Leidos is seeking a Senior Technical Recruiter to support our Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA) within the Intelligence Community (IC) market in Columbia, MD. This position will partner closely with Program Leadership and hiring managers to develop and execute recruiting strategies focused on attracting highly skilled technical professionals, including candidates with TS/SCI with Polygraph clearances.
The ideal candidate is a proactive, results-oriented recruiter who understands the highly competitive cleared talent market and can build relationships with both active and passive candidates. Success requires strong sourcing capabilities, urgency, sound judgment, and the ability to serve as a trusted talent acquisition partner to the business.
Primary Responsibilities
- Manage full life cycle recruiting across multiple Intelligence Community programs, from intake and sourcing through offer, acceptance, and onboarding.
- Develop and execute targeted recruiting and sourcing strategies for highly cleared technical talent, including software engineering, cyber, AI/ML, systems engineering, DevOps, cloud, SIGINT, and related disciplines.
- Proactively identify and engage TS/SCI and polygraph-cleared candidates using ClearanceJobs, LinkedIn, referrals, networking, Boolean search, candidate databases, recruiting events, and other sourcing channels.
- Partner closely with Program Managers and hiring leaders to understand technical requirements, staffing priorities, contract needs, and talent-market challenges and translate them into actionable recruiting strategies.
- Build and maintain pipelines and long-term relationships with qualified passive candidates in the Fort Meade intelligence market.
- Manage multiple requisitions and hiring priorities in a fast-paced environment while providing timely pipeline updates, market intelligence, and recommendations to leadership.
- Support new business, capture, proposal, and program growth efforts by developing staffing strategies and identifying qualified cleared talent ahead of contract requirements.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and 8-12 years of recruiting/talent acquisition experience; additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Demonstrated experience recruiting technical professionals within the Intelligence Community, DoD, or National Security market.
- Experience sourcing and recruiting candidates with TS/SCI clearances and polygraphs, preferably within the Fort Meade market.
- Strong knowledge of full life cycle recruiting, including sourcing, screening, candidate assessment, offer negotiation, candidate engagement, and onboarding.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain networks and pipelines of highly qualified passive technical candidates.
- Proven success managing multiple requisitions, hiring managers, and competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Strong communication, relationship-management, and consultative skills with the ability to influence and partner effectively with candidates, hiring managers, and senior leadership.
Preferred Qualifications
- Established recruiting experience and candidate networks within the Fort Meade cleared talent market.
- Experience recruiting fully cleared technical professionals across software, cyber, AI/ML, cloud, DevOps, systems engineering, SIGINT, or related disciplines.
- Experience supporting Intelligence Community contract staffing, program growth, proposals, recompetes, and incumbent capture/transition efforts.
- Proficiency with Workday, ClearanceJobs, LinkedIn Recruiter, CRM/sourcing platforms, and Microsoft Office.
- Experience using advanced sourcing techniques, recruiting analytics, market intelligence, and talent-pipeline strategies to address difficult-to-fill positions.
- Working knowledge of OFCCP, FLSA, and other applicable federal recruiting and employment compliance requirements.
- Desire to obtain security clearance up to TS/SCI with Polygraph.
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Original Posting:September 25, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree and 8-12 years of recruiting or talent acquisition experience; equivalent relevant experience may substitute for the degree.
- Experience recruiting technical professionals within the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, or national security market.
- Experience sourcing and recruiting candidates with TS/SCI clearances and polygraphs, preferably in the Fort Meade market.
- Full-cycle recruiting experience, including sourcing, screening, assessment, offer negotiation, candidate engagement, and onboarding.
- Ability to build and maintain networks and pipelines of qualified passive technical candidates.
- Experience managing multiple requisitions, hiring managers, and competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Strong communication, relationship-management, consultative, and influencing skills.
- Established recruiting experience and candidate networks within the Fort Meade cleared talent market.
- Experience recruiting fully cleared technical professionals across software, cybersecurity, AI/ML, cloud, DevOps, systems engineering, or SIGINT.
- Experience supporting Intelligence Community contract staffing, program growth, proposals, recompetes, and incumbent capture or transition efforts.
- Proficiency with Workday, ClearanceJobs, LinkedIn Recruiter, CRM or sourcing platforms, and Microsoft Office.
- Experience using advanced sourcing techniques, recruiting analytics, market intelligence, and talent-pipeline strategies.
- Working knowledge of OFCCP, FLSA, and applicable federal recruiting and employment compliance requirements.
- Desire to obtain a security clearance up to TS/SCI with Polygraph.
Leidos Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with multiple plan options, low office-visit copays in some plans, and access to mental health and wellness support tools. The availability of HSA/FSA options and employer contributions is positioned as a meaningful part of the total package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are framed as a strong component of total rewards, highlighted by a 401(k) match and immediate vesting in the standard package. The Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also presented as an additional long-term wealth-building feature.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle supports extend beyond core insurance, including wellness programs, fitness-related stipends, and assistance resources. Work flexibility and related perks are also included as part of the broader rewards experience.
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What We Do
We Are Leidos For 50 years we have been tackling some of the biggest problems that face our nation and our world. OUR MISSION Through our culture of innovation and history of performance, we develop deep customer trust built on integrity and create enduring solutions that improve our world. Leidos is a science and technology solutions leader working to address some of the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and healthcare markets. The company’s 43,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $11.09 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2020. Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®. Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the newly launched Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos. Your most important work is ahead.
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