Diriga Recruiting was built to close the gap between defense programs and the cleared professionals they need to operate.
Ray Bazzi spent two decades in the defense and technology sectors before founding Diriga. He worked alongside program managers who lost months of operational readiness because a staffing firm sent candidates who couldn't pass a background investigation. He watched contracts fall behind schedule because the recruiting partner didn't understand the difference between a Secret and TS/SCI clearance timeline.
The problem was clear: generalist staffing firms treat defense recruiting like any other vertical. They use the same job boards, the same outreach templates, the same screening processes they'd use to staff a marketing team or a call center. Defense programs deserve better.
Diriga Recruiting was founded with a single operating principle — every hire is a mission decision. When you're staffing a SIGINT analysis team at CENTCOM or building a cybersecurity cell for a classified network, the consequences of a bad hire extend far beyond cost-per-placement metrics. They affect national security.
That's why our recruiters come from defense backgrounds. That's why we maintain active networks in six defense hub locations. And that's why our attrition rate sits at roughly 2% — because we don't just match resumes to requirements. We match professionals to missions.
We are not a generalist staffing firm with a defense practice. We are a defense recruiting firm. Full stop.
Our candidate network is built around active clearances. We don't source from public job boards and hope candidates can get cleared. We start with the clearance and build from there.
Our recruiters understand the difference between staffing a PEO and staffing a SCIF. We speak the language of the programs we support — because many of us came from those programs.
We operate in the communities where defense programs run. Fort Liberty, Hampton Roads, San Antonio, Colorado Springs, Huntsville, Tampa. Local presence means local networks.
We present candidates honestly. If we don't have the right person, we say so. Overpromising and underdelivering is not an option when mission readiness is at stake.
We understand OPSEC. We handle candidate information, program details, and client relationships with the same care required of the programs we support.
Every decision we make is filtered through a single question: does this serve the mission? From candidate screening to placement follow-up, the mission drives every action.
Diriga Recruiting is a division of Diriga Technologies, providing IT services, cloud solutions, and digital transformation to defense and commercial clients.
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