Sidney Johnson Jr.
Ashburn, VA 20147
(M) 571-***-****
********@*****.***
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