Ondra (Andre) Montgomery

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District Heights, Maryland 20747

Home: 301-***-**** Cell: 202-***-****

Email: adqb5t@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/omontgomery

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Highly resourceful and accomplished corporate/agency recruiter and consultant with more than 15 years of full life-cycle Information Technology recruiting and staffing expertise for private sector and Federal government contractor companies in support of state, local government, DOD and Intelligence Agency Communities. Solid background staffing small to large contract IT projects, delivering a high volume of qualified and skilled security cleared and non-cleared IT personnel in a timely and accurate manner in fast past environments. Proven Internet/Social Media recruiter utilizing traditional and non-traditional recruiting methods and recruiting experience with virtual fairs and campus recruiting at local colleges in the DC/MD/VA areas. Acted in the role of Facility Security Officer with experience processing and verifying security clearances for individuals in response to critical government agency projects as well.

SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL: TOP SECRET

RECRUITING SPECIALITY AREAS: Cyber Security/Information Assurance Engineers, Software/System Engineers & Developers, Program Managers, Network Engineers

EDUCATION

Business Management/Marketing, Bowie State University

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

MS Windows 10, MS Office Suite 2016, ATS (Smart Search, TALEO, Resumix, MyStaffingPro), VMS (Vendor Management System), JPAS, EQUIP, DD254, ISFD

JOBS BOARDS/SEARCH ENGINES/SOCIAL NETWORKS

Linked-In, Facebook, Twitter, Craigslist, Google, Zip Recruiter, Monster, Indeed, CareerBuilder, IHireHR, Bull Horn, ICIMS, Clearance jobs, Tech Expo, Cleared Jobs, Military Hire, Hire Veterans, ACAP, Brass Ring, Intelligence Careers, Hero2Hired, WashingtonPost, US Jobs

TRAINING/RECRUITING ASSOCIATIONS

Member of NCMS (The Society of Industrial Security Professionals) 3/2017-Present

PROJECT S.A.V.E (SPONSER BY CLUFF & ASSOCIATES) 2010 to 2017

Thwarting the Enemy (Center For Development of Security) (Cert of Training) 6/28/2017

FSO Program Management For Possessing Facilities (Cert of Training) 4/29/2017

Safeguarding Classified Information in the National Industrial Security Program 4/29/2017

Developing A Security Education and Training Program (Cert of Training) 3/23/2017

JPAS Level 7/8 Curriculum (Cert of Training) 8/24/2016

Personally, Identifiable Information Version 1.0 Certificate 7/25/2016

Power Recruiter Workshop (Sponsored by Monster.com) 2007 to 2014

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1/2020 – 3/2020 Sr. Technical Recruiter LPR International

Responsible for the full life cycle recruiting process for staffing IT, Health Care and Administrative positions in the local Maryland, DC, Virginia area

Daily duties included souring, screening and updating BambooHR ATS

Involved in the proposal process for government bids to obtain new business

Conducted in person and Skype interviews with potential clients and candidates

Posted and edited new positions on company website and on job boards

Registered and participated in virtual online and in person job fairs for UMUC in Largo, MD and NOVA (Northern Virginia Community College for campus recruiting

4/2015 – 8/2019 Sr. Technical Recruiter/Recruiting Manager TAD PGS, Inc

Executed all steps of the placement cycle for customers and orders, while complying with company policy, employment law and code of business conduct.

Responsible for the full life cycle recruiting process for specialized IT security cleared staffing projects (Federal/Intel) that included temporary, temp to hire or direct hire opportunities.

Responsible for sourcing and recruiting for many cleared Secret to Top Secret w/Poly cleared positions including: Software Developers (Java, C++, C#), SQL Database, Project Managers, Unix/Linux Admin, Enterprise Architects, Cyber Security Analyst, and Test Engineers

Developed creative recruiting strategies to attract qualified candidates to meet customer demands and met with client managers to discuss staffing needs. Updated job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, read professional publications and maintaining personal networks.

