UI/UX Developer/Design Engineer – NAVSUP OIS - Remote

Job Description: Type of Requisition... Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Secret Clearance Level Must Be Able To Obtain: Secret Suitability: Public Trust/Other Required: Job Family: Software Development Skills: Job Qualifications: Agile Methodology, Prototyping, User Experience (UX), User Experience (UX) Research, User Interfaces (UI) Certifications: Security + - CompTIA Experience: 6 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes Job Description: User Interface / User Experience (UI/UX) Design Engineer – NAVSUP OIS Overview/ Job Responsibilities GDIT is seeking a User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) Developer/Design Engineer 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 and contribute to other key parts of our tooling and infrastructure, with a specific focus on improving the user experience. This position can be performed remotely; however, approximately 10% travel will be required for client meetings 5 times a year in Mechanicsburg, PA or Yorktown, VA. Primary Responsibilities: The UI/UX Developer/Design Engineer 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 • Optimize application front-end for maximum speed and usability • 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 • Provide mentorship to other front-end engineers and designers in all aspects of UX development • 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 Minimum Qualifications: • Must have DOD Secret level clearance to start; U.S. Citizen required only for Federal Clearance Requirement • Certification Requirements: Directive 8570.1/8140 - IAT II: Security+ • BA/BS or equivalent experience • Minimum 6 years (or Masters or equivalent experience, plus 4+ years) of experience in UI/UX development and/or product development • Experience developing with Angular, React, Vaadin, or Vue • Experience with CSS frameworks, JavaScript, jQuery • Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development environment • Experience employing an iterative, user-centric design process in UX design/interactive prototyping • 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 Preferred Qualifications: • Navy experience • SAFe experience and knowledge • Designing/developing for Mobile Applications • Knowledge of SEO principles • Understanding of and/or experience designing for 508 Compliance The likely salary range for this position is $101,150 - $136,850. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Travel Required: 10-25% Telecommuting Options: Remote Work Location: Any Location / Remote Additional Work Locations: Total Rewards At GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most. We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology. We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real. GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class