Technical Recruiter Senior

John Balas

Centreville, Virginia – US Citizen

240-***-**** *********@*******.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-balas-4b04b5132/

Dedicated Technical Recruiter with a passion for finding the best IT people to support the mission of the U.S. government. Professional Experience:

Skilalogy, Leesburg, VA (Remote) June 2024 – October 2024 Senior Technical Recruiter

• Recruited for U.S. based IT roles supporting Softrams contracts with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and CMS - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The roles included Full-Stack, Front-End, Back-End, DevOps, DBase Admin, DBase Architect, Big Data, Cloud and Cybersecurity. Softrams, Leesburg, VA (Remote) July 2021 – June 2024 Senior Technical Recruiter

• Recruited for U.S. based IT roles supporting Softrams contracts with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and CMS - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The roles included Full-Stack, Front-End, Back-End, DevOps, DBase Admin, DBase Architect, Big Data, Cloud and Cybersecurity. Skilalogy, Leesburg, VA (Remote) Feb 2020 – July 2021 Senior Technical Recruiter

• I provided recruiting and staffing services to Softrams, one of the fastest growing digital services firms in the Washington metropolitan region designing human centered software and developing digital services focused on HX, AI, Cloud, Devops, RPA, Blockchain, and Cyber Security.

• Recruited for U.S. based IT roles supporting Softrams contracts with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and CMS - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• Sourced candidates using Linkedin, Monster, Careerbuilder, Indeed, Clearance Jobs Abbtech Professional Resources, Sterling, VA

Staffing Recruiter March 2019 – Sept. 2019

• In a staffing environment where Abbtech was a subcontractor, I full-life-cycle recruited for full-time, security cleared and non-cleared technical roles for Federal Government end clients in Washington, DC and across the US, including DHS and DoD. The roles I worked included Full-Stack, Front-End, Back-End, System Engineer, System Admin, DevOps, DBase Admin, DBase Architect, Big Data, Program Manager, Business Developer, Cloud, AWS, Cybersecurity

• Found candidates using Linkedin, Bullhorn, Monster, Careerbuilder, Indeed, Clearance Jobs

• Collaborated with my team’s sourcers to shift focus and achieve results as required

• Created and deployed mass mailings via Bullhorn and communicated with candidates via SMS, email, Linkedin and phone

• Worked job fairs, conducted on-the-spot in-person interviews, collected resumes and generated leads

• Tracked my weekly and monthly progress of contacts, submittals, placements, closes and revenue generated Cyberdata Technologies, Herndon, VA Sept. 2018 – January 2019 Technical Recruiting Coordinator

• Sourced resumes for security cleared and non-cleared roles in computer programming, cybersecurity and technical program management. End clients were U.S. federal government agencies including HHS, NOAA and Treasury

• Collaborated with recruiters constantly to shift my sourcing focus as required Education:

James Madison University - Harrisonburg, VA - M.A. in English – 1999 College of William and Mary - Williamsburg, VA - B.A. in International Relations - 1992 References:

Prabhakar Naralasetti – Director of Talent Acquisition at Softrams and Skilalogy 409-***-**** Colin Smith – Lead Technical Recruiter at Cyberdata Technologies (now at Markon) 301-***-****

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