Front-End Web Developer

Job Description

Description

SAIC is seeking a candidate to support our customer within the intelligence community. This role will support content management and front-end development of a mission-critical website. This role will develop overall layout and production design for various applications by applying extensive knowledge of interactive web design tools and web technologies (e.g. CSS3, HTML5, Adobe Creative products, Bootstrap, or other design frameworks) supporting the technology and capabilities of the customer's internet and intranet systems. 

Responsibilities include:

• Conduct design evaluations for NGA’s web enterprises to enable the build out of respective web designs to enhance the user experience.
• Create and deliver design educational and informational briefs.
• Work with team members to evaluate ideas and concepts, assist with making critical decisions affecting the user experience, and incorporate varying stages of the design to the UX process.
• Create and implement Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML5 markup language, and other markup languages as needed to support design implementation.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams and application users to conceptualize, design, and prototype excellent user experiences while maintaining functionality and simple workflows.
• Share ideas with internal teams on best practices around information architecture, interaction, and visual designs, usability, and supporting technologies.
• Develop thoughtful recommendations on information architecture, user experience, accessibility compliance, and use of graphics, mobile optimization, responsiveness, and other web best practices.
• Create visual concepts by using computer software, JavaScript and other browser-based technologies such as, Asynchronous JavaScript and Extensible Markup (AJAX), jQuery, and Bootstrap.
• Build efficient, reusable libraries of design information for future use.
• Collaborate with team members during design and content reviews to refine user experiences.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure best practices.
• Create internal design products to facilitate digital transformation.

Qualifications

Required

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• 11-14 years of experience
• Demonstrated experience utilizing web design software (e.g. Adobe Master Collection CS6/Adobe Creative Cloud) and/or applications (e.g. Dreamweaver, Illustrator, and Photoshop).
• Demonstrated experience designing user-centered web-based products (from concept to execution-including those for desktop, web, and/or mobile devices).
• Demonstrated experience designing products for front-end development and web applications.
• Demonstrated experience applying visual media design principles, theory, practices, user-centered web design principles and UX processes.
• Demonstrated experience creating, editing, organizing, and storing digital file formats (e.g. tiff, gif, png, pdf, jpg, svg, html, css).

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 more than 26,500 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a respectful work culture based on diversity, equity, and inclusion that values all contributors. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.1 billion. For more information, visit saic.com.