Leveraged resources to recruit the highest caliber candidates through online social networking and job boards, community involvement, professional networking, local media resources, user groups, associations, educational institutions and military transition centers to increase outreach.

Involved with online virtual and in - person college and military campus recruiting for available technical and non-technical positions for TAD PGS

Facilitated specific on-boarding processes and developed metrics to identify cleared candidates

Participated in RFP/RFQ/RFI response teams to govt contracting solicitations

11/2018 – 8/2019 FSO (Facility Security Officer) & Office Manager TAD PGS, Inc

FSO (Facility Security Officer) onsite at the TAD PGS, Inc facility in Alexandria, VA. Maintained a Top-Secret Clearance while monitoring and identifying information security discrepancies to ensure that all classified documents were properly marked, secured, controlled, and safeguarded.

Processed alarm access requests, issued personal identification codes and provided access control training for all new personnel and refresher training. Provided access control entry into onsite secured security room. Used JPAS to confirm clearance status in accordance with DoD

Office Manager at TAD PGS, Inc. Ordered requested supplies, maintained critical paperwork needed for computer hardware/software items, garage employee parking info and building security badging/access.

9/2013 – 5/2014 Corporate Recruiter Trinity Protection Services, Inc/TPS Wiring

Successfully staffed over 50 vacant positions specializing in the area of wireless telecom for cell phone carrier providers (AT & T, Verizon, Sprint) across the U.S. Recruited for telecom professionals with cell tower technician backgrounds, including Construction Managers, Cell Tower Foreman, Climbers, and Top Hands to provide LTE upgrades and the build and maintenance of cell networks and tower antennas.

Assisted in the management of the Tower program improving the attractiveness of the positions by recommending new practices/policies and monitoring the job offers.

Placed job advertisements and maintained a good rapport with the hiring managers

8/2011 – 1/2013 Corporate Technical Recruiter Axom Technologies, Inc

Performed full life cycle recruiting functions and utilized job boards (Monster, CareerBuilder, ClearanceJobs, ClearedJobs, TechExpo), social networks (FaceBook, Linked-In), internal employee postings/referrals and internal databases to attract/recruit active and passive candidates. Successfully scheduled an average of 5-10 candidate interviews a week.

Recruited for security cleared IT positions such as System Administrators and Network Engineers with Full Scope Lifestyle Polygraph clearances positions for NSA.

Responsible for sourcing and developing relationships with candidates and hiring managers to place them in select, specialized projects in the areas of:

Cyber Security Operations, SW Engineering and IT Solutions (NetworkEngineering).

Represented Axom Tech at college and technical job fairs.

5/2007 – 6/2011 Corporate Technical Recruiter Maden Technologies, Inc/HRI

As a corporate technical recruiter, performed full lifecycle recruiting to include sourcing, screening, posting job openings, conducting salary negotiations and assisting program mgrs.

Recruited for internal corporate positions such as: SW Developers, CFOs, Information Assurance Mgr, Security Officers, Admin Assistants and HR Mgrs

Represented Maden Technologies at local and national job fairs.

Maintainend ATS (MyStaffingPro) and utilized job boards (CareerBuilder/Monster)

Networked with staffing agencies, social media reps (twitter/facebook), newspapers (Washington Post/Stars & Stripes) and military organizations (Fort Belvoir/Fort Myers)

Successfully staffed candidates for the following client and corporate direct positions:

CIA (Northern, VA) - recruited Systems Engineers/Administrators and Software Engineers with TS/SCI Full Scope Lifestyle Polygraph clearances.

DTRA (Fort Belvoir, VA) - recruited for security/Intel TS/SCI Information Assurance contractors and Security Specialist across the United States at military bases

PKI/CAC (Crystal City, VA) - staffed over 20 Information Assurance Engineers and Policy professionals for positions with the US Army, including PM’s & Sr. Policy Analyst, Registration Authority, SMEs, Wireless Lead, and PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)

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