Veteran-Owned · SDVOSB Certified · Arlington, VA
Cleared Talent.Delivered Fast.
We place TS/SCI cleared professionals — intelligence analysts, cybersecurity engineers, and program managers — across the Northern Virginia defense corridor. We have candidates ready now.
The Cleared Talent Crisis
The Cleared Talent Market Is Broken
Only 500,000–700,000 cleared professionals exist in the entire United States. Over 13,000 TS/SCI roles are open in Northern Virginia alone. Your internal team is competing against every major prime contractor for the same impossibly small pool.
Clearance backlogs are 6–12 months
You cannot wait for fresh investigations on mission-critical roles. You need professionals with active clearances, available now.
Active cleared candidates disappear fast
A cleared professional who becomes available receives multiple offers within days. The window to engage them is measured in hours, not weeks.
Most firms send you the wrong candidates
Generic staffing agencies submit unqualified resumes and waste your time with professionals who will never clear adjudication for your program.
Military Talent Match was built to solve exactly this. We are a veteran-led team with a pre-vetted cleared candidate bench, deep Northern Virginia networks, and a firm 5-business-day submittal standard.
Why Choose Us
Built Different. Built for This.
We Speak Cleared
Our team served in the United States Army. We understand clearance levels, polygraph requirements, CAF adjudication timelines, and DoD culture from the inside. You will never need to explain what TS/SCI means.
Candidates Ready Now
We recruit proactively and maintain a live bench of pre-screened cleared professionals. Before you call us, we already have candidates in the pipeline. First submittal guaranteed within 5 business days of agreement.
SDVOSB Certified
We are SBA VetCert-certified as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. Working with us counts directly toward your mandatory SDVOSB subcontracting goals — at no additional cost to you. We help you hit your numbers.
Northern Virginia Specialists
We are headquartered in Arlington, Virginia — miles from the Pentagon. Our candidate network is concentrated in the DC metro area, the single largest cleared talent market on Earth. This is not a national staffing firm running searches remotely. We are here.
Our Expertise
Clearance Levels We Place
From Secret to Full Scope Polygraph. If it requires a clearance, we recruit for it.
SECRET
Mid-level cleared roles across IT, logistics, administrative support, and program coordination.
TOP SECRET
Management, technical, and program roles requiring full TS adjudication across DoD customers.
TS / SCI
Intelligence, SIGINT, GEOINT, and mission support. Our primary specialty and the deepest part of our candidate bench.
TS/SCI + CI POLY
Counterintelligence polygraph roles supporting federal intelligence community customers and programs.
TS/SCI + LIFESTYLE POLY
Full-scope polygraph positions for the most sensitive IC programs. The hardest roles to fill — our team delivers.
INTERIM / TRANSITION
Active duty veterans transitioning with security access intact. Fast to place, proven to perform.
How We Work
Simple. Transparent. Results-First.
Contingency Search
No placement, no fee.
You pay only when we successfully place a candidate. Our standard fee is 20% of the candidate's first-year base salary, with a 90-day replacement guarantee. Zero financial risk to start. Ideal for your first engagement with us.
Best for 1–4 open rolesRetained Search
Priority service. Dedicated pipeline.
A 30% upfront retainer secures exclusive, priority sourcing with a dedicated recruiter. Fill rate above 90%. Best for volume hiring, hard-to-fill polygraph roles, or time-sensitive critical programs.
Best for 5+ simultaneous open rolesAll engagements include: written agreement before first submittal · named recruiter single point of contact · weekly status updates · candidate profiles with security briefing summary
Role Families We Fill
Every role below requires a security clearance. This is all we do.
Our Story
Built for This Mission
Military Talent Match is a veteran-owned, SDVOSB-certified cleared recruiting firm headquartered in Arlington, Virginia — in the heart of the nation's largest defense talent market.
Our team are veterans and HR professionals who built this firm because we saw how broken cleared recruiting was. Major staffing firms send generic resumes. Job boards surface passive candidates who aren't moving. Critical roles go unfilled for months while your program suffers.
We built Military Talent Match differently. We recruit proactively. We screen cleared candidates before you ever have a requirement. We move with the urgency that defense missions demand. When you have a cleared role to fill, you deserve a partner who understands what's at stake — because we served in those same programs.
SDVOSB Certified
Small Business Administration — VetCert Program. Certified service-disabled veteran-owned small business eligible for federal set-aside contracting.
U.S. Army Veterans
Our founding team served in the United States Army. We bring military discipline and mission focus to every search.
Arlington, Virginia
Headquartered in the DC defense corridor. Serving Northern Virginia, Maryland, and the broader National Capital Region.
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