Sunia K.

• Cultivated strong partnerships and strategized cross-functionally with engineering directors, managers, coordinators, recruiters and sourcers to understand hiring needs and exceed hiring goals. • Conducted regular meetings with hiring leadership to educate on recruiting best practices (e.g., hiring plans, job specifications, interviewing panels, etc.), market data, and execution of recruiting processes and tools. • Took a proactive approach to ramp and mentor new sourcers to the team through knowledge sharing sessions, sourcing jams, resume reviews, shadowing opportunities. • Improved the recruiting process iteratively [from no standard meeting with the business to structured weekly syncs]. • Sourced, screened, and evaluated a variety of technical candidates, such as Front-End Developers, Back End Developers, Full Stack Developers, Principal Engineers, TPMs, SDETs, QA Engineers. • Produced 10-15 candidate screens; and 50-75 candidate reach outs per week. • Consistently resulted in an OE to OA conversion rate of greater than 75% due to strong partnership with recruiters

- Manages a team of 4 recruiters, provides direction, coaching and mentoring in day-to-day activities. - Responsible for attracting talent with a focus on government contracting and candidates with government clearances. - Work on several positions for DHS, DoD, DoJ, FBI, L3Harris, NGA, and FAA. - Lead national searches, gather market intelligence, and use engagement strategies to identify and attract top talent. - Leads special projects as assigned; including proposal support, new contract transitions, corporate projects including process improvement, or innovation initiatives. - Review job descriptions to ensure proper advertisement format for internet job postings and target niche sites. - Effectively pre-screen candidates for contract, direct-hire, contract-to-hire, and permanent roles while assessing the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and cultural fit for the role. - Negotiates offers, prepares offer letter requests, and follows up to ensure success in closing candidates. - Direct and manage excellent communication with external candidates to provide a world class interview experience. - Maintained a high level of customer satisfaction: 90%+ returning, satisfied candidate rate across all positions.

• Interview and evaluate top technical talent for mission-critical roles supporting defense and intelligence programs. • Utilize advanced sourcing strategies across LinkedIn, StackOverflow, SQA forums, and alternative search techniques to identify hard-to-find candidates. • Partner closely with hiring managers and executives to understand technical requirements and deliver high-quality candidates. • Build lasting candidate relationships by providing an exceptional experience, timely feedback, and advocacy throughout the hiring process. • Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on talent strategies, workforce planning, and hiring priorities. • Successfully manage multiple searches, projects, and stakeholder relationships while consistently meeting hiring goals. • Handle candidates with a wide range of security clearances, from Secret to Full Scope Polygraph, ensuring compliance and suitability for sensitive government programs. • Thrived in an exciting opportunity to recruit for high-impact government contracts, supporting cleared technical roles for defense and intelligence initiatives

- Hired and mentored 2 Technical Sourcers and 1 Technical Recruiter in providing white-glove candidate experience, engaging passive talent, best practices, and closing strategies to create a win-win situation for candidates and the company. - Screen resumes and interview candidates to determine basic qualifications. - Source and Recruit for Front End Developers, Back End Developers, Full Stack Developers, Principal Engineers, ML Engineers, Product Managers, Analysts, NOC Engineers, and UI/UX Designers/Researchers. - Possess strong technical/business acumen and understanding of technical requirements, such as CSS, HTML, ES6, UX/UI, React, Angular JS, JavaScript, jQuery, Python, PHP, API, CHC, SQL, Oracle. - Created and maintained a high-volume pipeline of candidates by weekly emailing 200 candidates, making 50 cold calls asking for referrals, and ensured at least 5 offers are extended every quarter. - Manage full-cycle recruiting for multiple, complex searches, creating innovative sourcing strategies and engagement to bring the best talent to each role. - Collaborate closely with hiring managers throughout the recruiting process. - Establish and maintain meaningful relationships with management and key cross-functional stakeholders internally (e.g. Recruiting, HR, Compensation, and Diversity teams). - Drive offer process - including extending offers, negotiations, closing candidates, and generating offer letters