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Best OCONUS Recruiters of 2026

Recruiters and staffing firms placing LOGCAP, WPS, embassy, and GovCon roles overseas — mapped honestly.

OCONUS Recruiters is an independent directory tracking 107 recruiters and staffing firms placing OCONUS / GovCon roles, updated October 14, 2026. Recruitmint is the featured partner, disclosed and pinned first; the remaining 106 companies are ordered alphabetically from public information, with no paid placement. Filter by region, specialty, and company size to shortlist candidates.

Updated October 14, 2026 107 companies reviewed Methodology

Browse by region or by role type — whichever matches how your bid or hiring plan is organized. The region view groups firms by CONUS, Global/OCONUS, Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia-Pacific coverage, with rough combatant-command overlap (CENTCOM, EUCOM, INDOPACOM) noted where a firm's own materials name it. The role-type view sorts firms by what they actually staff — GovCon generalist, DoD contract labor, WPS security, linguists, IT/cyber, LOGCAP and logistics, executive search, construction and engineering, or embassy and State Department support. Where a firm states the clearance levels it recruits against — from Public Trust through TS/SCI — we note that inside its listing summary; a dedicated clearance browse view is coming once that's a structured field across every firm, not just a few. Our featured partner, Recruitmint, whose GovCon-specific track carries this directory's Mission-Ready Partner 2026 recognition — our own editorial pick, disclosed below, not a third-party award.

OCONUS Recruiters compared

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Featured partner pinned first and labelled; every other company is listed alphabetically. No paid placement.

