Sr. Recruiter

Are you looking for your next challenge? Are you ready to work with a performance-based small company?

At Zantech, we are a dynamic Small Business focused on providing complex, mission focused solutions with a proven track record of outstanding customer performance and high employee satisfaction. We are looking for you; someone who strives to support a strong team and to deliver “Outstanding Performance…. Always!”. If so, we would love to talk with you regarding that next step in your career.

At Zantech, we apply state-of-the-art technology to solve our Federal Clients' most mission-critical challenges. We embrace the opportunity to hire individuals with new talents and fresh perspectives. Zantech offers a competitive compensation, benefits and vacation package as well as providing you with a fast paced and exciting work environment. Come join our team!

This Sr. Recruiter will own full-cycle recruiting for our federal programs supporting DoD, Army, and DHS missions. This is a hybrid, individual contributor role based at our corporate office in Reston, VA. You will own your own requisitions and delivery while working as part of a collaborative recruiting team that shares knowledge, candidates, and support.

You will manage every step of the process: building and posting requisitions, sourcing, screening, coordinating interviews, extending offers, and staying close to candidates through their first day and beyond. Our recruiting environment is high volume and high touch. We want someone who genuinely cares about people, communicates with warmth and honesty, and treats every candidate as a future teammate.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

Requisition and Posting

• Partner with hiring managers and program leadership to define role requirements, labor categories, clearance needs, and contract qualifications.

• Draft, refine, and post job descriptions in our applicant tracking system and on external job boards, professional networks, and clearance-focused sites.

Sourcing and Screening

• Manage open requisitions of that include both current open roles and proposal roles at once while keeping technical expectations/experience and personnel quality high.

• Proactively source passive and active candidates, including cleared talent, through databases, referrals, social media, and networking.

• Partner with hiring managers to understand each team's dynamics and priorities, and screen candidates for the right balance of technical depth and working style for that team.

Interview Coordination

• Schedule and facilitate interviews with hiring managers and program teams.

• Prepare candidates for each interview and gather timely feedback from interviewers.

• Keep the process moving and every party informed at each stage.

Offer and Post-Offer Care

• Extend verbal and written offers and guide candidates through negotiation questions with transparency.

• Stay in regular contact with accepted candidates through clearance processing and start date.

• Continues to works with onboarding and check in after the start date to confirm a positive experience.

Relationship and Data Management

• Serve as a trusted, consistent point of contact for hiring managers throughout each search.

• Maintain accurate, current candidate records and pipeline data in the ATS.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with at least 5 years recruiting for federal government contractors.

• Experience owning every stage of the recruiting lifecycle for your roles, from requisition to post-start follow-up, without a coordinator or sourcer to hand work off to.

• Proven record of placing senior, cleared technical professionals and key personnel in support of federal programs and proposals.

• Proven success managing high-volume requisition loads without sacrificing candidate experience.

• Working knowledge of the IT disciplines we hire for, such as cybersecurity, cloud, software development, data, and program management, with the ability to speak credibly with technical candidates.

• Hands-on experience with an applicant tracking system and modern sourcing tools; experience with Breezy.HR is a plus.

• Experience recruiting cleared candidates and understanding of security clearance levels and processes.

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to hold honest, caring conversations with candidates about fit, compensation, and timelines.

• Excellent organization and follow-through across many candidates at once.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• U.S. citizenship

“ Outstanding Performance…Always!”

Our corporate motto represents our commitment to build long-term relationships with both our clients and our employees by providing the highest quality service in everything we do. We strive for excellence for our clients and for each other. We embrace the opportunity to hire individuals with new talents and fresh perspectives. Zantech offers competitive compensation, strong benefits, and a vacation package, as well as a fast-paced and exciting work environment. Come join our team!