Lead Technical Recruiter

About Fivesky:
We design, deploy, and maintain advanced technologies that enable our customers to achieve operational excellence at substantial OpEx savings. Our core strengths include a concentration on networks, their security & optimization with a laser focus on redefining the fulfillment experience.

In addition to our core focus in IT security, Fivesky provides our employees a dynamic environment to learn and grow professionally. With 4 years in business and over hundred customers, the company is soon to be recognized on the West Coast as the go-to expert in delivering IT infrastructure solutions to Enterprise customers across a wide variety of industry verticals. Your peers will be senior engineers with specialized expertise in all areas critical to IT environments, including networking, storage, security, cloud, enterprise applications, servers, messaging and virtualization. We are a team of driven professionals that are committed to our customers’ success and delivering the highest quality of service.

Fivesky’s reputation, resources and culture empower talented Technical Recruiter to succeed. You will be supported by experienced Marketing, Finance, Engineering, Operations and logistics teams that will help you throughout each engagement.

Job Description:

We are looking for a highly motivated and talented Lead Technical Recruiter to join a fast-paced, dynamic and challenging environment.

The ideal candidate must demonstrate conceptual understanding of IT security and networking and are also experienced in recruitment, client & team management. S/he should have a natural curiosity and initiate interest in technology, security and the ability to work in a diverse team environment.

As the Lead Technical Recruiter, your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

Leadership:

• Act as a sole contributing recruiter. Must be able to manage full lifecycle recruitment; source, assess, and recruit candidates for a variety of engineering positions at all levels
• Develop strong relationships with client hiring managers in order to forecast recruitment needs
• Able to lead, grow and manage a team of hired engineers based both locally and globally
• Serve as regional point of contact for all employees; manage the team by taking care of employee onboarding, concerns and career growth, this includes guidance on technical training and certifications
• Ensure service level agreements and contract compliance are accurate and up to date
• Negotiate new client contracts, renewals, extensions and amendments

Recruitment:

• Generate qualified candidates through cost-effective recruiting methods such as leveraging networks, source passive candidates using Social Media and utilize employee referral program and maintain a healthy candidate pipeline for current and future recruiting
• Perform IT technical phone & in person interviews, present candidates to client hiring managers, and extend offers
• Manage the scheduling and logistics of all interviews between candidates and client
• Assess the candidate’s technical ability; identify and match candidate's behavioral traits to client’s cultural fit expectations
• Obtain feedback from the interviewers and analyzing the gaps of the feedback
• Reduce turnaround time and maintain good offer to joining ratio in a fast pace environment
• Educate, excite, and sell candidates on both the opportunity and on Fivesky as a company
• Conduct regular team get together to review performance and maintain good communication & relationship with employees.
• Partner with external recruiters to generate ideas, leverage resources and share information that facilitates an effective search process

This is a full-time, direct employment in New York City, USA. Salary + Commission is open based on experience & qualifications.

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Qualifications:

• B.S. or M.S. in MIS, CIS or any graduate with computer science/network & security background
• Experienced in IT recruiting both local and nationwide candidates is a plus
• Interest in IT security and networking

Skills & Experiences:

• 3 - 5+ years experience in Recruiting Operations and Managing a global team
• Experience in leadership, team motivation and the ability to prioritize and set goals is highly desirable
• Experience with recruiting information/applicant tracking systems (for example: Zoho recruit, Workable, Compas ATS and/or similar systems)
• Have good knowledge of some IT discipline (security, networking, development, Application delivery, Cloud computing..etc) is a must
• Proven past experience to compete and thrive in a challenging environment
• Deep experience recruiting world class Network & Security engineering and technical consulting talent and bring a strong network to prove it

Interpersonal Skills:

• Highly detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple & aggressive deadlines
• Good leadership skills with the ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Self-motivation, strong time management, and organization skills
• Strong communication & negotiation skills
• Strong presentation and written skills

Benefits:
At Fivesky, our employees are our greatest asset and the focal point around which we operate, therefore, we always want the best for our employees. In addition to offering competitive compensation plans and long-term career opportunities. We offer an attractive mix of benefit plans to our employees that include: provisions for vacation, holiday pay, and sick days. Employees qualify to join these plans and other sponsored benefits after 60-days of employment.

Fivesky is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.