Talent Acquisition Specialist (Cleared/Defense)

Job Name: Talent Acquisition Specialist (Cleared/Defense)
Location: Remote (flexible schedule based on Eastern Standard Time)
Application deadline: September 15, 2026

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruitment activities for cleared and uncleared positions supporting federal government contracts, from requisition intake through candidate selection, offer acceptance, and transition to onboarding.
• Partner with hiring managers, program managers, and senior leadership to understand current and anticipated staffing requirements, labor categories, position qualifications, clearance requirements, and hiring priorities.
• Recruit across a range of professional and technical disciplines, including intelligence analysis, GEOINT and geospatial disciplines, data science and analytics, software and technical positions, program management, security, and mission and administrative support.
• Develop and execute targeted sourcing strategies for highly cleared, specialized, hard-to-fill, and geographically dispersed positions.
• Proactively identify and engage qualified active and passive candidates using cleared job boards, commercial job boards, LinkedIn, professional networks, employee referrals, industry events, direct sourcing, and other recruiting channels.
• Screen resumes and applications, conduct phone and virtual interviews, assess candidates against position and contract requirements, and coordinate interviews with hiring and program managers.
• Evaluate candidate qualifications against labor category requirements, including education, years of experience, technical qualifications, certifications, and security clearance requirements.
• Maintain consistent candidate communication throughout the recruiting process and provide a professional candidate experience from initial contact through offer and onboarding.
• Extend employment offers and coordinate with management, Human Resources, and Security to support pre-employment and onboarding requirements.
• Build and maintain qualified talent pipelines and candidate benches to support current contracts, anticipated vacancies, proposals, recompetes, and new business opportunities.
• Support proposal and capture activities by identifying and qualifying incumbent personnel, key personnel, contingent hires, and other candidates required for competitive submissions.
• Maintain appropriate engagement with contingent candidates and talent pipelines throughout the capture, proposal, award, and transition process.
• Advise management regarding candidate availability, compensation expectations, labor-market conditions, clearance availability, geographic challenges, and other factors affecting the ability to recruit and retain qualified personnel.
• Monitor recruiting metrics, candidate pipelines, source effectiveness, time-to-fill, offer acceptance, and other recruiting measures and adjust sourcing strategies as necessary.
• Maintain complete and accurate candidate, requisition, communication, and recruiting activity records within the Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
• Coordinate with Security personnel as appropriate to verify candidate clearance eligibility and access requirements during the hiring process.
• Ensure recruiting and selection practices comply with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, government contracting requirements, and company policies and procedures.
• Represent and promote the companies' missions, capabilities, cultures, and employment opportunities to prospective candidates.
• Participate in career fairs, industry events, recruiting events, and other talent acquisition initiatives as required..

Education and Qualifications:

• Three to five years of progressively responsible recruiting or talent acquisition experience, with demonstrated full-cycle recruiting experience.
• Experience recruiting for federal government contractors, the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, or other cleared environments strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting candidates with active security clearances, including Secret, Top Secret, and TS/SCI; experience recruiting candidates with polygraph and/or SAP access requirements preferred.
• Experience recruiting intelligence, GEOINT/geospatial, data science, technical, cybersecurity, program management, security, or professional services personnel preferred.
• Experience supporting proposal, capture, contingent-hire, and/or incumbent-capture recruiting preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Marketing, or a related field preferred. An equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
• Demonstrated experience using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), cleared job boards, LinkedIn, commercial job boards, social media, and direct-sourcing techniques.
• Must successfully complete all required pre-employment and background screening requirements.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license.
• Must be proficient in speaking, reading, and writing English.

Skills and Abilities

• Strong full-cycle recruiting, sourcing, interviewing, and candidate-assessment skills.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively source and engage passive candidates in competitive cleared and technical labor markets.
• Ability to understand and evaluate labor category requirements, position descriptions, clearance requirements, and technical qualifications.
• Working knowledge of the federal contracting environment and the unique recruiting requirements associated with cleared government contracts.
• Ability to distinguish between security clearance eligibility, access requirements, and contract-specific qualifications when evaluating candidates.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills with candidates, hiring managers, program managers, senior leadership, and external partners.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple requisitions, proposal requirements, and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and effectively prioritize recruiting activities with limited daily supervision.
• Ability to maintain candidate relationships over extended proposal and contract-award timelines.
• Ability to analyze recruiting activity and market conditions and recommend adjustments to sourcing strategies, position requirements, or compensation.
• Strong computer skills and proficiency with ATS platforms, Microsoft Office applications, job boards, LinkedIn, and other recruiting technologies.
• Ability to create professional recruiting and candidate communication materials.
• Ability to work effectively with employees and leadership at all levels of the organization.
• Professional demeanor and demonstrated ability to appropriately handle confidential, proprietary, and sensitive information.

Clear Resolution Consulting (CRC), our employees are the heart and spirit of our company. We rely on their dedication to excellence and their knowledge of our client’s requirements to help them meet their most complex challenges . Our employees' blend of technical skills, innovation and dedication drives our continued success, and we take our responsibility to them seriously.