Talent Acquisition Partner

Join IntrepidGS and support Government, Defense, and Intelligence Community programs with recruiting strategies built for fast-moving, time-critical hiring. This onsite Florida role focuses on identifying and securing qualified cleared and non-cleared professionals while maintaining professionalism, confidentiality, and a strong candidate experience from first contact through onboarding.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and execute full-cycle recruiting strategies for cleared and non-cleared roles supporting the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community (IC), Federal Government, and commercial customers.
• Create and manage requisitions in the Applicant Tracking System (ATS), ensuring accurate documentation, candidate disposition, pipeline development, and alignment with internal recruiting processes.
• Source qualified talent through multiple channels, including professional networks, cleared talent databases, online directories, job boards, social media, employee referrals, industry events, direct outreach, cold calling, and existing ATS talent pools.
• Build and maintain strategic talent pipelines for cleared technical, operational, intelligence, and professional roles to support current needs, anticipated program growth, contract awards, and strategic pursuits.
• Evaluate candidates based on relevant experience, education, training, technical capabilities, certifications, security clearance status, and applicable knowledge, skills, abilities, and qualifications.
• Conduct screening, interviews, reference checks, compensation discussions, and other pre-employment steps while maintaining confidentiality.
• Manage the end-to-end candidate journey, including selection, offer, background investigation, drug screening, onboarding, and start date coordination.
• Extend and negotiate offers within established guidelines and coordinate with internal stakeholders, outside agencies, and vendors.
• Support onboarding through electronic onboarding systems, ensuring required documentation and pre-employment activities are completed accurately and on time.
• Provide high-touch customer service to candidates and stakeholders, building trusted relationships across the organization.
• Partner with Capture and Proposal Managers to identify, recruit, engage, and confirm key personnel aligned to RFP, SOW, PWS, labor category, and contract requirements.
• Support proposal staffing by tracking candidate availability, qualifications, compensation expectations, clearance status, geographic considerations, and commitment requirements.
• Support contract awards, recompetes, incumbent capture efforts, and program transitions across CONUS and OCONUS locations.
• Collaborate with Program Management and Operations teams to anticipate staffing needs and develop recruiting strategies that support contract execution and workforce growth.
• Maintain accurate, timely recruiting documentation and protect candidate and company information in line with applicable policies and regulations.

What You Bring

• Minimum 3 years of full-cycle recruiting experience supporting the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, Federal Government, or other Government contracting organizations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Marketing, or a related discipline preferred.
• Proven experience recruiting for technical, professional, and/or cleared roles.
• Sourcing experience for positions requiring U.S. Government security clearances, preferably Top Secret and above.
• Experience supporting classified or sensitive Government programs, preferably across both CONUS and OCONUS.
• Experience supporting proposal, capture, recompete, and contract transition activities from a Talent Acquisition perspective.
• Preferred: recruiting for hard-to-fill technical, intelligence, engineering, cybersecurity, logistics, or mission-support positions.
• Working knowledge of Federal contracting and Government recruiting environments, including staffing considerations associated with Government programs and contract requirements.
• Familiarity with Federal Service Contract Act (SCA) Wage Determinations and applicable Federal and State employment and labor requirements.
• Strong knowledge of contemporary Talent Acquisition practices, sourcing methods, recruiting technology, and industry standards.
• Advanced proficiency with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), recruiting databases, online job boards, professional networking platforms, and candidate relationship management tools.
• Ability to develop innovative sourcing strategies for scarce, highly specialized, and cleared talent.
• Understanding of security clearance considerations and their impact on sourcing, qualification, onboarding, and staffing timelines.
• Ability to interpret technical and contractual requirements and translate them into actionable recruiting strategies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills across executives, Program Managers, Hiring Managers, Government customers, candidates, vendors, and external recruiting partners.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships through the recruiting lifecycle.
• Exceptional attention to detail, strong organization, and follow-through.
• Ability to manage multiple requisitions, proposal requirements, candidate pipelines, and competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong time-management and prioritization skills with the ability to operate independently and collaborate effectively.
• Demonstrated discretion and professionalism when handling sensitive, proprietary, and classified-program-related information.

Technology

• Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

Intrepid Acquisition Holdings, LLC is an EOE, including disability/vets. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Learn more at www.intrepidgs.com.