User Interaction / User Experience Designer - Junior Job at Jacobs in Washington

Your Impact : Are you interested in using your skills to help shape the Cyber, Security, & Intel space? If so, look no further. Amentum is seeking a Junior UI / UX Designer to join our team of passionate individuals in Washington, DC . In this role you will support challenging, mission‑critical projects that make a direct impact on the Nation’s security and intelligence mission.

As a Top Secret UI / UX Designer for this program, you will be working in an organization that’s mission is to develop and operate the best possible software for critical national security enterprise applications. This organization leverages SCRUM and SAFE Agile software development methodology and strong Dev Ops practices.

You will be responsible for developing mock‑ups of intuitive interfaces. You will review user experience feedback, receive stakeholder and development team feedback and adjust accordingly. You will create and update style guides. You will work with the development teams to ensure 508 compliant designs and responsive designs based on current best practices. You will guide, mentor, and coach team members while leading projects to successful completion. You will ensure compliance with the project management methodologies and the Project Management Office processes and standards. You will research user needs as well as potential system enhancements. You will have familiarity to, or may actually : code, test, debug documents, and implement web applications using a variety of platforms. “This position is contingent upon award”.

Responsibilities

• Build mock‑ups of intuitive interfaces.
• Work across case management development teams to provide a consistent look and feel.
• Review user experience feedback and adjust accordingly.
• Work with users to understand use cases.
• Update and maintain style guides.
• Ensure 508 compliant designs and responsive designs based on current best practices.
• Oversee all visual design efforts, guide, mentor, and coach team members while leading projects to successful completion.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key peers in Marketing, Branding, UX leaders, IT leaders, and others to identify and plan creative solutions.
• Manage external service resources and budgets for visual design, ensuring work is executed on time, on budget, and with quality.
• Ensure compliance with project management methodologies and the Project Management Office processes and standards.
• Develop, maintain, and ensure compliance of application release management, outage management, and change control processes and standards.
• Define, create, communicate, and manage resource plans and other required project documentation such as style guides and provide updates as necessary.
• Develop proof‑of‑concepts and prototypes of easy‑to‑navigate user interfaces (UIs) that consist of web pages with graphics, icons, and color schemes that are visually appealing.
• Research user needs as well as potential system enhancements and have familiarity to code, test, debug documents, and implement web applications using a variety of platforms.
• Plan, recruit, and facilitate the usability testing of a system. Analyze and synthesize the results of usability testing to provide recommendations for change to a system.

A typical day in the life on this program involves

Requirements

Clearance Required

Minimum Education

Minimum Years of Experience

Preferred

Benefits

Amentum’s health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well‑being. Your security. Your future. Eligible employees and their dependents may elect medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, and, if eligible, a deferred compensation plan and Executive Deferral Plan. Employees will also receive 17 days of vacation per year, seven paid holidays, plus floating holidays and caregiver leave. Hired applicants will be able to purchase company stock and have the opportunity to receive a performance discretionary bonus.

The base salary range for this position is $90k to $100k annually. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

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