MID LEVEL UX-UI DESIGNER at VSolvit

Chesapeake, Virginia, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

01 Oct, 26

Salary

110000.0

Posted On

03 Jul, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

UX Design, UI Design, Figma, Wireframing, Prototyping, Responsive Design, Web Accessibility, WCAG, Section 508, Atomic Design, Agile/Scrum, SAFe Agile, User Research, Interaction Design, Front-end Development Concepts, Design Systems

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

***HYBRID Role in Chesapeake, VA*** Job Summary The Mid-Level UX/UI Designer is responsible for creating intuitive, modern digital interfaces that support user needs and business objectives. This role focuses on translating UX strategies, user flows, and requirements into polished, high-fidelity designs while ensuring consistency across products. The designer collaborates closely with UX, product, and engineering teams, contributes to the design system, and helps uphold quality and usability standards throughout the development process. As with any position, additional expectations exist. Some of these include, but are not limited to, adhering to normal working hours, meeting deadlines, following company policies as outlined by the Employee Handbook, communicating regularly with assigned supervisor(s), staying focused on the assigned tasks, and completing other tasks as assigned. 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 * Design responsive interfaces that meet accessibility standards (WCAG/Section 508) * 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 * Perform other duties as assigned Basic Qualifications * US Citizenship * Active DoD Secret Clearance * 4+ years of professional UX / UI / Digital Product design experience * 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 * Required: 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 Preferred Qualifications * Demonstrated experience designing enterprise applications or systems with complex workflows * Strong foundational knowledge of UX principles, user research methodologies, and heuristic evaluations * Demonstrated experience eliciting requirements from users and stakeholders * Advanced understanding of design systems, token architecture, component library management, and interaction design * Demonstrated ability to communicate design rationale and facilitate design discussions with technical and non-technical audiences * Demonstrated ability to define problems, collect data, understand user needs, and translate those needs into actionable design requirements * Demonstrated experience supporting federal, DoD, or defense contractor programs * Familiarity with secure development environments and constraints on classified systems Company Summary Join the VSolvit Team! Founded in 2006, VSolvit (pronounced 'We Solve It') is a technology services provider that specializes in cybersecurity, cloud computing, geographic information systems (GIS), business intelligence (BI) systems, data warehousing, engineering services, and custom database and application development. VSolvit is an award winning WOSB, CA CDB, MBE, WBE, and CMMI Level 3 certified company. We offer a customizable health benefits program that best meets the needs of its employees. Offering may include: medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, long and short-term disability and other insurance products, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, 401K Retirement Plan options, Tuition Reimbursement, and assorted voluntary benefits. Our goal is to grow together and enjoy the work that we do as a team. VSolvit LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Responsibilities

The designer is responsible for creating intuitive digital interfaces by translating UX strategies and requirements into high-fidelity designs. They collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain design systems and ensure usability and accessibility standards are met.