Talent Acquisition Specialist

Posted 11 Days Ago
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Annapolis Junction, MD, USA
Hybrid
Junior
Big Data • Software • Analytics
The Role
Conduct full-cycle recruiting for technical and non-technical roles, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, scheduling, offer extension, background checks, and onboarding support. Partner with hiring managers, maintain candidate records for EEO compliance, promote company culture, attend recruiting events, and report hiring metrics. The role requires recruiting expertise, strong communication, organizational skills, ATS familiarity, and the ability to assess candidates against complex requirements.
Summary Generated by Built In
Join ClearEdge and become part of a collaborative team that supports some of the DoD’s most critical technical missions. Our corporate professionals play a vital role in enabling our engineers, customers, and partners to succeed by providing operational excellence, strategic support, and innovative business solutions across the organization.

ClearEdge offers an extremely competitive benefits package—including a $10k annual training and education benefit, a 10% 401(k) contribution fully vested on day one, and annual health and technology allowances. Learn more at www.clearedgeit.com/careers/


Your Mission
 
As a Talent Acquisition Specialist at ClearEdge, your mission is to identify and attract top talent to support our customers' critical missions. You’ll serve as a trusted partner to hiring managers and candidates, delivering a seamless and thoughtful recruiting experience from first contact through onboarding. Your work directly supports our ability to build highly qualified teams that drive national security and innovation forward.
 
This position has a hybrid schedule on an as-needed basis; it is primarily in person at our office.

You Will Excel in This Role If:

  • You enjoy connecting people with purpose-driven work
  • You balance working independently with seamless collaboration across hiring teams, HR, and leadership
  • You thrive in a high-velocity environment and can move top priority candidates through the hiring process quickly
  • You bring energy, professionalism, and discretion to every candidate interaction
  • You are proactive, resourceful, and comfortable working independently
  • You can understand complex technical job requirements and match them with qualified candidates
  • You balance relationship building with results, keeping pipelines full and hiring managers informed

A Day in the Life Of:

  • Review job descriptions and collaborate with hiring managers to understand staffing needs
  • Source and screen candidates for technical and non-technical roles across the organization
  • Conduct interviews via phone, video, or in-person, and evaluate candidate qualifications
  • Coordinate and schedule interviews with hiring teams
  • Extend offers, initiate background checks, and support onboarding as needed
  • Maintain accurate candidate records for EEO compliance and reporting
  • Promote ClearEdge culture and benefits to external candidates
  • Participate in job fairs and recruiting events (5–10% travel)
  • Track and report recruiting metrics to leadership

Must Have:

  • 2+ years of experience in full-cycle recruiting
  • Proficiency in job boards, sourcing tools, and social media platforms for recruitment
  • Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to assess candidate qualifications against complex job requirements
  • Experience supporting both technical and non-technical hiring needs
  • Familiarity with applicant tracking systems and Microsoft Office

Nice to Have:

  • Experience recruiting within government contracting or the intelligence community
  • Experience with Lever, the ATS tool
  • Knowledge of EEO and OFCCP compliance
  • PHR, SHRM-CP, or similar HR certification
  • Understanding of security clearance processes
  • Microsoft Office Specialist certification

ClearEdge is an established small business that values its employees and is committed to providing an environment where individuals can succeed and grow. We believe in developing our people, promoting from within, and fostering long-term career growth across the organization.

Our Core Values—Honesty, Integrity, Loyalty, Fairness, Respect, Responsibility, and Accountability—guide everything we do. These principles shape our culture, inform our decisions, and drive our commitment to excellence in support of our customers and partners.

If this position is not the right fit, we encourage you to visit our Careers page to explore other opportunities at ClearEdge or connect with one of our recruiters at [email protected]. ClearEdge is an equal opportunity employer.

Skills Required

  • 2+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience
  • Proficiency with job boards, sourcing tools, and social media recruitment platforms
  • Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to assess candidate qualifications against complex job requirements
  • Experience supporting technical and non-technical hiring needs
  • Familiarity with applicant tracking systems and Microsoft Office
  • Experience recruiting within government contracting or the intelligence community
  • Experience with Lever ATS
  • Knowledge of EEO and OFCCP compliance
  • PHR, SHRM-CP, or similar HR certification
  • Understanding of security clearance processes
  • Microsoft Office Specialist certification
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The Company
HQ: Annapolis Junction, MD
66 Employees
Year Founded: 2002

What We Do

ClearEdge is a mission-driven technology thought leader grown out of the Intelligence Community that provides software engineering, big data, cloud, data analytics, data visualization, and data science solutions and services. As a small business, we are personally committed to responding to our customers'​ requirements by attracting and retaining only top-tier engineers and field experts.

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