Technical Recruiter – Emerging Technology

LMI seeks a Technical Recruiter to own full lifecycle recruiting for highly technical, hard-to-fill roles across emerging technology domains.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with hiring managers, technical leaders, and business stakeholders to design and execute talent acquisition strategies for complex technical requisitions.
• Run full lifecycle recruiting: talent identification, sourcing, screening, candidate engagement, interview coordination, offer development, negotiation, and closing.
• Recruit across technology disciplines including cloud engineering, software engineering, DevSecOps, infrastructure automation, data engineering, data science, AI/ML, cybersecurity, systems engineering, and related emerging technologies.
• Build proficiency in technical architectures, engineering environments, and the skill sets required to assess and engage technical candidates.
• Create proactive sourcing plans using talent mapping, market research, Boolean search, X-Ray search, professional communities, referrals, and targeted outreach.
• Identify and engage passive technical talent in competitive and specialized labor markets.
• Establish sustainable talent communities and evergreen pipelines for recurring and mission-critical technology needs.
• Conduct technical screenings covering experience, technical depth, career motivations, location factors, compensation expectations, and alignment with LMI opportunities.
• Provide consultative guidance to hiring managers with labor market intelligence, candidate availability, competitive insights, compensation considerations, and sourcing recommendations.
• Lead intake and calibration discussions 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 locate pipeline gaps and sourcing challenges, and to improve hiring outcomes.
• Ensure recruiting practices align with OFCCP requirements, federal contractor recruiting practices, and LMI hiring policies.
• Support talent acquisition initiatives such as workforce planning, employer branding, sourcing campaigns, talent intelligence, and strategic pipeline development.

Requirements

• 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 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 labor markets.
• Ability to develop creative sourcing approaches 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 interpret 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.
• Capability to manage multiple technical requisitions and competing priorities while maintaining pipeline quality and candidate engagement.
• Experience using recruiting metrics and market intelligence to guide hiring strategies and influence stakeholder decisions.
• Government contracting or federal consulting technical recruiting experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience recruiting for federal security clearances or 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.

Technologies

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

Hybrid Role

• Hybrid position with weekly onsite requirements at the Tysons, VA headquarters (2-3 days per week).

Compensation

• $80,375 - $110,604 per year
• Final compensation 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 U.S. Citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• LMI will only consider applicants with security clearances or applicants eligible for security clearances.

Job Location

• US-VA-Tysons

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