Dev Technology Group, Inc.

Senior UI/UX Front-End Design Lead Reston VA (Hybrid) Clearance **US Citizenship required, Must be able to obtain and maintain a DHS Public Trust. Overview Dev Technology Group is seeking a Senior UI/UX Front-End Design Lead to drive strategy and design execution across a large federal agency. This role will serve as the central design authority supporting multiple delivery teams and applications, ensuring consistent, intuitive, and mission-aligned user experiences across diverse technology stacks. This role is ideal for a hands-on leader who enjoys working alongside our technical project teams and our federal customers to recommend and deliver UI/UX assets and design constructs that our teams can use quickly and efficiently utilize across a variety of technical environments (e.g. React-based custom applications, Microsoft Power App solutions, etc.). The ideal candidate is well versed in user experience strategy and accessibility standards, and thrives in complex, mission-driven environments. The ideal candidate will possess a minimum of 8 or more years of experience in UI/UX design and implementation, including working alongside or embedded within development teams to help them deliver faster while ensuring a professional, modern, intuitive user experience that is compliant with federal design standards. What You’ll Be Doing - Serve as the UI/UX SME and translate business requirements and UX strategy into elegant, intuitive, and high-performing user interfaces for development teams to implement - Drive UI/UX best practices across programs, ensuring consistency, usability, and accessibility - Establish and maintain reusable component libraries and design systems leveraging frameworks such as Bootstrap, Material UI, and Trussworks - Ensure Section 508 compliance and adherence to WCAG 2.x standards across applications - Collaborate cross-functionally with product owners, designers, backend engineers, and stakeholders to deliver user-centered solutions - Partner with project and client leadership to shape a modernization roadmap and implement modernization initiatives and continuous proactive improvement of the development processes while staying current with emerging frontend technologies - Lead troubleshooting efforts to identify and resolve complex UI/UX and performance issues - Provide final UI/UX review and sign-off of developed apps across multiple tech platforms (e.g. M365 / Power Platform, ServiceNow, etc.) and front-end development teams (e.g. React based apps) prior to customer User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and rollout - Lead creation of high-fidelity prototypes and wireframes for multiple teams supporting disparate tech stacks - Develop repeatable design-to-development workflows to accelerate delivery across teams - Conduct usability testing and design validation sessions with development teams - Proactively coach and mentor development teams on UI/UX best practices and modern design approaches Required Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Human–Computer Interaction & Design, or a related technical discipline strongly preferred OR related professional experience in lieu of a degree acceptable. - Over 8 years of hands-on experience in UI/UX design and implementation, applying design standards and collaborating closely with development teams to deliver consistent, intuitive user experiences. - 3–5 years of experience leading design initiatives across multiple applications or cross‑functional teams. - Advanced proficiency in HTML5 and CSS3, and in design tools such as Figma or Adobe suite - Experience designing scalable component-based design systems - Strong understanding of accessibility standards, including Section 508 and WCAG - Proven experience optimizing frontend performance and application scalability - Experience working in Agile / DevSecOps development environments - Demonstrated ability to lead discussions regarding UI/UX planning and influence frontend strategy - Experience with React and Power Platforms - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders - Portfolio showcasing enterprise-level UI/UX work Preferred Qualifications - Bachelors or Masters degree in Human-Computer Interaction and Design or similar area of study - Experience leading frontend modernization or transformation initiatives - Familiarity with Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, or other UX prototyping tools - Knowledge of DevSecOps practices and CI/CD integration for frontend deployments - Experience designing solutions that follow USWDS and support federal or regulated environments Who We Are Dev Technology is a growing IT company with an employee-centric culture that works on mission-critical projects for the federal government. We partner with our federal customers to deliver technology services and solutions, and to drive our client’s missions forward through innovation. We use Agile and DevSecOps principles to provide services including application development, biometrics and identity management, cloud and infrastructure optimization, IT and legacy modernization, and data management. As a Washington Post Top Workplace award winner for the past TWELVE years in a row, the Top Workplaces USA for the past five years, and a recipient of the Companies As Responsive Employers (CARE) Award for the past six years, Dev Technology employees enjoy: - Generous and flexible time-off policy - Flexible work schedules and telework options, including remote work availability for eligible projects - Career development opportunities including a mentorship program, technical and management training through Dev University, hands-on learning through DevLab, tuition reimbursement, and paid training opportunities - Industry-leading benefits including a choice of two health plans that include dental and vision, flexible spending account, commuter benefits, life insurance, and more - 401K matching with a 5% matching contribution - Regular team and company social events including our annual party, happy hours, fitness challenges, and more - A focus on community engagement including company wide support activities, employer match for donations, and time off for volunteer efforts - To learn more about working at Dev Technology, visit Working At Dev Technology Group Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans Dev Technology Group operates in the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CO, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, MD, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV. 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• This application developer position is for a project that uses Agile Software Development to build systems that support our client’s mission. • This position will involve software development from requirements gathering through coding and testing; • Communicating status, including issues and risks, to the team; • Collaborating with team members to resolve problems; • Learning new skill sets on the job in a fast-paced environment.

