User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) Designer

Sev1Tech is seeking a User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) Designer for the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Ordnance Information System (OIS) to provide technical expertise on a mission-critical program whose purpose is to develop, modernize, enhance, operate, and maintain services for OIS mission critical systems.

This role will support the Next Gen/Modernization development team, working with a team of Developers, Business Analysts, and Product Owners to support the design, creation, and maintenance of the OIS application, with a specific focus on improving the warfighter experience.

Approximately 10% Travel required - Client meetings 4 times a year in Mechanicsburg, PA or Yorktown, VA

Primary Responsibilities:

The UI/UX Designer will be responsible for the following:

• Conceiving and conducting user research, interviews, and surveys, and translating them into sitemaps, wireframes, user stories, user journeys, and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences.
• Design the overall customer-facing interface of the product and iterate upon it to ensure a great user experience
• Facilitate the customers' and product owners' product visions by researching, conceiving, wire framing, sketching, prototyping, and mocking up user experiences
• Identify design problems and devise elegant solutions
• Make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new, functions and features
• Take a human-centered design approach and rapidly test and iterate your designs
• Collaborate with back-end and front-end developers  to improve usability
• Take smart risks and champion new ideas
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of designers, product managers, and engineers on all phases of the product development life cycle
• Incorporate best practices for accessibility, usability, web performance, and design into the product and ultimately champion a more consistent and delightful user experience
• Perform subjective and objective research both qualitatively and quantitatively, to gather deep end-user understanding
• Perform usability/heuristic evaluations and validations across the product or solution life-cycle

• Must have DOD Secret level clearance to start; U.S. Citizen required only for Federal Clearance Requirement
• BA/BS or equivalent experience
• Minimum 6 years (or Masters or equivalent experience and 4+ years) of experience in UI/UX design and/or product development
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development environment
• Experience employing an iterative, user-centric design process in UX design/interactive prototyping
• Experience with UI/UX toolsets: prototyping, wireframing, design, flow mapping tools (Figma, InVision, Balsamiq, Miro, or other similiar tools)
• Experience taking input from multiple sources and synthesizing it into coherent design ideas
• Experience defining interaction models, creating userflows, storyboards, wireframes, and prototypes
• Detail-oriented and a highly motivated self-starter that is able to work closely in a collaborative role with other team members
• Excellent communication, collaboration and teaming skills and experience

• Navy experience
• Experience with CSS frameworks, JavaScript, jQuery
• SAFe experience and knowledge
• Designing for Mobile Applications
• Knowledge of SEO principles
• Understanding of and/or experience designing for 508 Compliance
• Experience with Adobe Suite

Founded in 2010, Sev1Tech provides IT, engineering, and program management solutions delivery. Sev1Tech focuses on providing program and IT support services to critical missions across Federal and Commercial Clients. Our Mission is to Build better companies.  Enable better government. Protect our nation. Build better humans across the country.

Join the Sev1Tech family where you can achieve great accomplishments while fostering a satisfying and rewarding career progression.  Please apply directly through the website at: https://careers-sev1tech.icims.com/jobs/intro?hashed=-625979001   #joinSev1tech

For any additional questions or to submit any referrals, please contact: recruiting@sev1tech.com

Sev1Tech is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.