Senior Recruiting Specialist
About the role
About the role
hands-on, high-impact Sr. Recruiting Specialist
Responsibilities
- Own
end-to-end recruiting
for complex and business-critical technology roles across Engineering, Cybersecurity, Big Data, Cloud, Product, Business Applications, and Technical Support.
- Partner with hiring managers to understand the
technology, team, and business problem
behind each role and build targeted recruiting strategies.
- Drive
hands-on, proactive sourcing
through LinkedIn Recruiter, talent mapping, referrals, networking, market research, and competitive intelligence.
- Build and maintain
high-quality talent pipelines
for both immediate and future hiring needs.
- Assess candidates for
technical capability, career trajectory, motivation, and overall fit
.
- Act as a trusted advisor to hiring managers on
talent availability, market trends, compensation, competitive landscape, and hiring strategy
.
- Own candidate engagement and
offer closure
, effectively managing competing offers, counteroffers, compensation expectations, and notice periods.
- Identify and remove hiring bottlenecks, with strong focus on
quality of hire, funnel conversion, time-to-fill, and aging requisitions
.
- Leverage
AI and recruiting technology
to improve sourcing, talent intelligence, screening, and recruiting productivity.
- Represent Qualys as an
employer brand ambassador
Required Skills
7+ years of technical recruiting experience
, preferably within SaaS, cybersecurity, cloud, or enterprise technology.
- Proven track record of independently closing
complex, niche, and senior-level technology roles
.
- Strong technical understanding across areas such as
Software Engineering, Big Data, AI/ML, Cloud, Cybersecurity, QA, and Product
.
- Exceptional
direct sourcing and talent-mapping
capability; comfortable building pipelines where talent is scarce.
- Strong candidate assessment skills with the ability to distinguish
true technical depth from keyword-based experience
.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and partner with
senior hiring managers and technical leaders
.
- Strong
negotiation and candidate-closing
skills.
- Data-driven approach with understanding of recruiting funnel metrics and hiring performance.
- Highly organized, agile, self-driven, and comfortable operating in a
high-growth, high-accountability environment
Preferred Skills
- Experience hiring for cybersecurity, Big Data, AI/ML, cloud, or other highly specialized technology domains.
- Experience supporting global hiring across India and the US.
- Experience using AI-powered recruiting tools and talent intelligence platforms.
- Strong technology talent network and knowledge of the competitive SaaS talent market.
- Experience improving recruiting processes, hiring-manager effectiveness, and candidate experience.
Skills
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