Technical Recruiter – Emerging Technology

LMI is hiring a Technical Recruiter for hybrid work from our Tysons, VA headquarters (2 to 3 days per week). In this role, you will own full lifecycle recruiting for highly technical, hard-to-fill positions spanning cloud, software, DevSecOps, data, AI/ML, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies. You will also bring labor market insights and recruiting strategy to technical hiring teams to help improve pipeline quality and time to fill.

What you will do

• Collaborate with hiring managers, technical leaders, and business stakeholders to develop and execute talent acquisition strategies for complex, hard-to-fill roles.
• Lead full lifecycle recruiting, including talent identification, sourcing, screening, candidate engagement, interview coordination, offer development, negotiation, and closing.
• Recruit across technical disciplines including cloud engineering, cloud architecture, software engineering, DevSecOps, infrastructure automation, data engineering, data science, AI/ML, cybersecurity, systems engineering, and related emerging technologies.
• Build a strong understanding of technical architectures, engineering environments, and required skill sets to assess and engage technical candidates effectively.
• Create proactive sourcing plans using tools and techniques such as talent mapping, market research, Boolean search, Google X-Ray, professional communities, referrals, and targeted passive outreach.
• Identify and engage passive technical talent in competitive, specialized labor markets.
• Develop sustainable talent communities and evergreen pipelines for recurring, mission-critical technology skill sets.
• Conduct technical candidate screenings to evaluate experience, technical depth, career motivations, location considerations, compensation expectations, and alignment with LMI opportunities.
• Act as a consultative talent advisor to hiring managers with labor market intelligence, candidate availability insights, compensation considerations, and sourcing recommendations.
• Drive intake and calibration conversations to define candidate profiles, hiring priorities, and recruiting approach.
• Partner with stakeholders to improve time to fill, pipeline quality, conversion rates, candidate experience, and overall recruiting effectiveness.
• Maintain accurate 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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, Marketing, Technology, or a related field (preferred).
• 3+ years of technical recruiting experience, preferably supporting complex engineering, technology, or digital organizations.
• Proven 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.
• Demonstrated ability to develop creative sourcing strategies and engage passive, high-demand technical talent.
• Experience with advanced sourcing techniques including Boolean search, Google X-Ray, LinkedIn Recruiter, talent mapping, competitive intelligence, and targeted outreach campaigns.
• Ability to quickly translate complex technical requirements into effective recruiting and sourcing strategies.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to operate as a trusted recruiting partner to technical leaders and hiring managers.
• Ability to manage multiple technical requisitions and competing priorities while maintaining pipeline quality and candidate engagement.
• Experience using recruiting metrics and market intelligence to influence hiring strategies and stakeholder decisions.
• 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.
• Strong communication, organization, negotiation, candidate engagement, and relationship management skills.

Hybrid work location

This role is hybrid with weekly onsite requirements at LMI’s headquarters in Tysons, VA (2 to 3 days per week).

Salary range

$80,375 - $110,604 per year. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as skills, experience, education, and/or certifications.

Security clearance eligibility

• 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 applicants who are eligible for security clearances.

Recruiting tools

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