@Josh, in today's 2.0 world of erraticness, you have to market yourself. Get out on LinkedIn, post your resume to Dice, Monster, etc. On LinkedIn, I see too many posts on a daily basis asking for cleared talent.

You also should broaden your search. I don't know the demographics of your area, but I would imagine that outside of "base heavy" location (San Diego, Maryland, Groton CT, Pensacola, etc.) there would be a huge market and when there is a market, you'd be competing against much more people. Whereas say, in the beltway area (VA/DC/MD), there is ALWAYS a high demand. As is the case in say Boulder and Denver. Place yourself where the action is