Sidney Johnson Jr.

***** ******** *******

Ashburn, VA 20147

(M) 571-***-****

adksum@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist with 20+ years with a proven track record providing full life cycle recruitment in Information Technology, Federal Government and Consumer Marketing and Sales.

The Reports and Requirements Company- Rosslyn, VA

September 2020 to February 2021

Full life cycle recruitment for Intel and DHS community

Recruiting candidates ranging in skill set and experiences- Project Integrators, Project Managers, Software Engineers, Full Stack Developers, Systems Engineers, Cloud /AWS Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Database Engineers and Python Developers

Using Clearancejobs, Indeed and Clearedjobs.net and networking pipeline for sourcing purposes

Providing weekly reports and active to stakeholders and clients on candidate updates, interviews, submittals and hiring processes

Creating requisitions in the iCIMS ATS systems to track and screen applicants and disposition them through the hiring process.

Reviewing open requisitions to closed, cancelled and filled to keep an accurate account of active and inactive requisitions

Dovel Technologies – McLean, VA

September 2019 to September 2020

Recruiting support for HHS, NIH, and FDA

Sourcing candidates ranging from Technical Trainers, Business Analysts, Quality Analyst, Agile and Scrum Masters, Linux Systems Engineers, DevOps Engineers, DevOps Managers, Java and Full Stack Developers, Database Engineers, C++ and Python Developers

Sourcing candidates using my network of candidates and recruiters LinkedIn Recruiter, Google, Dice and Monster

Conducting intake calls with Project Managers, Program Managers and Vice Presidents

Creating requisitions in the iCIMS ATS systems

Disposition candidates in the ATS systems through the process of rejection, interview or hire

Process the active requisition to closed and “filled” to canceled

Conducting weekly active calls with Managers who support several different projects

Aditi Consulting/Amazon Web Services- Herndon, VA

April 2019 to September 2019

Contract Recruiter

Provide sourcing support to the Public Sector Business Unit at Amazon Web Services.

Sourcing passive candidates for the Solution Architect roles nationwide.

Providing candidates ranging from VMware Solution Architects, Security Architects, Storage and Solution Architects, .Net Developers, DevOps Engineers and Cloud Architects.

Creating and posting requisitions into iCIMS and Beamery ATS systems

Communicating with the Hiring Manager on phone screens, in-person interviews and group in-person interviews.

Communicating with Recruiting Coordinators to have the coordinators set up the interviews identified by the Hiring Managers.

Belcan Government Services – Lansdowne, VA

October 2017 to April 2019

Provide recruiting support to the DoD and Intel customers

Sourcing candidates with Secret to TS/SCI Full Scope Poly level clearances

Providing sourcing support for various skills to include: Contract Management, Artificial Intelligence Engineers, Java, C++ and Research Scientist

Weekly reports and scheduled meetings for DARPA, Department of State and Intel custom

Disposition candidates in our ATS systems Smart Search

Creating requisitions and offers in Smart Search

Certified as an CIR through AIRS

Involved with career/jobs fairs quarterly to find and meeting with prospective employee

Coordinate with FSO to seek verification of candidate's clearance eligibility

CACI International/NSSRPO –Chantilly, VA

July 2016 to October 2017

Lead Recruiter Talent Acquisition

Coordinating recruiting support for the iTDAS program in the Intel community

Sourcing TS/SCI Full Scope Poly candidates for the needs of the customer

Daily meeting with CACI management team to discuss candidate interviews, activities

and contingent offers

Create and extend offers, disposition and search for qualified candidates in the Taleo Enterprise System, complete the system process to the filled/closed status

Attend Career Fairs in the Washington D.C. area to supplement CACI's candidate

pipeline and further network with potential employees

Created recruiting pipeline for iTDAS, Coach whip and EIEOS contracts. Focused on supplying qualified candidates for current programs as well as pending work

Skills: Systems Architects, Big Data Architects, Java Developers, IT Program Managers, Project Integrators, Systems Integrators, Software Testers and Software Engineers

Coordinate with Security officer to validate candidate's clearance eligibility

PricewaterhouseCoopers – McLean, VA

May 2016 to July 2016

Sr. Contract Recruiter

Sole recruiting support for PwC Public Sector and Health Services Business Unit in total 5 programs. Supported 35 requisitions for the various Business Units

Directly supported the 2 Senior Business Partners for each organization unit Skills: Software Engineers, Systems Engineers, Project Managers, Human Capital Analyst, Business Analyst, Change Management Analyst and Web Developers, to discuss staffing activity for each Director's program and provide candidate and program updates

Sourced candidates, coordinated weekly interviews for Hiring Managers and Directors in

the Washington D.C., Baltimore MD, Vienna VA and Atlanta GA areas

Coordinated in the Brass Ring system candidate application through to the hiring

process

Coordinated candidate's eligibility process with Security officer

Start Finder/ManTech International Corporation –Herndon, VA

February 2016 to April 2016

Contract Recruiter

Lead IT recruiting support for DoD customer with TS or TS/SCI requirements

Skills: Systems Engineer, Network Engineers, Test Engineers, SharePoint Developers Web Developers, Program and Project Managers

Oversee sourcing efforts, interviews and offer process for new and internal candidates

Coordinate and schedule monthly candidate invitational for DoD customer's urgent need

Coordinate with Security officer for clearance verification

Created in the ATS system requisitions, important notes and notifications, interviews and offer

Involved with weekly staff meetings with our customers to provide updates and gain feedback on interviews, offers and recommendations

Verizon Corporation -Ashburn, VA

October 2006 to December 2015

Team Lead - Talent Acquisition

Supervision and mentoring to a team of 10 recruiters

Conduct weekly staff meeting

Provide training to new team members (Contractors/FTEs)

Lead several IDIQ and RFP/ RFQ efforts in the Federal Government space

Oversee accuracy in FTE tracking and analysis to support Sr. Program managers in meeting programmatic level of effort expectations, minimizing attrition and resources

available

Supporting facilitate onboarding /new hire orientation programs

Manage internal employee referral program

Led recruiting efforts on several of Verizon's high profiled program in the Consumer

Mass Business Markets and Federal Government space

Customer Focus: DoD, DISA and NGA with clearance ranging from Secret - TS/SCI+

Skills: Helpdesk Specialist Sales and Marketing Specialist, Project Managers, Software Developers, Network Architect, Solutions Architects, Digital Marketing Specialist and New Trend Technologist

Skills: Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, MS Outlook, Windows, Taleo Enterprise, LinkedIn, Facebook, Brass Ring, SmartSearch, Peoplesoft HR, HR workday, HR connect, Beamery, iCIMS, Hire, LinkedIn Recruiter, Dice, Indeed, RecruitNow, Hiretual, Clearancejobs, Clearedjobs.net, BrassRing

Education

University of California, Berkeley - Berkeley, CA 1985 to 1987

Cerritos Community College -Cerritos, CA 1983 to 1985

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