Talent Acquisition Specialist

Cloud Kinetics is expanding its delivery capability supporting AWS Professional Services (AWS ProServe) engagements and is looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist dedicated to building the technical talent required to support these projects.

This is not a traditional recruitment role measured by CV submissions or interview volume. You will own end-to-end hiring for specialised AWS and cloud resources, working closely with Delivery leaders, technical stakeholders and business teams to ensure the right talent is identified, assessed, hired and ready for project deployment.

The successful candidate will combine strong AWS/cloud recruitment expertise, technical hiring judgement, hiring velocity and stakeholder management. You should be comfortable challenging requirements, navigating a competitive technology talent market and taking full ownership of a hiring requirement through to successful joining.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. AWS & Cloud Technology Hiring

• Own full-cycle recruitment for technical resources supporting AWS ProServe engagements.
• Recruit across areas including AWS Cloud, Cloud Architecture, Migration, DevOps/SRE, Data & AI, Security, Application Modernisation and other professional services capabilities.
• Translate technical and project requirements into clear candidate profiles and executable sourcing strategies.
• Screen candidates beyond keyword matching by validating actual project experience, technical exposure, individual contribution and customer-facing capability.
• Assess candidate suitability across technical relevance, communication, availability, compensation and deployment readiness.
• Deliver against hiring timelines aligned with project mobilisation and customer commitments.

2. Proactive Talent Pipeline & Market Intelligence

• Build and continuously maintain talent pipelines for recurring AWS ProServe skill requirements rather than relying solely on active requisitions.
• Conduct talent and competitor mapping across the India technology market to identify relevant talent pools.
• Develop sourcing strategies using LinkedIn, job portals, referrals, professional communities, direct sourcing and other relevant channels.
• Maintain current market intelligence covering talent availability, compensation, notice periods, skill scarcity and competitor hiring activity.
• Identify fulfilment risks early and recommend practical alternatives before they impact project delivery.

3. Technical Candidate Validation

• Develop sufficient understanding of AWS technologies and project environments to conduct credible first-level technical screening.
• Validate candidates actual contribution to cloud projects rather than relying solely on job titles, certifications or CV keywords.
• Differentiate between hands-on implementation, support, architecture, consulting and project leadership experience.
• Assess relevant AWS certifications and project exposure against specific engagement requirements.
• Partner with technical interviewers to continuously improve screening quality based on interview outcomes and feedback.

4. Stakeholder Partnership & Hiring Advisory

• Partner closely with Delivery Managers, Project Leaders and technical stakeholders to understand project requirements, priorities and deployment timelines.
• Lead requirement clarification and role calibration discussions before sourcing begins.
• Challenge unrealistic requirements professionally using market evidence and candidate data.
• Distinguish must-have capabilities from preferred requirements to improve hiring feasibility without compromising delivery quality.
• Provide clear pipeline visibility, hiring forecasts, market constraints and recommended actions.
• Escalate hiring risks early with evidence, impact assessment and proposed solutions not simply status updates.

5. Candidate Engagement, Negotiation & Closing

• Own the candidate relationship throughout the complete recruitment lifecycle, from initial engagement through successful joining.
• Build candidate commitment throughout the interview process and proactively identify potential drop-off risks.
• Lead compensation and offer discussions within approved parameters.
• Navigate counteroffers, competing opportunities, notice periods and joining-date risks.
• Maintain regular engagement with offered candidates until joining and proactively address issues that could affect successful closure.
• Drive strong offer-to-joining conversion while maintaining a professional candidate experience.

6. Hiring Governance & Project Readiness

• Treat every AWS ProServe requirement as a delivery commitment and maintain clear ownership until successful fulfilment.
• Maintain accurate recruitment activity, candidate status and pipeline information in CKs recruitment systems.
• Ensure recruitment documentation and required candidate information are complete and accurate.
• Work closely with HR and Delivery teams to support a smooth transition from candidate acceptance through onboarding and project readiness.
• Maintain visibility of dependencies or risks that could delay candidate joining or deployment.
• Use recruitment data and funnel conversion insights to identify bottlenecks and continuously improve hiring effectiveness.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• 5-8 years of progressive end-to-end IT/technology recruitment experience, with demonstrated ownership of complex technical hiring.
• Strong track record recruiting AWS/cloud professionals, with AWS hiring forming a meaningful part of your recent recruitment experience.
• Experience hiring roles across cloud engineering, architecture, migration, DevOps/SRE, Data & AI, security or related cloud professional services domains.
• Experience within an AWS Partner, cloud consultancy, system integrator, IT services, professional services, managed services or customer-project delivery environment is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to assess technical candidates beyond CV keywords and conduct credible first-level candidate validation.
• Proven experience managing the complete recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, stakeholder management, offer negotiation and joining closure.
• Strong understanding of the India technology talent market, including compensation, notice-period dynamics and sourcing channels.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple urgent requirements while maintaining candidate quality and stakeholder visibility.
• Strong professional English communication skills with the confidence to engage senior Delivery and technical stakeholders.
• Experience using ATS/recruitment platforms and recruitment analytics to manage pipelines and hiring performance.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for someone who demonstrates:

Ownership You stay accountable for a requirement until the right resource successfully joins.

Technical curiosity You want to understand what candidates actually did, not simply whether their CV contains the right keywords.

Urgency with judgement — You understand that project hiring requires speed, but you do not compromise candidate quality to create activity.

Proactive problem solving — When hiring becomes difficult, you investigate the root cause and bring alternatives.

Stakeholder confidence — You can challenge requirements professionally and use market evidence to influence decisions.

Closing discipline — You understand that an accepted offer is not a successful hire until the candidate actually joins.

Business awareness — You recognise that an unfilled role can impact project mobilisation, delivery commitments, customer trust and revenue.

Most Important Requirement:

The candidate must have strong AWS/Cloud recruitment experience, good technical understanding, end-to-end hiring ownership and strong stakeholder management skills.

Preferred: Candidates from an AWS Partner, IT Services, System Integrator, Cloud Consulting or Professional Services background.

The recruiter should be able to understand technical requirements sufficiently to assess whether a candidate has genuine hands-on/project experience, rather than relying only on CV keywords.

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