Job Description

The Recruiting Sourcer is responsible for identifying, engaging, and building pipelines of qualified candidates for current and future opportunities at Edgewater Federal Solutions. This position supports the Corporate Recruiting team by using proactive sourcing methods, applicant tracking system tools, job boards, social media, networking, referrals, and other recruiting resources to develop candidate pools for technical and professional services positions. The Recruiting Sourcer will partner closely with Recruiters, Hiring Managers, Client Services, Professional Services, and Business Development stakeholders to support timely candidate identification, screening, and talent pipeline development while maintaining compliance with recruiting procedures and applicable employment requirements.

Responsibilities

• Source and identify qualified IT, cybersecurity, engineering, professional services, and cleared candidates for current and future positions supporting Edgewater Federal Solutions.
• Build and maintain proactive candidate pipelines for high-priority, hard-to-fill, proposal, recompete, and future hiring needs.
• Use proactive sourcing methods, including Boolean searches, LinkedIn Recruiter, ClearanceJobs, Dice, Indeed, job boards, social media, referrals, networking, resume databases, and other recruiting platforms.
• Review job descriptions, employment requisitions, and hiring criteria to understand position requirements, required skills, location needs, labor category considerations, clearance requirements, and client expectations.
• Conduct initial resume reviews and candidate outreach to determine basic qualifications, interest level, availability, compensation expectations, work authorization, location preferences, and clearance eligibility when applicable.
• Partner with Recruiters to transition qualified candidates into the screening, prescreening, interview, submittal, and applicant tracking workflow.
• Maintain accurate and timely candidate records, notes, statuses, and dispositions in the applicant tracking system in accordance with recruiting procedures and compliance requirements.
• Support posting and advertising efforts for open requisitions as needed, including external job boards and networking sites.
• Develop targeted sourcing strategies based on skillset, location, clearance level, contract priority, hiring timeline, and candidate market conditions.
• Research market trends, talent availability, salary expectations, competitor hiring activity, and sourcing challenges for technical and professional services roles.
• Coordinate with Recruiters and hiring stakeholders to communicate sourcing progress, candidate availability, market feedback, and recruiting challenges.
• Help expand Edgewater’s talent network by maintaining regular communication with prospective candidates and creating a positive candidate experience.
• Support recruiting metrics by tracking sourcing activity, candidate outreach, response rates, pipeline progress, and qualified candidate flow.
• Assist with proposal recruiting and business development sourcing efforts by identifying potential key personnel and qualified candidates aligned to anticipated requirements.
• Reinforce the company’s commitment to equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, OFCCP compliance, and consistent recruiting practices.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, Marketing, or related field; additional recruiting, sourcing, or staffing experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 1-3 years of recruiting, sourcing, staffing, talent acquisition, or related candidate research experience.
• Experience using proactive sourcing methods, including Boolean search strings, resume databases, social media, job boards, cold outreach, referrals, and networking.
• Experience working with an applicant tracking system or candidate relationship management tool.
• Ability to review job requirements and identify candidates who meet required technical, professional, location, clearance, compensation, and availability criteria.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage candidates professionally and effectively.
• Ability to maintain excellent working relationships with Recruiters, hiring managers, internal stakeholders, and job candidates.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate candidate records, notes, and activity tracking.
• Ability to work in a metrics-driven environment and manage multiple requisitions, priorities, and deadlines.
• Knowledge of recruiting compliance concepts, candidate dispositioning, and fair hiring practices.
• Commitment to staying apprised of sourcing tools, recruiting trends, talent market conditions, and competitive recruiting practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience sourcing IT and Professional Services candidates for government contracts, including developers, cybersecurity specialists, help desk analysts, systems engineers, cloud professionals, network engineers, project managers, business analysts, and related technical roles.
• Experience sourcing candidates in cleared environments, including DoD, DOE, federal civilian, national laboratory, or other government contracting environments.
• Experience using iCIMS, LinkedIn Recruiter, ClearanceJobs, Dice, Indeed, ZipRecruiter, Monster, CareerBuilder, or similar sourcing and recruiting tools.
• Working knowledge of OFCCP, affirmative action, employment law, and recruiting compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting proposal recruiting, incumbent capture, pipelining, or high-volume recruiting efforts.
• Experience sourcing local, remote, hybrid, and relocation-based candidate pools for difficult-to-fill technical positions.

Physical DemandsThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee must possess the ability to fulfill office activities normally expected in an office setting, including remaining seated for periods of time to perform computer entry, participating in filing activity, and lifting and carrying office supplies. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to fifteen (15) pounds. Fine hand manipulation, including keyboarding, is required.

Work EnvironmentThe work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The employee may be exposed to general office conditions while conducting office duties and may be required to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period.

Working at Edgewater Federal SolutionsEdgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services, and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 27001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named one of the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area since 2018.

Edgewater Federal Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It has been and continues to be our policy to provide equal employment to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other status protected by applicable law.