Federal - UI / UX Designer

Job description

Organization: Accenture Federal Services
Location: Arlington, VA

Accenture Federal Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture LLP, is a U.S. company with offices in Arlington, Virginia. Accenture's federal business has served every cabinet-level department and 30 of the largest federal organizations. Accenture Federal Services transforms bold ideas into breakthrough outcomes for clients at defense, intelligence, public safety, civilian and military health organizations.

We believe that great outcomes are everything. It's what drives us to turn bold ideas into breakthrough solutions. By combining digital technologies with what works across the world's leading businesses, we use agile approaches to help clients solve their toughest problems fast—the first time. So, you can deliver what matters most.
Count on us to help you embrace new ways of working, building for change and put customers at the core. A wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture, we bring over 30 years of experience serving the federal government, including every cabinet-level department. Our 7,200 dedicated colleagues and change makers work with our clients at the heart of the nation's priorities in defense, intel, public safety, health and civilian to help you make a difference for the people you employ, serve and protect.

Job Description:
Primarily responsible for designing, implementing and managing user interface design artifacts including system design documents, wireframe diagrams, and functional use cases
• Experience designing interactive interfaces in mobile, tablet, desktop and multi-screen desktop form factors
• Secondarily support function as a SME within Joint Application Design sessions including requirements analysis, wireframe diagram decomposition, functionality assessments, and peer review tasks
• Lead collaboration between multiple teams to sponsor innovative and effective user interface designs for increasing client satisfaction, adoption rates, and process improvement
• Provide superior digital design based presentation elements for consideration within JAD sessions
• Support liaison role between other user experience teams/members to increase potential user experience design component options
• Specifically collaborate with data engineering/data scientist teams to enable superior visual representation of analyzed data
• Balance effective 508 compliance design interfaces within realistic delivery expectations for client specific Human Factors Engineering and 508 compliance requirements
• Champion detailed change management of all user experience related artifacts in coordination with Agile Methodology (SCRUM) based delivery life cycles to support client scope management vs client demand
• Identify and communicate issues and risks to the team lead or end user to facilitate timely resolution
• Maximize personal productivity with reduced dependence on supervisor's input by structuring own or others' activities to minimize delays, wasted effort, or rework including conducting work planning/prioritization for own or others' activities
• Actively contribute to maintaining a collaborative work environment

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:

·  Must possess valid and current US Citizenship
·  Professional working experience with data
·  3 years of experience with designing and developing user interfaces for light weight web content for dashboard views
·  3 years of experience with designing and developing mobile device user interfaces based upon dashboard views
·  3 years or more experience with enablement of 508 compliant user experience interfaces
·  3 years or more experience with creating and designing effective wire frame diagrams with MS Visio or equivalent
·  The ability to produce documentation including System Design Documents, Functional Design Documents, wireframe diagram decomposition artifacts, user guides for user experience based interfaces Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

·  Strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills
·  Prior web development experience using languages such as .NET, Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Angular JS, Node.js
·  Qlik Sense development experience
·  Professional experience working with large unstructured and structured datasets to prepare for analytical reporting
An active security clearance or the ability to obtain one may be required for this role.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Accenture (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).

Accenture is a Federal Contractor and an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

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