User Experience Designer

Job Description

Description

SAIC’s National Intelligence Community (NIC) Business Unit, USG Mission and Information Technology Division, provides solutions and services supporting digital modernization programs in areas such as systems engineering, multi-cloud computing, cybersecurity, data science and analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, quantum computing, application development, SecDevOps, cloud network operations, and secure communications.

We are seeking highly motivated User Experience (UX) Designers to join our team and leverage their technical expertise to support the strategy and design for next generation analysis tools for the Intelligence Community.  As the UX Designer, you will work at the forefront of product development in an organization that is focused on promoting consistent processes and practices across the Agency in the areas of user experience engineering, systems engineering, operational engineering and support, and customer outreach.

Your responsibilities will include the following:

• Blending both technical expertise and mission knowledge in providing design support for a breadth of analytic and engagement tools
• Designing user experiences for new and existing web, and other framework-based applications from concept to completion
• Designing workflows and experiences that are intuitive, effective, and accessible
• Applying human factors and cognition principles to the design of tools, systems, tasks, economics, user interfaces, and environments
• Collecting and analyzing user behaviors and needs through various types of user research (e.g., field studies, surveys, lab studies, etc.)
• Conveying research findings and/or design approach by communicating to diverse audiences in both verbal and written formats
• Generating design systems, building on existing structures, and designing new approaches
• Designing both a short term and long term UX vision for products

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Design, or related field
• 5+ years of relevant experience in one or more of the following design areas:
  • User centered
  • Software user interface
  • Graphic and/or visual interaction
  • Web development
  • Information architecture
  • Ability to think critically through complicated challenges to formulate solutions, and collaborate with developers and analysts to implement approved designs

Desired Qualifications:

• Any of the following Certifications:
  • Adobe Certified Associate
  • Adobe Certified Expert
  • Certified Internet Web (CIW) Associate

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.

We are approximately 26,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.