MID LEVEL UX-UI DESIGNER

Responsibilities

• Participate in a SAFe Agile Scrum team environment with a focus on iterative design and continuous improvement
• Elicit and review requirements and translate them into wireframes, workflows, prototypes, and visual design specifications
• Author additional requirements related to interaction design and workflow logic
• Iterate on designs based on qualitative and quantitative research insights and stakeholder input
• Create and manage UI assets, interaction states, tokens, and design documentation to support development
• Contribute to design system components, patterns, and guidelines using atomic design principles
• Collaborate with analysts, developers, product owners, stakeholders, and other UX professionals to integrate user insights, behavioral data, and business needs into informed design decisions
• Participate actively in collaborative design reviews, presenting design rationale, offering constructive critique, and iterating on solutions to ensure usability, consistency, and alignment with modernization goals
• Collaborate with developers to ensure design feasibility and accurate implementation
• Prepare specs, documentation, and assets for seamless developer handoff
• Conduct basic usability checks or support UX research with testing activities
• Ensure consistency across the application and align designs with modernization objectives
• Ensure all design deliverables comply with security, handling, and data-protection guidelines
• Communicate effectively with customers, stakeholders, and team members

Qualifications

• US Citizenship
• Active DoD Secret Clearance
• Level 1 or higher IAT Certification (A+ CE, Security+, CCNA-Security, CND, Network+ CE, SSCP)
• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS), with preference to coursework in Graphic & Web Design, Digital/Interactive Media, Human–Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience Design (UXD), Interaction Design, Human Factors, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Front-end Web Development, or a related field.
• Demonstrated Proficiency in modern design tools, with a strong preference for Figma
• Demonstrated ability to create wireframes, visual layouts, user flows, and interactive prototypes
• Solid understanding of responsive design and web accessibility requirements
• Familiarity with front-end development concepts (HTML, CSS, component frameworks)
• Demonstrated Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development lifecycle (SAFe Agile experience is a plus)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable working both independently and in a collaborative team environment, maintaining productivity and accountability in both settings
• A professional portfolio with case studies demonstrating user-centered design solutions, responsive layouts, and prototype execution, especially examples of modernizing complex legacy systems
• If applicable: If you are or have been recently employed by the U.S. government, a post-employment ethics letter will be required if employment with VSolvit is offered