OCONUS Recruiters compared. Featured partner pinned first and labelled; every other company is listed alphabetically. No paid placement.
Company Headquarters Specialties Size Best for Website
Recruitmint (GovMint)
Featured partner
Orange County, CA · Prishtina, Kosovo Boutique GovCon Recruiting Visit
ABSI Professional Support Division
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
California, MD, USA — DoD Contract Staffing Visit
Acuity International
Africa, Middle East
Reston, VA, USA Mid-size WPS & Security Visit
African Language Consultants
Africa, Global/OCONUS
Newark, NJ, USA Boutique Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
Al Jameh Group
Middle East
Ahmadi, Kuwait Boutique Logistics & Life Support Visit
Rockville, MD, USA — Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
AMC Government Solutions
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
— — Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
Amentum
Europe, Asia-Pacific
Chantilly, VA, USA Large IT & Cyber GovCon Visit
Amentum (Linguist Programs)
Middle East, Global/OCONUS
— Large Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan Mid-size Construction & Engineering Support Visit
McLean, VA, USA — Embassy & State Dept Support Visit
McLean, VA, USA — Construction & Engineering Support Visit
American United Group (AUG)
Middle East, Global/OCONUS
Kuwait Mid-size Logistics & Life Support Visit
Ascensus Global
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
Hagerstown, MD, USA Boutique Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
ATLAS Advisors
Global/OCONUS
Columbus, OH, USA Boutique Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
AWC Global LLC
Middle East, Europe
United States Boutique LOGCAP Visit
BizFirst
CONUS
Ashburn, VA, USA Boutique GovCon Recruiting Visit
BL Harbert International
Middle East, Europe
Birmingham, AL, USA — Construction & Engineering Support Visit
Phoenix, AZ, USA Mid-size Executive Search (GovCon) Visit
BOB Search
CONUS
Southern California, USA Boutique Executive Search (GovCon) Visit
BOOST LLC
CONUS
— — GovCon Recruiting Visit
Caddell Construction
Global/OCONUS
Montgomery, AL, USA — Construction & Engineering Support Visit
CALNET, Inc.
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
— — Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
Careers International
Middle East, Asia-Pacific
Mangaluru, India Boutique LOGCAP Visit
Chi-Chack LLC
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
Tacoma, WA, USA Boutique Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
Chugach Government Solutions
CONUS, Asia-Pacific
— Large Construction & Engineering Support Visit
Cleared Pacific
Asia-Pacific
Honolulu, HI, USA Boutique Executive Search (GovCon) Visit
Reston, VA, USA Boutique GovCon Recruiting Visit
Burlington, MA, USA Boutique DoD Contract Staffing Visit
CLI Solutions
Middle East, Africa
Tampa, FL, USA Boutique Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
Maumee, OH, USA — Construction & Engineering Support Visit
Constellis
Middle East, Africa
Herndon, VA, USA Large WPS & Security Visit
ContextGlobal
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
Washington, DC, USA Boutique Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
Conti Federal
Global/OCONUS
Orlando, FL, USA — Construction & Engineering Support Visit
Continuity Global Solutions
Global/OCONUS, Middle East
Falls Church, VA, USA Mid-size WPS & Security Visit
Lake Oswego, OR, USA Mid-size Executive Search (GovCon) Visit
CRG (Contract Resources Group)
Middle East, Africa
— — Logistics & Life Support Visit
CTP, Inc.
Global/OCONUS, CONUS
Herndon, VA, USA — Embassy & State Dept Support Visit
CTR Group
CONUS
Newport News, VA, USA Mid-size GovCon Recruiting Visit
Culmen International
Global/OCONUS
Alexandria, VA, USA — DoD Contract Staffing Visit
Media, PA, USA Boutique GovCon Recruiting Visit
Day & Zimmermann
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
Philadelphia, PA, USA Large GovCon Recruiting Visit
Dinte Executive Search
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
McLean, VA, USA Boutique Executive Search (GovCon) Visit
Diplomatic Language Services
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
— — Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
Ecolog International
Africa, Middle East
— — Logistics & Life Support Visit
Brighton, MI, USA Boutique Executive Search (GovCon) Visit
FalconTek
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
Herndon, VA, USA — GovCon Recruiting Visit
FedCiv Professional Services
CONUS, Middle East
McLean, VA, USA Boutique GovCon Recruiting Visit
Federal Group Talent Partners
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
Clever, MO, USA Boutique GovCon Recruiting Visit
FedSys
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
Fairfax, VA, USA — Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
Fluor Government Group
Africa, Middle East
Irving, TX, USA Large LOGCAP Visit
Sinsheim, Germany — Logistics & Life Support Visit
Dallas, TX, USA Mid-size Executive Search (GovCon) Visit
Washington, DC, USA Boutique DoD Contract Staffing Visit
GardaWorld Federal
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
Arlington, VA, USA Large WPS & Security Visit
GDH
CONUS
Tulsa, OK, USA Mid-size DoD Contract Staffing Visit
— Large IT & Cyber GovCon Visit
Global Language Strategies (GLS)
Middle East, Global/OCONUS
Fairfax, VA, USA — Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
GoAsia Talent
Asia-Pacific, Middle East
Singapore Boutique GovCon Recruiting Visit
Gulvain Partners
Middle East, Europe
Dubai, UAE Boutique Executive Search (GovCon) Visit
Horizon Global Partners
Global/OCONUS
Reston, VA, USA Mid-size Construction & Engineering Support Visit
Atlanta, GA, USA Large GovCon Recruiting Visit
iQuasar
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
Sterling, VA, USA Mid-size IT & Cyber GovCon Visit
JGN Company LLC
Asia-Pacific
Metro-Detroit, Michigan, USA — Logistics & Life Support Visit
JRG Partners
CONUS
Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA Boutique Executive Search (GovCon) Visit
KBR
Europe, Global/OCONUS
Houston, TX, USA Large LOGCAP Visit
KORE1
CONUS
Irvine, CA, USA Mid-size IT & Cyber GovCon Visit
El Cajon, CA, USA — Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
Linguist Resources
Global/OCONUS, CONUS
Ashburn, VA, USA Boutique Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
Linguistic Pathways
Africa, Global/OCONUS
— Boutique Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
LMI
CONUS
Tysons, VA, USA — Logistics & Life Support Visit
M&E Global
Europe, Middle East
Belbroughton, Worcestershire, UK Large DoD Contract Staffing Visit
ManpowerGroup Public Sector
Middle East, Africa
Arlington, VA, USA Large GovCon Recruiting Visit
Michael Baker International
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
Moon Township, PA, USA Large Construction & Engineering Support Visit
Midi Enterprises
Global/OCONUS, Europe
New Town, ND, USA — Embassy & State Dept Support Visit
Minimal Risk Consultancy
Europe, Africa
United Kingdom — WPS & Security Visit
Mission Critical Defense
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
Front Royal, VA, USA Boutique DoD Contract Staffing Visit
Mission Essential
Global/OCONUS, Europe
— — Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
NexusQuest
Europe
Eindhoven, Netherlands Boutique Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
NSC Anistar
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
— — IT & Cyber GovCon Visit
Parsons Corporation
Global/OCONUS, CONUS
Centreville, VA, USA Large LOGCAP Visit
Peraton
Asia-Pacific, CONUS
— Large IT & Cyber GovCon Visit
Perini Management Services
Middle East, Africa
Framingham, MA, USA Large Construction & Engineering Support Visit
Pernix International
Africa, Global/OCONUS
Lombard, IL, USA Mid-size Construction & Engineering Support Visit
Planate Management Group
CONUS, Africa
Alexandria, VA, USA — Embassy & State Dept Support Visit
Fredericksburg, VA, USA Boutique GovCon Recruiting Visit
Sallyport Global
Middle East, Africa
— — WPS & Security Visit
Reston, VA, USA Boutique GovCon Recruiting Visit
SecureBine Solutions
Asia-Pacific
Republic of Korea — IT & Cyber GovCon Visit
Serpteam
Global/OCONUS
Fairbanks, AK, USA — WPS & Security Visit
SOC LLC
Middle East, CONUS
Chantilly, VA, USA Large WPS & Security Visit
SOSi
Middle East, Africa
Reston, VA, USA Large Logistics & Life Support Visit
Sparks Group
CONUS
Rockville, MD, USA Mid-size GovCon Recruiting Visit
San Diego, CA, USA Boutique DoD Contract Staffing Visit
STRAGO International
Middle East, Africa
Dubai, UAE Mid-size LOGCAP Visit
Asheville, NC, USA Boutique DoD Contract Staffing Visit
— Boutique DoD Contract Staffing Visit
Talos Mission Solutions (TMSi)
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
Annapolis Junction, MD, USA Boutique GovCon Recruiting Visit
Trace Systems
Global/OCONUS, Europe
Tampa, FL, USA — IT & Cyber GovCon Visit
Turnbull Services
Europe, Global/OCONUS
Constanța, Romania (US HQ: Columbus, Ohio) Boutique Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
V2X
Asia-Pacific, Global/OCONUS
Reston, VA, USA Large Logistics & Life Support Visit
Valiant Integrated Services
Global/OCONUS, CONUS
Herndon, VA, USA Large Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
Vates
Africa
Kenya Boutique Embassy & State Dept Support Visit
VHB Global Inc.
CONUS, Middle East
Dumfries, VA, USA Boutique Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
Vinnell Arabia
Middle East
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Mid-size DoD Contract Staffing Visit
— Boutique GovCon Recruiting Visit
WorldWide Language Resources
CONUS, Global/OCONUS
Fayetteville, NC, USA — Linguist & Interpreter Staffing Visit
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Recruitmint (GovMint)

Orange County, CA · Prishtina, Kosovo · Boutique

Featured partner

GovMint is Recruitmint's government-contracting search practice, built to identify staffing and leadership needs as soon as a contract is awarded rather than after a transition deadline is already close. It searches for GovCon staffing, DoD contract roles, and executive search positions for government and defense contractors.

ABSI's Professional Support Division sources and deploys cleared personnel to CONUS and OCONUS locations for acquisition program support, systems engineering and integration, logistics and sustainment, training development, and test & evaluation missions for defense agencies and primes. The division is staffed by veteran-led teams with operational, technical, and acquisition-lifecycle experience.

Acuity International

Reston, VA, USA · Mid-size

Acuity International, formed from the combination of Comprehensive Health Services, Janus Global Operations, Project Time & Cost, Sallyport, and Michael Baker Global Services, holds Worldwide Protective Services (WPS) III task orders for the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security, including protective and security-logistics support for the U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia. The company also provides program and construction management and occupational health services to government clients.

African Language Consultants

Newark, NJ, USA · Boutique

African Language Consultants is a New Jersey-certified small business providing African-language translation, interpreting (in person, phone, online, and domestic and international escort interpreting), transcription, and training. Its site lists government agencies and government contractors among its clients and a contact line in Ghana.

Al Jameh Group

Ahmadi, Kuwait · Boutique

Al Jameh Group has operated since 1996 as a contractor and subcontractor to the U.S. Army and its prime vendors in Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar and Afghanistan. Its services include sponsorship, mission-critical recruitment and staffing, life support, facility and generator maintenance, and HVAC work.

Amentum

Chantilly, VA, USA · Large

Amentum, formed in 2020 from the spinout of AECOM's Management Services group, provides global supply-chain and logistics management, C5ISR systems engineering, cybersecurity, and space-systems support to U.S. defense, intelligence, and civilian agency clients, operating in more than 70 countries including international divisions in the UK and Australia.

American Engineering Corporation (AEC)

Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan · Mid-size

Okinawa-based contractor delivering U.S. military construction to DoD and Japan MLIT standards, plus public works, equipment maintenance, fire and security systems and IT solutions; became a Shimizu Corporation subsidiary in September 2026. Operates a careers program hiring for work-site engineering and coordinator roles.

AICI is a design/build international construction firm specializing in U.S.-funded infrastructure in the Middle East and Africa, with projects also in Asia and Europe. Its government clients include USACE, NAVFAC, USAID, and the State Department's Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, and it maintains an employment page for project staffing.

American United Group (AUG)

Kuwait · Mid-size

American United Group is headquartered in Kuwait with offices in the US, UK, Iraq, Jordan and Afghanistan. It says it has supported the U.S. Army and international community since 1997, delivering manpower, life support, immigration sponsorship support and construction projects for the Department of Defense and its defense industry contractors.

Ascensus Global

Hagerstown, MD, USA · Boutique

Ascensus Global recruits and places linguists, language instructors, and analysts for government customers' CONUS and OCONUS operational support requirements, alongside translation and interpretation in 100+ languages. It lists a Top Secret facility clearance and a GSA Schedule contract.

ATLAS Advisors

Columbus, OH, USA · Boutique

ATLAS Advisors is a HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned small business that recruits, screens, deploys, and sustains interpretation, translation, and cultural advisory personnel for U.S. government agencies and the DoD worldwide. It supports programs with Secret, TS/SCI, and SAP clearance requirements and also lists technical recruiting and professional placement among its capabilities.

AWC Global LLC

United States · Boutique

Minority-owned, veteran-led, SBA-focused federal contractor with a regional hub in Kuwait. Offers workforce solutions (including Other Country National recruitment and TIP-compliant lifecycle management), base operations support, facility management, logistics and camp operations for DoD, federal agencies and prime contractors across the Middle East, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

BizFirst

Ashburn, VA, USA · Boutique

BizFirst is a Northern Virginia-based recruiting firm that places cleared talent for federal prime and subcontractors across the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and civilian agencies, spanning cleared IT/cyber, engineering, program management, and DCAA-compliant financial-management roles for pre-award proposal staffing and post-award contract ramps.

BL Harbert International

Birmingham, AL, USA

BL Harbert International is a self-performing general contractor whose International Group recruits for construction, design, engineering and logistics roles at project sites worldwide. Its International Group has offices in Birmingham, AL, Washington, DC, Dubai, Istanbul and London, and seeks candidates willing to live and work abroad.

Blue Signal Search

Phoenix, AZ, USA · Mid-size

Blue Signal Search is a national executive search and recruiting firm with a dedicated aerospace, defense, and military practice, placing engineering, program management, cybersecurity, supply chain, and executive leadership talent for defense contractors and government-program organizations.

BOB Search

Southern California, USA · Boutique

BOB Search is a retained executive search firm that exclusively serves the aerospace, defense, space, and industrial manufacturing sectors, placing leaders across prime contractors, OEMs, and subsystem and component suppliers. Founded in 1979, the firm traces its roots to defense-industry recruiting work during the B-2 program era.

BOOST LLC supports only government contractors, with recruiting and talent acquisition services that include interim recruiting, recruitment process outsourcing, talent acquisition strategy, ATS assessment, and manager interview training. It also provides GovCon accounting, contracts, and HR support alongside recruiting.

Caddell Construction

Montgomery, AL, USA

Caddell Construction recruits international management staff and Cleared American Workers (CAWs) for overseas construction projects. Its site lists project managers, project engineers, superintendents, security/TSS, QC and safety managers, plus journeyman craft trades, and prefers Secret clearance and prior international or embassy experience.

CALNET provides cleared linguists and interpreters to the U.S. Armed Forces and Intelligence Community, covering languages including Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, Pashto, Kurdish, and Urdu. Its service lines also include information technology, cybersecurity, software development, and intelligence operations and analysis support.

Careers International

Mangaluru, India · Boutique

Careers International recruits workforce from Asia to support U.S. military and government overseas contracts, including LOGCAP, AFCAP, UN, and NATO projects. Its screening process covers linguistic and technical evaluation, medical fitness, vaccinations, and security clearance documentation for roles in DFAC operations, life support, maintenance, and logistics.

Chi-Chack LLC

Tacoma, WA, USA · Boutique

Chi-Chack is a WOSB-certified firm that assembles cleared and uncleared interpreter and translator teams for deployment within CONUS and OCONUS. It also provides language and culture training and role-player support to the Department of Defense and federal government, drawing on a network of more than 1,000 language and culture professionals.

Chugach Government Solutions, part of Alaska Native-owned Chugach Alaska Corporation, delivers base operations and facilities, construction, supply chain and logistics, and technical services to defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies including the Department of State. Its work includes infrastructure and facilities operations on Guam since 2013, and it serves U.S. and allied missions in austere environments worldwide.

Cleared Pacific

Honolulu, HI, USA · Boutique

Cleared Pacific is an Indo-Pacific cleared talent network that recruits business development, mission operations, and growth executives for defense technology companies. Founded by a former special operations operator and a business development executive, it is based in Honolulu and operates from Hawaii and Guam to DC and Southeast Asia, and is powered by HP Defense Solutions LLC.

Cleared Recruiters

Reston, VA, USA · Boutique

Cleared Recruiters is a retained recruiting firm that sources and places professionals holding federal security clearances, including polygraph-level, for intelligence community, homeland security, and defense contractor positions. The firm has served the U.S. intelligence community since 2002 and maintains a database of cleared candidates for its search assignments.

CLI Solutions

Tampa, FL, USA · Boutique

CLI Solutions is a veteran-founded, service-disabled veteran-owned defense contractor that recruits, vets, and deploys cleared linguists, cultural advisors, and intelligence professionals for the Department of Defense and intelligence community. It lists support across CENTCOM, AFRICOM, EUCOM, and INDOPACOM languages and holds a Top Secret facility clearance.

Constellis

Herndon, VA, USA · Large

Constellis provides armed and unarmed security services, high-risk protective operations, and facilities and base-operations support to U.S. government and commercial clients, tracing its lineage to predecessor firms including Triple Canopy and Academi. The company operates in roughly 40 countries with regional offices across Africa, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East, supporting contingency and expeditionary operations in austere environments.

ContextGlobal

Washington, DC, USA · Boutique

ContextGlobal provides linguist staffing services, sourcing translators, interpreters, and American Sign Language providers for contract-to-hire and direct-placement assignments. It handles candidate screening and hands-on management of linguists for government and commercial clients, including escort interpreting for international travel.

Conti Federal

Orlando, FL, USA

Federal construction contractor whose only customer is the U.S. government, delivering mission-critical, secure construction (including technical and physical security), environmental and disaster-response projects. Its careers page recruits Cleared American Workers holding or able to obtain a DoD clearance for secure construction projects around the world, and mentions rotation time off for OCONUS positions.

Continuity Global Solutions

Falls Church, VA, USA · Mid-size

Continuity Global Solutions, formerly Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions, provides security and risk management, staffing and project management, and linguistic services for U.S. government and embassy clients, including Local Guard Force contracts and bodyguard details for U.S. diplomatic missions overseas. Its staffing division handles direct hire, executive search, and temporary and contract-to-hire placements for security, linguistic, and operational-support roles in austere environments.

Cowen Partners

Lake Oswego, OR, USA · Mid-size

Cowen Partners runs a defense-industry executive search practice that places C-suite and senior leadership talent for defense contractors, manufacturers, and government-funded programs. Its focus areas include maritime defense, aerospace, industrial manufacturing, and roles requiring government compliance and security-clearance expertise.

CRG is a reconstruction and capacity-development company operating in complex environments, with listed locations in Iraq, Syria and Africa. Its service lines include life support and base operations, logistics and mobility, infrastructure and construction, security and intelligence, and human capital and capacity development, for clients ranging from military entities to donor agencies, UN/EU institutions and NGOs.

CTP, Inc.

Herndon, VA, USA

CTP, Inc. recruits, retains, and manages staff for U.S. government programs both CONUS and OCONUS, including State Department Bureau of Diplomatic Security Anti-terrorism Assistance (ATA) training and border-security missions, USAID's Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program, and international narcotics and law enforcement support. The firm has placed subject matter experts in diplomatic security, anti-terrorism, criminal justice, and strategic trade and export-control roles.

CTR Group

Newport News, VA, USA · Mid-size

CTR Group is a Virginia-based staffing and recruiting agency with a dedicated Government division placing professionals with DoD contractors and federal agencies including the Department of Energy, DHS, and DOT. The firm also runs Marine and Aerospace/Aviation staffing divisions from offices in Newport News and Portsmouth, VA, National City, CA, and Mobile, AL.

Culmen International

Alexandria, VA, USA

Culmen International supplies technical and management expertise, global logistics, training and language services to U.S. government customers. Founded in 2004, it reports supporting missions in more than 150 countries and has sectors spanning security cooperation, counterterrorism, humanitarian assistance and international development.

CyberStrike Group

Media, PA, USA · Boutique

CyberStrike Group is a specialist recruiting partner that places security-cleared professionals, RPO talent and specialist engineers for DoD primes, federal agencies and commercial GovCon partners. Its site lists contingent, retained and RPO delivery models and role families including cyber defense, data and AI, systems engineering, IT operations and intelligence analysis. Its listed address is Media, Pennsylvania.

Day & Zimmermann

Philadelphia, PA, USA · Large

Day & Zimmermann's Federal Workforce & Staffing Services Group supplies security-cleared personnel to government contractors across disciplines including engineering, IT, intelligence analysis, linguistics, and logistics. The company has worked with the federal government since 1901 and operates from more than 150 locations worldwide, with staffing experience spanning CONUS and OCONUS operations.

Dinte Executive Search

McLean, VA, USA · Boutique

Dinte Global Executive Search is a retained executive search firm focused on the aerospace, defense, and government contracting sectors, placing CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CTOs, and other senior leaders for companies that require candidates with relevant experience and security clearances. The firm also serves private-equity-backed portfolio companies in these industries.

Ecolog is a global provider of integrated services and rapid response solutions, with life support, supply chain management, construction, engineering, healthcare and environmental services. It began supporting peacekeeping missions in the Balkans and has operated internationally since 2002. Its site lists operations in more than 40 countries across Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia, including Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Iraq, Jordan, Mongolia and the Philippines.

EXO Talent Partners

Brighton, MI, USA · Boutique

EXO Talent Partners is a boutique retained executive search firm placing senior leaders — capture/BD, program management, operations, engineering, and finance executives — at aerospace and defense manufacturers and government contractors. Its Government Contracting practice covers cleared workforce hiring, DFARS, ITAR, and CMMC fluency, with a concentration in the Huntsville/Redstone missile-defense and space-systems market.

FalconTek

Herndon, VA, USA

FalconTek provides cleared technical and professional personnel to defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies, with a GovCon-focused recruiting organization offering subcontract, contract-to-hire, and permanent placement. Its language analysis and cultural advisory teams deliver translation, interpretation, and transcription support to programs CONUS and OCONUS, and it also supplies intelligence analysis, program management, and business operations staff.

FedCiv Professional Services

McLean, VA, USA · Boutique

FedCiv places security-cleared and OCONUS-capable personnel, including program analysts, administrative specialists, interpreters, and logistics coordinators, for federal agencies and prime contractors. It also provides Arabic-English bilingual administrative teams for Middle East programs, including document translation and liaison coordination, and staffs cleared program-support and records-management functions including CUI/FOUO document handling.

Federal Group Talent Partners

Clever, MO, USA · Boutique

Federal Group Talent Partners is a federal recruiting firm placing cleared and uncleared candidates (Public Trust through TS/SCI with full-scope polygraph) across Defense, Intelligence Community, and civilian agency programs for prime contractors and subcontractors, covering contract recruiting, executive search, and surge staffing, including OCONUS deployments where contract terms allow.

FedSys

Fairfax, VA, USA

FedSys provides language management services to the federal government, including recruitment, vetting, deployment, and evaluation of linguists in more than 30 languages such as Arabic, Dari, Pashto, Farsi, Kurdish, and Russian. It maintains a regionally based linguist recruitment network and also offers military intelligence, information technology, and administrative support capabilities.

Fluor Government Group

Irving, TX, USA · Large

Fluor's Government Group has served as a LOGCAP IV contractor providing multi-functional logistics, life-support, and design-build construction services for U.S. Department of Defense contingency operations, including selection to support the AFRICOM and SOUTHCOM areas of responsibility. Fluor has also performed contingency design-build and life-support work in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, and Kyrgyzstan under separate U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contracts.

French Consulting

Sinsheim, Germany

French Consulting is headquartered in Germany and supports U.S. military contracts across Europe, recruiting healthcare providers, logisticians, administrative professionals, and technicians for roles in Germany, Italy, Belgium, and other locations. It runs a talent network and attends U.S. garrison job fairs, and its services span facilities, logistics, healthcare, military community services, and global HR solutions.

Frontline Source Group

Dallas, TX, USA · Mid-size

Frontline Source Group is a nationwide executive search and staffing firm, founded in Dallas in 2004, that recruits capture, program, contracts, compliance, finance, and technical leaders for federal, state, and local government contractors from more than 30 U.S. offices. It sources candidates holding active clearances or public-trust eligibility against specific solicitation and compliance requirements.

FullScope Staffing

Washington, DC, USA · Boutique

FullScope Staffing recruits technical talent requiring security clearances from Confidential through TS/SCI Full Scope Polygraph for DoD and intelligence community contractors. It has filled roles spanning cybersecurity, cloud architecture, software and DevOps engineering, systems engineering, intelligence analysis, and program management since 2001.

GardaWorld Federal

Arlington, VA, USA · Large

GardaWorld Federal provides integrated operational support to U.S. government programs, including protective security, mobile and static security, K9 detection, expeditionary logistics and life-support services, and disaster/crisis response staffing for federal, state, and local agencies and their commercial partners. Its security teams include veterans and specialists vetted and trained to standards aligned with U.S. government requirements.

GDH

Tulsa, OK, USA · Mid-size

GDH provides staffing and recruitment process outsourcing for government and defense contractors, sourcing candidates who hold Top Secret, TS/SCI, and Full Scope Polygraph clearances. Its recruiting spans cybersecurity, systems administration, business analysis, and infrastructure and integration architecture roles.

GDIT is a General Dynamics company delivering technology and mission services to U.S. government, defense and intelligence agencies, operating across 50+ countries. Its careers site lists OCONUS programs (including IBDSS, EMITS, BICES, EITEN and World Wide Field Support) with positions in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe that may require Secret to TS/SCI clearances.

Global Language Strategies provides translation, interpretation, vetting and screening support, and recruiting and pre-deployment services to U.S. government contractors. Its published DoD work includes Military OneSource document translation, bilingual screening specialists at Air Force bases in the Gulf region, and language testing and training for local guard forces at U.S. embassies.

GoAsia Talent

Singapore · Boutique

GoAsia Talent is a Singapore-based recruitment firm operating across APAC and the Gulf, running retained executive search, contingent staffing, and volume capability-centre builds for clients including defence and federal construction roles such as project managers, P6 schedulers, and site coordinators working to NAVFAC and federal contract delivery standards.

Gulvain Partners

Dubai, UAE · Boutique

Gulvain Partners is an executive search and recruitment firm focused on the government and defence sectors in the Middle East and Europe. It places mid- to senior-level candidates with defence OEMs, suppliers, security organisations and government entities across the GCC, wider Middle East and North Africa, and offers executive search, on-site talent acquisition, contingency recruitment and HR consultancy.

Horizon Global Partners

Reston, VA, USA · Mid-size

Horizon Global Partners recruits for overseas construction, technical security, and telecommunications infrastructure roles supporting State Department Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) projects, including project engineers, project managers, and site installation managers requiring extended OCONUS travel and security clearances.

Insight Global

Atlanta, GA, USA · Large

Insight Global is a large national staffing and professional-services firm with a dedicated Government practice supporting 430+ federal programs and SLED entities. It operates as a U.S. Top Secret-cleared facility capable of granting, holding, and verifying employee clearances, placing cleared professionals in cybersecurity, IT, data/AI, and program-support roles for federal contractors and agencies.

iQuasar

Sterling, VA, USA · Mid-size

iQuasar recruits security-cleared professionals, from Public Trust through TS/SCI and polygraph levels, for government contractors supporting the DoD, DHS, NSA, and CIA. The firm places candidates in cybersecurity, cloud, data/AI, and other technical and program-support government roles.

JGN Company LLC

Metro-Detroit, Michigan, USA

JGN Company LLC is a Metro-Detroit, Michigan-based, SAM-registered contractor providing OCONUS mission support services to the U.S. Government, with an emphasis on logistics and quality-of-life services for DoD and U.S. diplomatic missions across the INDOPACOM region. Its site describes warehousing and supply support, fleet and vehicle support, and design/build work through in-country entities in Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.

JRG Partners

Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA · Boutique

JRG Partners is a retained executive search firm that recruits senior leadership for aerospace, aviation, and defense contractors, OEMs, and private-equity-backed platforms. Its searches cover roles such as CEO, COO, VP of Engineering, and program management positions requiring regulatory and security-clearance expertise.

KBR

Houston, TX, USA · Large

KBR has served as a U.S. Army LOGCAP contractor since LOGCAP III (awarded 2001) and continues under LOGCAP V, most recently receiving a $771 million contract-option award in April 2024 to provide logistics and life-support services to U.S. Army European Command (EUCOM) and Northern Command (NORTHCOM).

KORE1

Irvine, CA, USA · Mid-size

KORE1 recruits technology professionals for federal, state, and local government agencies and contractors, placing cleared systems administrators, cybersecurity engineers, and cloud architects. Candidates it places hold Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI, and Public Trust clearances along with agency-specific credentials.

Lexicon, Inc.

El Cajon, CA, USA

Lexicon, Inc. is a woman-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned small business with a Top Secret facility clearance, founded in 2005. Its services page lists military training and exercise support, installation and range support, and foreign language and culture work, including CAT II / CAT III translators, combat interpreters, and certified instructors in 15+ languages, plus role-player staffing for training events. Its stated work centers on U.S. installations such as Fort Irwin; it is mainly a training and installation-support contractor, with linguist staffing as one line of service.

Linguist Resources

Ashburn, VA, USA · Boutique

Linguist Resources, LLC is a veteran-owned firm that provides cleared and uncleared linguists, interpreters, translators, and document-exploitation specialists to U.S. government and DoD contracts, with more than 25 years of classified and technical translation experience. Its personnel include Category I linguists, Secret/TS-SCI cleared staff, and role players who deploy overseas at short notice for forward-deployed and austere environments.

Linguistic Pathways

· Boutique

Linguistic Pathways is an African-focused language services agency that recruits, trains, and certifies African-language linguists and connects them with organisations through a verified directory. Its site covers interpreters and translators across languages such as Hausa, Somali, and Swahili; it does not state a specific focus on US government contracts.

LMI

Tysons, VA, USA

LMI is a federal technology and mission-support company headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, serving defense, homeland security, space, intelligence, and health and civilian agencies. Its capabilities include AI-enabled delivery, rapid platform engineering, and mission operations and logistics; it began as an FFRDC focused on defense logistics and readiness. Offices listed are in the U.S.

M&E Global

Belbroughton, Worcestershire, UK · Large

M&E Global is a UK-headquartered defence contract recruitment and workforce provider founded in 2000 that supplies contract labour for maintenance, supply and logistics, and transportation functions supporting U.S. Department of Defense prime contractors. It has subsidiaries in the UK, Germany, Poland, Romania, the U.S., and the UAE, and states it has operated in 35 countries.

ManpowerGroup Public Sector

Arlington, VA, USA · Large

ManpowerGroup Public Sector sources, recruits, and hires local national and expatriate talent for U.S. government contractors operating overseas, covering IT, language services, engineering, and administrative roles. The division has supported projects across multiple combatant command regions, including EUCOM, CENTCOM, and SOUTHCOM areas of responsibility.

Michael Baker International

Moon Township, PA, USA · Large

Michael Baker International is an engineering and program-management firm with a federal practice serving the Army, Air Force, Navy, and civilian agencies, including more than 25 years providing value-engineering and cost-management services to the State Department's Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations for worldwide Foreign Service posts. The firm also delivers contingency operations and logistics support through its MLU Services subsidiary for rapid, sustained overseas mission support.

Midi Enterprises

New Town, ND, USA

Midi Enterprises is a tribally owned federal contractor (formerly Mandaree Enterprises, owned by the MHA Nation) whose MEC Energy Services unit recruits for U.S. Department of State embassy and consulate support overseas. Its open roles span facilities management, skilled trades, logistics, and technical services, with Top Secret clearance required for some positions such as Facilities Supervisor in Frankfurt, Germany.

Minimal Risk Consultancy

United Kingdom

Minimal Risk Consultancy is a UK security consultancy that has run a recruitment service since 2003, sourcing specialists, often former service personnel, for close protection, residential security teams and asset protection roles. It holds a pool of DV and SC cleared personnel and lists group offices in the UK, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and the UAE. Its recruitment services range from advertising and candidate placement to managed deployments.

Mission Critical Defense

Front Royal, VA, USA · Boutique

Mission Critical Defense is an SBA-certified SDVOSB that provides cleared workforce solutions for DoD and intelligence-community prime contractors, sourcing Public Trust to TS/SCI-CI Poly professionals for technical and GovCon roles. Its offerings include surge recruiting able to deploy pre-vetted cleared personnel within 96 hours, FSO-as-a-service, and SF-86/e-QIP clearance consulting for reinvestigations.

NexusQuest

Eindhoven, Netherlands · Boutique

NexusQuest is a Netherlands-based specialist company providing defence linguistic operations: deployable specialist interpreters and linguistic support for multinational military training and NATO-partner exercises. Its founder's experience includes assignments with the Royal Netherlands Air Force, Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, EUMAM Ukraine and Operation Interflex.

NSC Anistar runs a federal and defense staffing practice that places cleared and clearable professionals for federal agencies, contractors and secure facilities, both in the U.S. (CONUS) and internationally (OCONUS). Its site lists cybersecurity, networking, cleared software development, telecommunications, IT support, data center and security technician roles, and says it has over 25 years of experience.

Parsons Corporation

Centreville, VA, USA · Large

Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) is a defense, intelligence, and infrastructure contractor that formed the P2GLS joint venture (originally with PAE, now continuing as Amentum-Parsons Logistics Services) to hold one of four prime positions on the U.S. Army's $82 billion LOGCAP V contract, providing logistics support across multiple global regional commands. Parsons directly hires personnel for its LOGCAP task orders and other federal defense and infrastructure programs.

Peraton

· Large

Peraton is a national security mission capability integrator and enterprise IT provider serving intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian and health agencies. Its Korean Operations Program careers page describes hiring for IT and C4I, information operations, cybersecurity and network operations roles supporting UNC/CFC/USFK across the Korean Peninsula.

Perini Management Services

Framingham, MA, USA · Large

Perini Management Services, a Tutor Perini subsidiary, provides design-build and design-bid-build construction for U.S. federal agencies at overseas locations, including a $151 million embassy housing and infrastructure project in Baghdad, Iraq. The firm has delivered Department of Defense construction in remote locations across the Arctic, Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian Ocean since incorporating in 1975.

Pernix International

Lombard, IL, USA · Mid-size

Pernix International is an international construction contractor delivering design-build, general contracting, construction management, and engineering, procurement and construction work, including U.S. embassy compounds, such as the Maputo, Mozambique project shown on its site. It lists a careers page for construction roles and is based in Lombard, Illinois.

Planate Management Group

Alexandria, VA, USA

Planate Management Group is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business based in Alexandria, Virginia, offering architecture, engineering, and operations support. A 2023 company announcement describes a contract to provide logistical, life support, and operations and maintenance services at select international U.S. Department of State locations. It lists regional pages for Africa, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine.

PTF Consulting

Fredericksburg, VA, USA · Boutique

PTF Consulting is a recruiting firm serving government contractors and commercial businesses through embedded recruiting support, retained search, and direct hire services. Embedded recruiters work on an hourly basis within the client's own process and brand.

Sallyport Global, a Caliburn International company, describes itself as a provider of protective, security and mission support services to government and commercial clients. Its careers site lists logistics, base operations and construction jobs. Company-level details (regions, founding year) come from third-party profiles and still need confirmation on a Sallyport-owned page.

SchechterReed

Reston, VA, USA · Boutique

SchechterReed is a Reston, Virginia recruiting agency whose government contracting and defense aerospace practice places human resources, talent acquisition, executive support, and operations professionals for GovCon firms. Its placements emphasize familiarity with DCAA readiness, Service Contract Act compliance, and security clearance processes.

SecureBine Solutions

Republic of Korea

SecureBine Solutions is a veteran-owned (VOSB/SDVOSB) small business incorporated in the United States and the Republic of Korea, designing, installing and supporting secure networks for the U.S. military and mission partners in the INDOPACOM area. Its principals are based in Pyeongtaek and Seoul, and its careers site lists security and engineering roles supporting Indo-Pacific operations.

Serpteam

Fairbanks, AK, USA

Serpteam describes itself as a global private military company. Its WPS Contract Services page covers protective work under the U.S. State Department's Worldwide Protective Services program and similar frameworks: static and mobile protection, convoy and motorcade security, tactical medical support, and site security for embassies, consulates and compounds. It says its personnel come from special forces, law enforcement and intelligence backgrounds.

SOC LLC

Chantilly, VA, USA · Large

SOC LLC, a Day & Zimmermann company, provides cleared staffing and security workforce solutions to prime government contractors and federal agencies, including hiring support for Worldwide Protective Services (WPS) positions posted on its own careers pages. It also staffs technical engineering, IT, intelligence, and logistics roles through contract, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire placements.

SOSi

Reston, VA, USA · Large

SOSi (SOS International LLC) is a founder-owned defense and government services integrator that directly hires personnel for overseas missions spanning language services, logistics, ISR, and facilities and life-support work. Founded in 1989 and based in Reston, Virginia, it operates from more than two dozen locations globally.

Sparks Group

Rockville, MD, USA · Mid-size

Sparks Group is a staffing and recruiting agency that places security-cleared talent with the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and intelligence community agencies and contractors. It fills cybersecurity, software development, program management, and intelligence analyst roles through contract, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire placements.

STRAGO International

Dubai, UAE · Mid-size

STRAGO International recruits, vets and mobilises personnel for base life support and base operations contracts at military, government and remote industrial sites, from program managers to third-country national workforces. Its site cites deployments across the CENTCOM theatre, including Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, Djibouti, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, plus markets across Africa, with support for US primes and subcontractors on LOGCAP and base operations programmes.

Tactical Linguist Concepts (TLC) is a certified SBA 8(a) and service-disabled veteran-owned small business that says it serves Department of Defense services, national intelligence agencies, defense contractors and commercial clients worldwide. Its site describes work in ISR, asymmetrical conflict analysis and training, cultural advisor and language/regional expert training, and communications support, and its careers page lists cleared roles including an AFRICOM exercise planner post. Founded in 2004 per its own story page.

Talos Mission Solutions (TMSi)

Annapolis Junction, MD, USA · Boutique

Talos Mission Solutions Inc. (TMSi) is a veteran-owned small business that places cleared personnel for CONUS and OCONUS positions supporting DoD, Department of State, USAID, and GSA contracts, with recruiting focused on intelligence, infrastructure/ISR, and cybersecurity and information-assurance disciplines.

Trace Systems

Tampa, FL, USA

IT, communications and cybersecurity contractor serving the Department of Defense, DHS and the Intelligence Community, with deployed-operations and field-service work across combatant command theaters. Its site describes work across CENTCOM, EUCOM, AFRICOM and an international entity in Germany, and it publishes career openings and a military-transition program.

Turnbull Services

Constanța, Romania (US HQ: Columbus, Ohio) · Boutique

Certified SDVOSB operating in the USA, Romania and Ukraine, with European headquarters in Constanța near Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base. Sources and screens Other/Third Country Nationals (OCN/TCN) for OCONUS contracts from the Balkans, Caucasus and Pacific, and provides DoD linguist services, base operations support, housing and relocation, and construction support.

V2X

Reston, VA, USA · Large

V2X, formed by the 2022 merger of Vectrus and Vertex Aerospace, provides operations and logistics, cyber and IT, and engineering support to U.S. defense and national security clients globally, employing about 16,000 people, including an $84 million Navy task order supporting water-supply systems in the Indo-Pacific.

Valiant Integrated Services

Herndon, VA, USA · Large

Valiant Integrated Services directly hires linguists and interpreters supporting U.S. Army operations, describing itself as the world's leading provider of language support services to the Army, with more than 1,000 linguists embedded across roughly 25 countries covering 27 languages. Its broader solutions set also includes advanced logistics and sustainment, training/simulation, and intelligence and analysis support for DoD clients.

Vates

Kenya · Boutique

Vates is a U.S. veteran-owned intelligence and risk management firm operating in Somalia and East Africa, with offices in Kenya and Somalia. Its workforce solutions line recruits and deploys international subject matter experts, embedded analysts and security advisors, plus vetted local linguists, technical staff and security personnel across Sub-Saharan Africa.

VHB Global Inc.

Dumfries, VA, USA · Boutique

VHB Global Inc. is a woman-owned, HUBZone-certified small business that supports U.S. Government customers with intelligence analysis, language services, information technology, and logistics. It recruits linguists for Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Kurdish, Pashtu/Dari, and Russian roles, with a corporate office in Dumfries, VA, a satellite office in Herndon, VA, and an office in Jerusalem, Israel.

Vinnell Arabia

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Mid-size

Vinnell Arabia, a Northrop Grumman subsidiary, provides U.S. military doctrine-based training, aviation and ground forces support, maintenance, logistics, and technical translation services under its long-running contract with the Saudi Arabian National Guard. The company directly recruits U.S. veterans and other personnel for its overseas contract positions in Saudi Arabia.

Workhorse Solutions

· Boutique

Workhorse Solutions Group is a contingent recruiting firm for government contractors, placing executive and senior leadership, business development and capture, accounting and finance, contracts administration, cybersecurity, compliance, and HR professionals. Its searches target FAR, DFARS, CAS, DCAA, and security-clearance expertise.

WorldWide Language Resources

Fayetteville, NC, USA

WorldWide Language Resources, headquartered in Fayetteville, North Carolina, was founded in 1995 to provide operational linguist services to U.S. Special Operations forces. It supplies interpreters and translators to U.S., allied, and coalition forces, and also offers manpower augmentation and auxiliary and logistic support, including postal services it began providing in Afghanistan in 2006. It reports in-theater support infrastructure for programs in over 50 countries.

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