Technical Recruiter

LMI is hiring a Technical Recruiter to support full lifecycle recruiting for highly technical and hard-to-fill roles. In this hybrid position, you will work closely with technical leaders and hiring managers to build pipelines, map talent markets, and track recruiting performance while maintaining required compliance.

What you’ll do

• Partner with hiring managers, technical leaders, and business stakeholders to develop and execute talent acquisition strategies for complex, hard-to-fill positions.
• Own full lifecycle recruiting from talent identification and sourcing through screening, candidate engagement, interview coordination, offer development, negotiation, and closing.
• Recruit across technical disciplines including network engineering, cybersecurity, cloud engineering, cloud architecture, software engineering, DevSecOps, infrastructure automation, data engineering, data science, AI/ML, systems engineering, and related emerging technologies.
• Apply a strong understanding of technical architectures and engineering environments to assess technical candidates effectively.
• Build proactive sourcing strategies using talent mapping, market research, Boolean search, X-Ray search, professional communities, referrals, and targeted outreach to passive candidates.
• Develop sustainable talent communities and evergreen pipelines for recurring, mission-critical technology needs.
• Conduct technical candidate screenings to evaluate experience, technical depth, career motivations, location fit, compensation expectations, and alignment to LMI opportunities.
• Act as a consultative talent advisor by providing labor market intelligence, candidate availability insights, competitive guidance, compensation considerations, and sourcing recommendations.
• Lead intake and calibration conversations to confirm candidate profiles, hiring priorities, and recruiting strategy.
• 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 and sourcing challenges and drive improvements to hiring outcomes.
• Maintain compliance with OFCCP requirements, federal contractor recruiting practices, and LMI hiring policies.
• Support broader talent acquisition efforts such as workforce planning, employer branding, sourcing campaigns, talent intelligence, and strategic pipeline development.

What you bring

• 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.
• 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 technology 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 with advanced sourcing methods including Boolean search, Google X-Ray, LinkedIn Recruiter, talent mapping, competitive intelligence, and targeted outreach.
• Ability to quickly understand complex technical requirements and translate them 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 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.
• 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.

Salary and eligibility

• Target salary range: $80,000 - $135,000 per year. Final compensation will be determined by factors including 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, due to the nature of the work.

Location

• Colorado Springs, CO (hybrid)
• Fort Bragg, NC
• Raleigh, NC

Recruiting tools and platforms

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