Technical Sourcer -12 months contract

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Disruption is at the core of our technology and on our way of work to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. We’re changing the nature of work from benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks. And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

Job Description

Your Career

This role is a contract assignment at Palo Alto Networks. Contractors will not be directly employed by Palo Alto Networks but engaged to provide services through our trusted staffing partners.

Sourcers serve as Talent Advisors who operate in a highly strategic and consultative manner alongside Recruiting partners to bring the brightest talent to the organization. We dive deep, gaining an understanding of the overall org health, diversity landscape, team culture, and more. We educate our clients on the talent market and use data to influence decisions. We are highly selective, forward-thinking, and nimble. We implement creative solutions and constantly seek out new technologies and resources to identify the best talent in the industry.

In this contract role, you’ll report to a Recruitng Manager, where you’ll have the opportunity to network, brainstorm, and share new ideas with other Sourcers and Researchers in various markets around the world. You’ll be a part of a team that leads the charge on diversity, identifying and amplifying our opportunities for diverse talent.

Your Impact

• Partner with Recruiters and hiring managers to effectively gather specific criteria for each role, develop in-depth sourcing strategies, leverage multiple resources for candidate outreach, track all candidates in the CRM, and share information with the business that leads to an effective hiring process
• Identify passive leads from a variety of creative sourcing methods (inclusive of LIR, Github, and more); tap into industry and diversity-driven events and conferences; utilize job boards where appropriate; solicit employee referrals
• Maintain a healthy candidate pipeline to support your requisition load
• Craft engaging and creative outreach messages, and leverage unique ways to engage candidates outside of standard practices
• Track response rates and test new sourcing/engagement methods regularly
• Screen and qualify passive candidates; partner with Recruiting and the business to determine appropriate fit
• Utilize the CRM and other tools to track metrics to demonstrate successful lead generation (i.e. pass-through rates, diversity slates and offers)
• Take on ad-hoc projects as deemed necessary

Your Experience

• Minimum 2-3 years of sourcing/recruiting experience working in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment
• Previous experience sourcing for technical roles in engineering, computer software, networking/network security, and/or firewalls preferred
• Experience building and developing pipelines of high quality, diverse candidates
• Self-directed, with a high sense of urgency
• Strong research skills and a keen eye for details
• Experience using resources including, but not limited to, resume databases, recruiting and search techniques such as LinkedIn, Google searches (i.e. x ray, scholar), user group lists, industry-specific online professional networks, advanced Boolean searches, blogs, job boards and more
• Previous experience conducting phone screens with candidates of various backgrounds/levels
• Proven ability to successfully prioritize and manage a large and diverse requisition load in a fast-paced, constantly changing work environment
• Experience with Excel or Google Sheets - advanced to expert knowledge preferred