Senior Technical Recruiter - Cleared Hiring Expert

DARRELL SEYLER

North Las Vegas, NV

425-***-**** • *************@*****.***

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SUMMARY

Senior Technical Recruiter with 20+ years of experience leading full-cycle recruiting across technical, non-technical, cleared, and executive roles. Recognized for stepping into complex, high-volume, or ambiguous environments and quickly stabilizing hiring pipelines, training teams, and exceeding performance expectations. A decisive leader, tactical planner, and problem-solver whose personal OKRs consistently surpass team and organizational KPIs.

CORE SKILLS

●Executive & Technical Recruiting

●Cleared Recruiting (TS/SCI, FSP)

●Candidate Pipeline Development

●Compensation Negotiation

●Diversity Recruiting (Certified)

●HRIS / ATS Systems

●Sourcing & Pre-Screening

●Background Checks & Compliance

●IT & Cybersecurity Recruiting

●Startup & High-Growth Hiring

●Hiring Manager Partnerships

●Training & Process Enablement

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Microsoft — Senior Technical & Non-Technical Recruiter (Contract), Remote (Jul 2025 – Mar 2026)

●Trained hiring managers on new HR/ATS platform while supporting active hiring needs.

●Overcame resistance through hands-on coaching and tailored walkthroughs.

●Achieved 100% manager enablement without disrupting hiring pipelines.

●Rehired to support Federal & Defense recruiting; hired FSP candidates across engineering, security, PM, and sales.

●Maintained high-volume cleared pipelines while continuing ATS training.

John Stalarkis Inc. — Senior Technical Recruiter, Remote (Oct 2022 – Dec 2024)

●Rebuilt trust with teams struggling to find qualified candidates; exceeded hiring goals.

●Hired OSP technicians and engineers across AK, HI, and TX.

●Promoted to corporate hiring for Directors, VPs, PMs, and specialized telecom roles.

●Filled challenging regulatory, policy, compliance, and legal roles.

●Built internship partnerships and led nationwide career fairs.

Microsoft (via D.I.S. LLC) — Technical Recruiter, Remote (May 2022 – Oct 2022)

●Completed training early; accelerated onboarding through cross-team collaboration.

●Sourced candidates for Cyber Leads, Managers, Architects, PMs, Designers, and engineers.

●Supported team that completed year-long hiring mandate in 6 months.

●Trained new managers on HR systems and hiring protocols.

Magic Leap — Senior Recruiter (Contract), Plantation, FL (Feb 2021 – Mar 2022)

●Joined team of five to hire 200+ employees for 2021 expansion.

●Hired full teams for TSS (IT) and nearly all of SRE.

●Filled Director, Principal, Lead, and VP roles.

●Managed full-cycle recruiting including JD creation, sourcing, interviews, and negotiation.

Parsons — Senior Recruiter (Nov 2019 – Jan 2020)

●Recruited across Network Engineering, Tax, and IT Project Management.

●Contract ended due to restructuring and COVID-related project loss.

Lockheed Martin — Senior Recruiter, Cyber Solutions, Hanover, MD (Dec 2016 – Sep 2019)

●Started with 100+ open reqs; team expanded from 3 to 14.

●Became team trainer; earned Director’s Award for Excellence.

●Team won Recruiting Team of the Year at DC Cyber Job Fair.

●Promoted from Recruiting Assistant to full Recruiter managing 120–180 reqs.

●Recruited engineers, admins, and cleared cyber talent (TS/SCI, FSP).

●Increased hiring output by up to 300% on challenging programs.

●Led creative lunchtime hiring events for high-clearance candidates.

●Led team in accepted offers toward 300-offer goal in nine months.

Yoh Aviation — Senior Aerospace Recruiter, Bellevue, WA (Oct 2015 – May 2016)

●Recruited for Zodiac, Boeing, and aerospace/IT clients nationwide.

●Filled specialized roles while maintaining strong client relationships.

CDI International / Parker Aerospace — Senior Aerospace Recruiter, Philadelphia, PA (Sep 2014 – Jan 2015)

●Two-month contract extended to four.

●Recruited fly-by-wire, flight control, systems, and electrical engineers.

●Built strong relationships in niche engineering fields.

EDUCATION

Associate of Applied Science, Business Administration – Human Resources

American Continental University (Sep 2011), Chicago, IL

HOBBIES

●Treasure Hunting

●Hiking

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