UI/UX Designer - US Citizen Required

Ready to Ignite your career and work alongside some of the most innovative and brightest professionals in innovative technology? Join us and unleash your potential working in an Agile environment while modernizing enterprise systems and applications needed to support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nation’s safety, security, and prosperity.

!!! Long-Term Government Contract for Leading Edge Technologies !!!

As a UI/UX Designer, you will offer your agile methodology experience as part of a dynamic and passionate team of industry-leading individuals supporting the best practices in Agile Software Development for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). You will bring creative ideas to solve complex problems, both technical and procedural at the team and portfolio levels. The ability to be adaptable and to work constructively with a technically diverse and geographically separated team will be key to the overall success.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass CBP background investigation, criteria include but is not limited to: 

• 3 year check for felony convictions 

• 1 year check for illegal drug use 

• 1 year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud  

• Degree in a related field, such as Interactive Design, Architecture, Industrial Design, Graphic Design or Human Factors 
• Experience working collaboratively to communicate effectively through websites and web applications that are easy for real people to use and responsive across all device viewports 
• Professional Experience: 3 + years’ experience as a visual designer, interaction designer, experience designer or a similar role 
• Professional experience with enterprise UI design tools such as Figma (preferred), Axure, or similar tools 
• Professional experience communicating designs with stakeholders such as product owners, end users, development teams, and management 
• Ability to understand trade-offs between designs, technical feasibility, and maintenance  
• Knowledge of modern front-end systems and open source frameworks (Angular) 

In this role you will:

• Serve as an Agile Scrum team member providing UI/UX design and development for the delivery of releasable software in short sprint cycles. Responsible for activities associated with software projects by working in close collaboration with business analysts, software developers/engineers, stakeholders, and end users within Agile processes.
• Conceptualize and designing custom software application capabilities for a variety of legacy and modernized systems with limited oversight. 
• Lead the design of a cohesive look-and-feel and standardized user experience across the applications. 
• Take a leadership role in collaborations between the creative strategy, UX, visual design, development team, and client to create effective design strategies. 
• Develop compelling, creative, and user-focused experiences and points of view that align with clients’ business objectives 
• Collaborate with cross discipline team to create and execute experience style guides, interaction patterns, and information design standards 
• Develop wireframes, mockups, and/or prototypes supporting design ideas and effectively communicate ideas to various stakeholders. 
• Establish standard layout and style libraries across applications. 
• Work closely the functional team to determine feasibility of requirements and collaborate on design ideas and improvements. 
• Ensure product quality and timeliness of work, providing advice and guidance, resolving problems to meet objectives, and providing periodic performance reports 
• Provide mentoring to junior members of the team 

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance