Bobby Fernandez — Recruiter
Bobby is a seasoned recruitment expert with extensive experience in full-cycle hiring, talent acquisition strategy, workforce planning, and high-volume recruitment across IT, cybersecurity, engineering, EPC, logistics, and digital transformation industries. He has successfully led global hiring operations across India, the Middle East (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar), North America (US, Canada), Latin America, Australia, APAC (including Singapore), and the UK, securing top-tier technical and non-technical professionals for competitive markets. His expertise in Boolean search optimization, ATS management, sourcing automation, stakeholder engagement, and employer branding has optimized recruitment processes for leading organizations. Specializing in technical hiring, Bobby has placed talent in software development, cloud computing, AI, cybersecurity, DevOps, enterprise IT solutions, and digital transformation, identifying and engaging high-caliber candidates for niche roles, such as cloud architects, penetration testers, and data scientists. Simultaneously, he has driven large-scale hiring for engineering, EPC contracting, logistics, and infrastructure development, ensuring companies acquire the right professionals for project management, industrial operations, and technical roles. Bobby began his career at TCS, managing hiring for IT, cybersecurity, and digital transformation. He then progressed through NBTC Group, focusing on engineering, EPC, and logistics hiring, followed by Halian, where he specialized in executive recruitment for cloud computing, cybersecurity, and enterprise IT. At NetSentries, Bobby built offensive security talent pipelines, hiring penetration testers, SOC analysts, and threat intelligence experts, before joining CyberProof, where he led hiring for security architects, incident response specialists, and managed security operations professionals. Later, he returned to Halian, further refining his global recruitment expertise, ensuring strategic talent acquisition aligns with evolving industry demands across IT, cybersecurity, engineering, EPC, logistics, and digital transformation. A data-driven, performance-focused recruitment strategist, Bobby excels in recruitment automation, diversity hiring, compliance-driven processes, executive search, succession planning, and workforce analytics. His ability to optimize hiring workflows, enhance candidate experience, and strengthen employer positioning makes him a trusted recruitment leader across global talent markets.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned recruitment strategist specializing in IT, cybersecurity, and engineering talent acquisition.
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Experience: 19 yrs
Career Highlights
- Expert in full-cycle recruitment across multiple industries.
- Proven track record in optimizing recruitment processes.
- Strong background in technical and executive recruitment.
Work Experience
Halian
Talent Acquisition Team Leader (2 yrs 7 mos)
Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant (3 yrs 5 mos)
CyberProof
Recruitment Manager for CyberProof - A UST Global Company, India (1 yr 8 mos)
NetSentries Technologies
AVP Talent Acquisition and Management - Cyber Security, India & MEA (5 mos)
Halian
Resource Delivery Consultant - IT Recruitment- Cyber Security, Cloud, Infra - MEA, UK & Europe (1 yr 8 mos)
NBTC Group (Naser Mohamed Al-Baddah & Partner For General Contracting Company)
HR Specialist - Recruitment & Internal Staffing - IT Infra,Cloud, Cyber Security - MEA & India (1 yr 6 mos)
Tata Consultancy Services
Manager - Talent Acquisition & Resource Mgmt. Group - IT, India, US, UK, EMEA, APAC (10 yrs 4 mos)
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA at Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady
B.Sc in Computer Applications at Sacred Heart College, Cochin
12th at St. Sebastine's HSS , Cochin
10th Standard at Convent Of Jesus & Mary