Senior Federal Cyber Talent Recruiter (TS/SCI+Poly)

Nightwing; United States; Remote; USD 122,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Nightwing is seeking a Senior Recruiter with deep expertise in the federal cleared talent market to lead sourcing and delivery for hard-to-fill cybersecurity and technical roles. You will focus on engaging cleared candidates and partnering with key stakeholders to drive candidates through screening, interviews, and offer acceptance.

In this role, you will own the recruiting lifecycle end-to-end—from market mapping and proactive sourcing through placement—while maintaining strong candidate

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of recruiting experience.
• Active TS/SCI with Poly.
• Established network within the DMV cleared community.
• Experience recruiting for cybersecurity and/or engineering positions.
• Ability to interpret labor categories and accurately assess candidate qualifications against requirements.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify, engage, and recruit FSP-cleared candidates for highly specialized technical and cybersecurity roles.
• Build, manage, and continuously refresh a pipeline of qualified cleared candidates for current openings and anticipated requirements.
• Source candidates through direct outreach, referrals, professional networks, and cleared talent platforms.
• Conduct in-depth candidate screening for experience, qualifications, compensation alignment, availability, and level of interest.
• Partner with Security to verify clearance status/eligibility and with Operations to support interviews, offers, and candidate submissions.
• Maintain strong candidate relationships, ensuring consistent communication on pipeline activity, next steps, obstacles, and outcomes.

Skills

10+ years recruiting experience

Active TS/SCI with Poly

DMV cleared community

Cybersecurity/engineering recruiting

Labor category interpretation

Job description

Nightwing is seeking a Senior Recruiter with deep expertise in the federal cleared talent market to lead sourcing and delivery for hard-to-fill cybersecurity and technical roles. You will focus on engaging cleared candidates and partnering with key stakeholders to drive candidates through screening, interviews, and offer acceptance.

In this role, you will own the recruiting lifecycle end-to-end—from market mapping and proactive sourcing through placement—while maintaining strong candidate