Senior Recruiting Specialist

Overview

Qualys is seeking a hands-on Sr. Recruiting Specialist for its Talent Acquisition team to drive hiring across critical technology functions, owning complex searches end-to-end and closing highly competitive candidates.

What you'll do

• 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 and deliver a differentiated candidate experience.

What you'll need

• 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.

Nice to have

• 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.