and federal talent communities
Screen candidates for clearance level, current status, eligibility, and relevant requirements
Coordinate formal verification with Facility Security Officers and customer security teams
Interpret military occupational backgrounds, including MOS, rate, rank, and service history
Translate military experience into civilian and government-contracting role requirements
Engage transitioning service members and veterans and help them map operational experience to relevant opportunities
Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements and candidate profiles
Set recruiting timelines based on clearance, geography, and market constraints
Advise stakeholders on cleared-talent availability and sourcing strategy
Maintain communication throughout active searches
Track recruiting metrics and pipeline performance

Requirements

What you’ll need

5–8 years of full-cycle recruiting experience
Significant experience recruiting cleared, defence, federal, or GovCon talent
Demonstrated success sourcing and placing security-cleared professionals
Strong understanding of U.S. security-clearance levels and processes
Familiarity with Secret, TS, TS/SCI, polygraph requirements, reciprocity, and reactivation considerations
Experience working with FSOs or customer security offices
Strong fluency in military and veteran backgrounds, including MOS and rate interpretation
Advanced sourcing, screening, candidate-engagement, and stakeholder-management skills
Experience building pipelines for hard-to-fill or geographically constrained positions
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Highly organised, metrics-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple requisitions
U.S.-based recruiting professional
Experience recruiting maritime, Navy, drone/UAS, combat-operator, or similarly specialised defence talent is advantageous
Background as a military recruiter, FSO, or veteran is beneficial
Familiarity with contingent, project-based, or RPO staffing models in the defence or federal sector is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Full-time engagement
Fully remote work
Remote consulting opportunity
Opportunity matching across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams