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UX Designer (Secret or TS clearance required)

Icf 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Hybrid $89,261 - $222,169 Full-time Mid-level

The UX Designer will modernize legacy federal systems by creating intuitive UX/UI solutions, including wireframes and prototypes, within Agile and DevSecOps environments. They will also conduct usability testing and analyze UX metrics to iteratively improve digital products and ensure alignment with federal standards.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the modernization of legacy systems through user-centered applications, by applying human-centered design principles across the full product lifecycle
  • Translate complex business processes, technical constraints, and mission requirements into intuitive UX/UI solutions for enterprise users
  • Design end-to-end user experiences including: User flows, wireframes, interactive prototypes and high-fidelity UI designs and specifications
  • Ensure alignment with federal UX/UI standards, including Section 508 accessibility and system-specific design systems
  • Support and participate in usability testing by observing representative users performing key workflows and capturing qualitative insights
  • Collaborate with product teams to validate concepts and inform iterative design improvements
  • Translate research findings into actionable design updates that improve usability, efficiency, and user satisfaction

Requirements

  • Active Secret security clearance, with eligibility to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance
  • 6+ years of professional experience in user experience design, interaction design, or a closely related field
  • MUST RESIDE IN THE United States (U.S.) and the work MUST BE PERFORMED in the United States (U.S.), as this work is for a federal contract and laws do apply

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Opportunity to work on high-impact projects
  • Collaborative and dynamic work environment

Key Skills

UX design Interaction design User-centered design Agile DevSecOps Human-centered design principles UX/UI standards Section 508 accessibility Design systems Usability testing User research Design thinking Prototyping Figma Adobe Creative Suite

About Icf

We’re ICF Next, your strategic partner for engagement and transformation. Our passion is to help you make the change you need to succeed. We are mission-driven creatives, communicators, strategists and technologists. Part of global consultancy ICF, we're working to improve the world in areas from energy to health to transportation and beyond. From strategy to execution, we create the kind of change that brings you closer to the people you serve: citizens, colleagues, and entire communities.

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