Talent Acquisition Sourcer

Amentum company; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Holidays

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax savings options

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a motivated Talent Acquisition Sourcer to hunt and attract top talent, partnering with recruiters and hiring managers to understand needs and submit qualified candidates. This remote role supports core East Coast hours and emphasizes automation and scalable sourcing strategies.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of hands-on recruiting/sourcing experience, US citizenship, and a track record of qualifying talent efficiently using modern tools and data-driven metrics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher with 3+ years of hands-on recruiting/sourcing experience.
• Experience with talent sourcing tools and technology.
• US citizenship is required.
• Experience qualifying talent needs and candidates with measurable success metrics.

Responsibilities

• Actively source talent across diverse data sources including open market and internal systems.
• Manage full lifecycle sourcing from research to qualified applicants.
• Consult with hiring leaders to shape sourcing strategy and engage in market intelligence.
• Utilize ATS/CRM and sourcing tools to maintain candidate pipelines and data quality.
• Build relationships with passive candidates and drive candidate engagement.

Skills

Talent sourcing

Full-cycle recruiting

Candidate qualification

US citizenship

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

CRM

ATS

Sourcing tools

Job description

Amentum is seeking a motivated Talent Acquisition Sourcer that is passionate about hunting and attracting top talent to make a big impact on the organization. In this role, you will partner with recruiters and hiring managers to fully understand talent needs and requirements for the roles and source, screen, and submit qualified candidates. The successful individual thrives in an innovative, fast-paced environment, can roll up their sleeves, work hard, have fun, and get the job done.

If this describes you and your sourcing/recruiting prowess Amentum would like to introduce you to a unique opportunity to work with an extraordinary Talent Acquisition Sourcing Team. One that embraces new technology and automation and is called upon to help recruiters in need. The recruiters and hiring managers love us and we love our jobs.

Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. Our people apply undaunted curiosity, relentless ambition and boundless imagination to challenge convention and drive progress.

We want people who are thoughtful, collaborative, and inclusive to join our team and make a positive impact on the world.

Our sourcing team is remotely based offering full-time telework/telecommuting supporting core east coast hours.

Responsibilities of this Role:

• The talent sourcing role actively engages talent at all levels from all data sources to include sourcing externally in the open market as well as within our own CRM, ATS, and talent management systems
• This is a “full lifecycle” sourcing role beginning with research, profile enrichment, and data management in our CRM and ending with fully qualified applicants completing the application process.
• You’ll partner with our key hiring leaders and market-facing sales teams to qualify and consult on hiring strategy, shape sourcing strategy at scale, and engage in competitor intelligence gathering
• You’ll be provided top tier tools in our growing technology stack that includes a sourcing friendly ATS, CRM, and nextgen market-facing sourcing tools
• You’ll be on the phone in this role! You’ll be engaging candidates directly to ensure they know the value of an Amentum opportunity, build relationships with passive candidates, and actively manage your pipelines.
• You’ll wear many hats, our Sourcers will support critical open positions as well as support key program bids including key personnel sourcing and bid support as well as supporting our recruiting delivery team who fills 3000 reqs annually and requires active sourcing support on critical roles. These positions will play a key role in our team's drive to build an industry leading work environment in a challenging federal services domain focusing on building critical skillset pipelines and acting as talent consultants for our four Business Groups
• These roles will require a naturally curious mindset when it comes to hiring technology, embracing how to work and source at scale leveraging technology and automation where possible to outwork and stay ahead of our competitors.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 3+ years of hands‑on recruiting/sourcing experience. An additional 4 years of relevant experience may be considered in place of a degree. Related experience includes recent technical external‑facing recruiting or talent sourcing in a technical, engineering, intelligence community, federal or aerospace industry.
• Prior experience with talent sourcing tools and technology.
• US citizenship is required
• Experience qualifying both talent needs and candidates against those needs with a measured track record of success including time to fill, pipeline conversion, pipeline health, and sourcing metrics.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Staffing agency experience
• Prior experience supporting federal contract bids & proposals

Physical Requirements

Requires sitting for extended periods at a desk (90%). Requires sitting at a computer terminal for long periods (90%).

Attendance

Attendance is critical. Work hours are normally 8 hours per day and 5 days per week, Monday through Friday. Being prompt is important to provide continuous and ongoing service to customers. Attendance is important to maintain continuity of service. Work outside of normal duty hours may be required with as little as one-hour notice. Overtime is infrequent, but important when required (1%).

Compensation Details:

90-100K

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good‑faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Benefits Overview:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax‑saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance

Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.

Original Posting

Amentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low‑income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.