Technical Recruiter

LMI is seeking a Technical Recruiter to support highly technical, hard-to-fill hiring needs across engineering, data, digital, and related technology domains. In this hybrid role, you will collaborate closely with technical leaders and hiring managers while running full lifecycle recruiting, building talent pipelines, and applying labor market intelligence to improve recruiting outcomes.

Based in Colorado Springs, CO (hybrid), with eligibility to work from North Carolina, you will lead sourcing and selection for specialized roles spanning multiple technical disciplines and emerging technologies.

What you’ll do

• Partner with hiring managers, technical leaders, and business stakeholders to develop and execute talent acquisition strategies for highly technical, hard-to-fill positions.
• Own full lifecycle recruiting from talent identification and sourcing through screening, candidate engagement, interview management, offer development, negotiation, and closing.
• Recruit across areas such as network engineering, cybersecurity, cloud engineering, cloud architecture, software engineering, DevSecOps, infrastructure automation, data engineering, data science, AI/ML, systems engineering, and related emerging technologies.
• Build expertise in technical architectures, engineering environments, and required skill sets to assess and engage technical candidates effectively.
• Create proactive sourcing plans using talent mapping, market research, Boolean search, Google X-Ray, professional communities, referrals, and targeted outreach to passive candidates.
• Develop evergreen talent communities and sustainable pipelines for recurring, mission-critical technical capabilities.
• Conduct technical candidate screenings covering experience, technical depth, career motivations, location considerations, compensation expectations, and alignment to LMI opportunities.
• Act as a consultative talent advisor by providing labor market intelligence, candidate availability, competitive insights, compensation considerations, and sourcing recommendations.
• Lead intake and calibration conversations to define candidate profiles, hiring priorities, and recruiting strategies.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve time to fill, pipeline quality, conversion rates, candidate experience, and recruiting effectiveness.
• Maintain recruiting activity, candidate dispositioning, pipeline data, and hiring metrics in the applicant tracking system.
• Use recruiting analytics and funnel metrics to identify pipeline gaps, sourcing challenges, and opportunities to improve hiring outcomes.
• Maintain compliance with OFCCP requirements, federal contractor recruiting practices, and LMI hiring policies.
• Support broader talent acquisition initiatives including workforce planning, employer branding, sourcing campaigns, talent intelligence, and strategic pipeline development.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of technical recruiting experience, preferably supporting complex engineering, technology, or digital organizations.
• Ability to work from Colorado Springs, CO; or North Carolina.
• Demonstrated success recruiting technical professionals across areas such as cloud, software engineering, DevSecOps, data engineering, data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, or related disciplines.
• Strong understanding of modern technical skill sets, technology stacks, engineering terminology, and technical talent markets.
• Proven ability to develop creative sourcing strategies and engage passive, high-demand technical talent.
• Experience using advanced sourcing approaches including Boolean search, Google X-Ray, LinkedIn Recruiter, talent mapping, competitive intelligence, and targeted outreach campaigns.
• Ability to quickly interpret complex technical requirements and translate them into recruiting and sourcing strategies.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to operate as a trusted recruiting partner to technical leaders and hiring managers.
• Ability to manage multiple technical requisitions and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining pipeline quality and candidate engagement.
• Experience using recruiting metrics and market intelligence to influence hiring strategies and stakeholder decisions.
• Strong communication, organization, negotiation, candidate engagement, and relationship management skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, Marketing, Technology, or a related field (preferred).

Preferred / additional experience

• Experience recruiting within government contracting, federal consulting, defense technology, or other highly regulated technical environments is strongly preferred.
• Experience recruiting candidates with federal security clearances or supporting cleared programs is a plus.
• Experience recruiting for product engineering, platform engineering, digital product, or AI-focused teams is a plus.
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems and recruiting technology; iCIMS experience preferred.
• Knowledge of OFCCP compliance and federal contractor recruiting requirements preferred.
• Applicants must meet eligibility requirements for a U.S. Government security clearance; only US Citizens are eligible for a security clearance. LMI will only consider applicants with security clearances or those eligible for security clearances due to the nature of the work.

Compensation

Target salary range: $80,000 - $135,000 per year. Final compensation will be determined by factors including skills, experience, education, and/or certifications.

Tools and technologies

• Boolean search
• Google X-Ray
• LinkedIn Recruiter
• iCIMS

Job locations

• US-CO-Colorado Springs
• US-NC-Fort Bragg
• US-NC-Raleigh