Talent Acquisition Specialist

• Innovation & Responsiveness: We push beyond legacy models with efficient, tech-led solutions built to scale and evolve.
• Trusted Performance: Security, compliance, and deep experience in delivering to demanding environments guides all we do.
• Mission Focused Expertise: From veteran leadership to cleared engineers, our people understand both the technology and the mission.

Bridge Defense is seeking a driven and highly organized Talent Acquisition Specialist to support full-cycle recruiting across our growing organization. This role will be responsible for identifying, attracting, and hiring exceptional talent across Engineering, Services, Corporate, and other mission-critical functions, with a strong emphasis on technical and cleared professionals supporting the national security community.

The Talent Acquisition Specialist will partner closely with HR, leadership, and hiring managers to understand workforce needs, develop effective sourcing strategies, build strong candidate pipelines, and manage candidates from initial outreach through accepted offer. This is a hands-on recruiting role requiring proactive sourcing, effective candidate engagement, strong pipeline management, and the ability to successfully manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

In addition to day-to-day recruiting, this position will contribute to broader talent acquisition initiatives, including recruiting strategy, compensation and market research, university and early-career recruiting, recruiting analytics, and other programs designed to support Bridge Defense's continued growth.

• Proactively identify and engage passive engineering candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter and other sourcing channels.
• Develop thoughtful, personalized candidate outreach that reflects the position, mission, and individual candidate's experience.
• Conduct recruiter screens to evaluate candidate experience, technical alignment, compensation expectations, availability, location, clearance requirements, and overall fit.
• Build and maintain pipelines for current and anticipated hiring needs.
• Partner closely with engineering leadership and hiring managers throughout the recruiting process.
• Coordinate interviews and maintain consistent communication with candidates and interview teams.
• Drive candidates through the recruiting process efficiently while maintaining a strong candidate experience.
• Support offer development, candidate closing, and pre-employment transition activities.
• Maintain accurate candidate records and recruiting activity within Rippling.
• Track recruiting metrics including pipeline activity, sourcing effectiveness, time-to-fill, offer acceptance, and hiring outcomes.
• Support compensation and talent-market research for technical positions.
• Support university recruiting, internship programs, career fairs, and early-career talent initiatives.
• Recommend improvements to sourcing strategies, recruiting processes, candidate experience, and recruiting tools.
• Support additional recruiting priorities as organizational needs evolve.

• Must be able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines with limited supervision.
• Occasional travel may be required for team meetings, events or other business initiatives.
• Hours beyond a 40-hour work week may occasionally be required during month-end closing, audit periods, or acquisition activities.

This is a remote position. Candidates located within the Eastern Time Zone are strongly preferred to support collaboration with company leadership, finance partners, and operational teams and be available during our core operational hours of 9a.m. – 5p.m. EST.

Bridge Defense is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees can thrive.

When we review candidates' information, we look for the best matches for the position based on the qualifications listed in the job posting. If your skills and experience appear to match an open position, a recruitment services professional or a hiring manager may contact you.

Bridge Defense is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is the policy of the company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you are a qualified disabled veteran or individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation to use or access our online system, please contact us at 202-436-9222.