Defense & Cleared Workforce Recruiter

micro1; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

micro1 is seeking a Defense & Cleared Workforce Recruiter to build pipelines of security-cleared talent for U.S. government work. You will source, screen, and place cleared professionals across defense domains, leveraging federal civilian and military networks.

Join a mission-focused team, develop pipelines through ClearanceJobs/ClearedJobs, and collaborate with hiring managers to deliver an outstanding candidate experience from sourcing through offer.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in full-cycle recruiting with cleared GovCon focus.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for cleared roles, sourcing, evaluating, and closing candidates across domains and locations.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Clearance knowledge

GovCon recruiting

Clearance verification

MOS interpretation

Candidate experience

Communication skills

US citizenship

Sourcing strategy

Pipeline development

Tools

ClearanceJobs

ClearedJobs.net

SkillBridge

TAP

Hiring Our Heroes

Job description

Extended team

Required Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Clearance fluency

Cleared sourcing

Military/veteran translation

Compliance awareness

About micro1

micro1 is the leading AI data lab for training frontier models and evaluating AI agents. Experts contribute their diverse subject matter knowledge across domains such as finance, healthcare, STEM engineering, and more. micro1 transforms that real-world expertise into high-quality training data, evaluations, and feedback loops that improve how AI systems learn, reason, and perform.

Our platform identifies and vets top talent through an AI recruiter, enabling high-quality expert contributions at scale. We aim to enable 1 billion people to do meaningful work by applying their expertise to AI. As our global expert network grows, micro1 is building the human intelligence layer for frontier AI.

Job Title: Defense & Cleared Workforce Recruiter

Job Type: Full-time

Location: Remote, US-based only.

The Role

Join our customer's team as a Defense & Cleared Workforce Recruiter, where you'll play a pivotal role in building pipelines of highly qualified, security-cleared talent for mission-critical U.S. government work. In this specialized recruiting role, you'll leverage your expertise in federal, military, and veteran communities to source and place cleared professionals for impactful positions across the defense sector.

What You'll Do

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for a diverse set of cleared roles, including sourcing, evaluating, and closing candidates across multiple cleared domains and locations.
• Develop and nurture pipelines of security-cleared talent, encompassing federal civilians, military officers, veterans, enlisted/NCO personnel, and professionals with prior U.S. government experience.
• Leverage specialized cleared sourcing channels (ClearanceJobs, ClearedJobs.net) and military transition networks (SkillBridge, TAP, Hiring Our Heroes) to connect with top-tier candidates.
• Screen candidates for clearance level, status, and eligibility, ensuring all outreach and qualification processes remain fully compliant with federal guidelines.
• Coordinate clearance verification in partnership with Facility Security Officers (FSOs) and customer security offices, using self-reported information as a preliminary filter.
• Translate military experience (MOS/rate, service history) into role fit, building rapport and trust with transitioning service members and veterans.
• Partner closely with hiring managers to define requirements, set realistic timelines, and deliver an outstanding candidate experience from sourcing through offer.

What We're Looking For

• 5–8 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with significant focus on cleared, defense, or government-contracting (GovCon) talent acquisition.
• Demonstrated success placing security-cleared candidates, with active sourcing experience in cleared talent pools and proprietary channels.
• In-depth understanding of U.S. security clearances (Secret, TS, TS/SCI, poly), including reactivation windows, reciprocity, and compliance boundaries in candidate conversations.
• Fluency in interpreting military/veteran backgrounds, including reading MOS/rate and engaging credibly with transitioning service members.
• Familiarity with clearance verification workflows and collaboration with FSOs or security offices.
• Expert sourcing, screening, and stakeholder-management abilities; adept at building pipelines for location-locked, hard-to-fill cleared roles.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; highly organized and metrics-oriented.
• U.S.-based; U.S. citizenship may be required for certain positions and data access.

Preferred

• Experience recruiting for specialized domains such as maritime/navy, drone/UAS, or combat operators.
• Background as a military recruiter, FSO, or veteran.
• Familiarity with contingent, project-based, or RPO staffing models in the defense or federal sector.