Santosh Balajapalli
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist specializing in Technical Recruitment, strategy, and AI
- Role
- Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at CGI
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Santosh Balajapalli
Talent Acquisition Professional specializing in building connections between top tech…
Experience
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Feb 2017 — Present · Fairfax, VA, US
Talent Acquisition Specialist 2019- Present• Serves as Senior Level Sourcer in the Sourcing team, 5-person team dedicated to taking on difficult and highly technical positions in the company. • Tackling Projects that take on both sourcing and full life cycle assignments • Identifying high level and hard to find talent across the country in many disciplines of technology from java development to cloud technology. • Partnering with Technical Directors, VPs, and Project Managers to understand their business through intakes and weekly meetings to help create efficiency in the hiring process. • Supports CGI as the go to Cloud and Software Engineering Recruiter at CGI, performing market data research for the team, providing sourcing, and recruiting efforts for DevOps, Software Architects, and Cloud Engineers in AWS, Azure, and Oracle. • Created engaging content on LinkedIn as an ambassador for CGI hiring, driving up traffic to our careers page. • Providing integrity to the recruiting process ensuring candidate’s experience top quality service.Sr. Technical Recruiter 20••••19 • Serves as the primary Technical Recruiter for a large division of CGI supporting government contracts with State Department, USPTO, USAID, and Census Bureau • Recruits diverse set of technical skills on every level from entry level Business Analysts, individual contributors such as SAP HANA Architects and Splunk engineers, and high-level Directors managing 50 million dollar contracts with State and USAID• Partners with all Business Unit Managers to write requisitions, strategically source candidates, screen candidates, set up interviews, negotiate offers, and process on boarding for smooth transitions. • Recruits for large capture projects for CGI going after new work with federal clients • Participates in job fairs, college recruiting sourcing, and lends hand for other BU’s needing recruiting assistance
Education
George Mason University
Bachelor of Arts
2002 — 2007
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