• Design, develop, and implement new applications/services and enhancements to existing systems in an agile environment. • Translate technical requirements and architecture designs into high-quality, maintainable code. • Participate in application design, technical specifications, and testing to ensure functionality and performance. • Develop and integrate APIs and microservices. • Work with both relational and NoSQL data stores, including Azure Storage solutions. • Support ongoing Operations and Maintenance (O&M) efforts for existing applications. • Collaborate with cross-functional team members to meet client needs and project goals. • Contribute to continuous improvement efforts, including code quality, testing, and deployment practices.

• This application developer position is for a project that uses Agile Software Development to build systems that support our client’s mission. • This position will involve software development from the requirements gathering phase through coding and testing. • Communicating status, including issues and risks to the team. • Collaborating with team members to reach problem resolution. • Learning new skill sets on the job in a fast-paced environment.

• Provide software development, continuous integration, software delivery, systems administration, software quality, and systems documentation support to our federal government client’s digital assets • Meet with the Application Development Team and content contributors to develop and discuss strategies and plans for our government client’s web products, to analyze web content needs, and to propose ways the client's web products can address those needs • Assist with configuration, usage, and monitoring of cloud-based infrastructure services, including but not limited to Cloudbees, Ansible, Terraform, AWS EKS, EC2, RDS, Lambda, Elastic Container Service, and CloudFormation • Assist in building a strong technical foundation in build, release, and production using continuous integration tools such as Jenkins and infrastructure provisioning tools such as Ansible • Engage with various client personnel to understand requirements to develop better software for the Bureau and identify new ways in which the development team can easily solve client issues • Collaborate with the client on the design, development, and data teams to build valuable tools that benefit the client's day-to-day operations and broader missions • Provide training and expertise on a variety of DevOps methodologies, technologies, best practices, and tools, along with insight into new technologies and solutions that could help the Application Team and the client at large • Assist in the development of Use Cases, Requirements Definition Documents, User and Administration Manuals, Detailed Design Specifications, and Training Manuals and Plans

• Provide software development, continuous integration, software delivery, systems administration, software quality, and systems documentation support to our federal government client’s digital assets • Meet with the Application Development Team and content contributors to develop and discuss strategies and plans for our government client’s web products, to analyze web content needs, and to propose ways the client's web products can address those needs • Assist with configuration, usage, and monitoring of cloud-based infrastructure services, including but not limited to Cloudbees, Ansible, Terraform, AWS EKS, EC2, RDS, Lambda, Elastic Container Service, CloudFormation • Assist in building a strong technical foundation in build, release, and production using continuous integration tools such as Jenkins and infrastructure provisioning tools such Ansible • Engage with various client personnel to understand requirements to develop better software for the Bureau and identify new ways in which the development team can easily solve client issues • Collaborate with the client on the design, development, and data teams to build valuable tools that benefit the client's day-to-day operations and broader missions • Provide training and expertise on a variety of DevOps methodologies, technologies, best practices, and tools, along with insight into new technologies and solutions that could help the Application Team and the client at large • Assist in the development of Use Cases, Requirements Definition Documents, User and Administration Manuals, Detailed Design Specifications, and Training Manuals and Plans

• Assist in gathering and documenting requirements • Support the team in the creation of wireframes • Assist in the creation of test documentation • Create technical documentation • Provide Tier I customer support

• This application developer position is for a project that performs Agile Software Development for systems that are used to support our client’s mission. • This position will involve software development from the requirements gathering phase through coding and testing; • communicating status including issues and risks to the team; • collaborating with team members to reach problem resolution; • learning new skill sets on the job in a fast-paced environment.

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• Design, develop, and implement new applications/services and enhancements to existing systems in an agile environment • Translate technical requirements and architecture designs into high-quality, maintainable code • Participate in application design, technical specifications, and testing to ensure functionality and performance • Support ongoing Operations and Maintenance (O&M) efforts for existing applications • Collaborate with cross-functional team members to meet client needs and project goals • Contribute to continuous improvement efforts, including code quality, testing, and deployment practices