UI / UX DESIGNER WITH SECURITY CLEARANCE

PeopleTec - Arlington, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Arlington, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

PeopleTec is seeking a UI/UX Designer to support the Chief Digital and AI Office in the DC area. The role involves developing tools for semantic search and categorization of unstructured data, participating in AI/ML Task Forces, and extending APIs for broader departmental use. The designer will also contribute to the development of methodologies for testing search performance and creating a data operations playbook for unstructured data management.

Responsibilities

• Develop a generalized tool to semantically search, summarize, and categorize unstructured data
• Participate in DoD and government AI/ML Task Forces and share best practices
• Extend a generalized API deployed to NIPR for semantic search and categorization
• Support the installation of capabilities on various networks including SIPRnet and JWICS
• Develop methodology to test search performance with varying levels of prompt engineering
• Contribute to a data operations playbook for unstructured data
• Develop a cost model for semantic search API use cases
• Document a strategy for ingesting and storing unstructured data on the Advana platform
• Address issues related to maintaining semantic indices for document change management

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus 7-10 years experience, or a Master's Degree plus 5 years of experience
• Subject matter expertise in agile development methodologies
• Ability to translate user research into actionable UI requirements
• Experience in producing high-quality solutions through wireframes and prototypes
• Ability to rapidly iterate on design prototypes and applications
• Experience in testing and validating usability metrics
• Knowledge of user-based design principles and complex computer systems
• Experience in identifying user needs and improving processes using AI

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with usability testing and preparing test plans
• Experience with creating and documenting information design concepts
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience conducting user interviews and contextual inquiries
• Experience with user tracking and metrics tooling such as Matomo
• Experience with visualization of user metrics using Qlik and/or Tableau
• Usability/UX related certification (e.g. CUA)

Benefits

• Continuing education opportunities
• Robust training programs
• Employee-owned company culture
• People First benefits package