• UI and UX Designer

    SAIC (Fort Belvoir, VA)


    Description

    SAIC is seeking a highly capable UI and UX Designer to lead user experience and interface design for an enterprise data automation platform. This person will define the design system; apply SAIC brand/look-and-feel; design dashboards, flows, and interaction models; collaborate with product, data, engineering and governance teams; and deliver clear Figma/UX specs for front-end engineering. The designer will ensure that the UI conveys maturity, trust, clarity and is accessible, performant and compliant for a government environment.

    We are looking for someone who is:

    + Mission-driven: Passionate about building ‘mission-grade’ user experiences, not just consumer-grade.

    + Trustworthy and Credible Visual Sense: Understands how to convey professionalism, security, clarity, and enterprise purpose.

    + Empathetic: Strong user-orientation, ability to step into the role of data stewards, analysts, governance users.

    + Agile and Iterative Mindset: Comfortable working in sprints, adapting quickly to new information or stakeholder feedback.

    + Collaborative: Can lead design decisions, yet iterate based on stakeholder input.

    + Self-Starter: Able to own the design system, push standards, and deliver ahead of front-end implementation.

    Key Responsibilities

    + Develop and maintain a comprehensive design system (components, patterns, typography, color, iconography) aligned with SAIC brand and the government client.

    + Translate requirements (data tagging workflows, metadata catalog, compliance dashboards) into wireframes, prototypes, mock-ups, and interactive designs in Figma (or equivalent).

    + Define user flows, storyboards, information architectures that map to: data tagging pipeline, data catalog browsing/search, metadata tagging results visualization (map/timeline/confidence overlays).

    + Work closely with product managers, AI engineers, and data governance SMEs to ensure design reflects mission needs, compliance (Zero Trust, CUI/IL4), and user personas (data stewards, system owners, analysts).

    + Partner with the Front-End Engineer to maintain Figma and Storybook parity, ensuring each component in the design system has an equivalent coded implementation with consistent accessibility and behavior.

    + Conduct user research (workshops, interviews, usability testing) with pilot users to validate interactions, typography, accessibility and user experience; iterate designs accordingly.

    + Ensure all designs comply with WCAG 2.2 AA and Section 508 accessibility standards, and align with the USWDS for federal look-and-feel consistency.

    + Advocate for consistency, high polish, performance, mobile/responsive design, and trustworthiness in visuals and interactions.

    + Track and maintain design documentation in Confluence, collaborate via Jira with sprint backlog, link design artefacts to user-stories and track design tasks.

    + Contribute to sprint planning and sprint reviews; present demo screens and gather stakeholder feedback; adjust design backlog accordingly.

    + Maintain awareness of UI/UX trends, mission-critical interface best practices, design tools, and collaborative workflows (Figma, Zeplin, InVision, etc.)

    Qualifications

    Minimum Qualifications

    + U.S. Citizenship, and an active DoD Secret Clearance, with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI.

    + Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or related field (or equivalent demonstrated experience).

    + Minimum of 5 years of UI/UX design experience (preferably in enterprise software, government/compliance contexts or data-heavy platforms).

    + Proven track record with a strong portfolio of user-interface work: dashboards, analytics, data-centric systems, and design systems.

    + Strong proficiency with design tools: Figma (preferred), Canva, Adobe Creative Suite; ability to produce developer-friendly handoffs (assets, specs, CSS annotations).

    + Deep understanding of UX best practices: information architecture, user flows, wireframing, prototyping, usability testing.

    + Experience designing interactive prototypes and hand-offs to front-end engineering (React/TypeScript, etc).

    + Experience or familiarity with accessibility standards (government UI guidelines) and high-trust mission environments.

    + Strong collaboration skills: able to engage product managers, engineers, and data scientists.

    + Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to present design rationale and adjust to government client needs.

    + Ability to work in a fast-paced agile environment: quality-driven mindset, detail oriented, while balancing design polish with speed.

    Preferred Qualifications

    + Experience working in a government or DoD/IC environment (CUI, IL4/IL5, Zero Trust context) with familiarity of constraints such as security, classification, compliance.

    + Experience designing for dashboards or visualizations in data/analytics domain (e.g., metadata catalog, tagging summaries, confidence overlays, timeline/map visualizations).

    + Experience with design system creation and maintenance in enterprise settings.

    + Experience or familiarity with React/TypeScript front-end frameworks (so you can hand off designs more effectively).

    + Experience working with collaborative tools: Jira (agile backlog), Confluence (knowledge base), Teams/SharePoint for design artifacts.

    + Ability to contribute to design-ops: asset libraries, component governance, versioning, design-to-code pipeline.

    + Security mindset: understanding how design must integrate with secure build/deployment and audit trails.

    REQNUMBER: 2511426

    SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability