Job Description Everforth ECS is seeking a
Principal Recruiter to work
remotely in the
National Capital Region. The Principal Recruiter is the organization's highest-level individual contributor and a recognized authority on requirement quality, advanced sourcing, and enterprise-critical staffing. This role oversees the most challenging, sensitive, and strategically important hiring efforts across all business units, serving as a trusted advisor to executives, capture teams, and proposal leadership. The Principal Recruiter elevates the entire TA function through expertise, system-level improvements, and mentorship while ensuring timely, accurate delivery on positions essential to business continuity and customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities - Lead the most complex and business-critical hiring assignments across the enterprise, including executive, confidential, high-risk, and revenue-impacting requisitions.
- Serve as a strategic advisor to executives, Directors, and proposal teams, providing labor-market intelligence, staffing risk assessments, competitive analysis, and recommendations that influence bid strategies and delivery commitments.
- Own and enforce requirement-quality standards across the organization, redesigning unclear, misaligned, or unfillable requisitions and guiding leaders toward more competitive and realistic staffing expectations.
- Deploy expert-level sourcing strategies including deep boolean logic, strategic talent mapping, competitive research, and direct engagement of niche or low-density technical communities.
- Mentor and coach Lead and Senior Recruiters through influence, sharing advanced techniques, reviewing complex requirements, and strengthening sourcing quality across the team.
- Identify systemic TA challenges-such as process bottlenecks, messaging inconsistencies, or pattern-level requirement issues-and propose targeted improvements that enhance organizational capability.
- Act as a high-trust enterprise resource, stepping into delivery escalations or at-risk positions to restore stability, protect customer relationships, and maintain program continuity.
Required Skills - Bachelor's degree with 10-12 years of experience, or Master's degree with 8-10 years.
- Demonstrated expertise filling extremely complex, cleared, technical, or leadership-level roles.
- Strong advisory presence with proven ability to influence executives and senior stakeholders.
- Mastery of sourcing methodologies, including boolean design, market mapping, competitive research, and passive talent acquisition.
Desired Skills - Experience with competitive intelligence, labor-market research, and talent heatmapping.
- Capture or proposal staffing experience with knowledge of pricing and labor mix strategy.
- Experience designing sourcing playbooks, training modules, or TA capability enhancements.
ECS Federal LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.
Everforth ECS is the federal segment of
Everforth , a $4B global organization with over 10,000 employees. Our nearly 3,500 professionals deliver advanced technology solutions in data and AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise transformation, serving defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies.
Our work powers mission-critical outcomes, strengthens technology partnerships, and creates meaningful opportunities for our people. We are defined by a commitment to excellence in delivery, a culture of innovation, and an environment where talent can thrive and grow.
We value:
- Attracting and developing top talent and high-performing teams
- Fostering a culture that is engaging, accountable, and mission-driven
Meet the challenge. Make a difference with Everforth ECS! 
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