Product Designer/UI Artist

Overview

CommIT Enterprises, Inc. is seeking a Product Designer/UI Artist to join the team in Charleston, SC - with remote work available. The Product Designers deliver value in the form of design decisions. Their job is to deeply understand the users in order to define solutions that are desirable, useful and usable. Work closely on user research, to validate critical user and solution assumptions before adding development work to the backlog. 

Established in 2001, CommIT is a Certified Veteran-Owned Small Business (CVOSB) providing innovative technical engineering and data science services. Our enterprise systems support includes the Department of Defense’s (DoD) GCSS-MC, CAC2S, TBMCS-MC, and the Department of Veteran’s Affairs’ (VA) telehealth communications. We offer acquisition management, systems engineering, Agile software development, cloud management, IT modernization, data analytics, cybersecurity, and training, including leading-edge DevSecOps, automated testing, and mobile application development.

Responsibilities

Your essential job functions will include but may not be limited to-

• User interviews  
• Define personas 
• Usability testing  
• Service design  
• UI/UX Visual design 
• Pair with PM to prioritize Features 
• Pair with PM to establish an Outcome Oriented Product Roadmap, Manage the Backlog, Produce Portfolio, Program and Team Metrics in Application Lifecycle Management tool (Atlassian Jira and Confluence)
• Collaborate with Engineers on Test-driven development, Pair programming, Evolutionary design, Collective code ownership, Retros, Short iterations, CI/CD 
• Pair with PM to define and articulate product vision, strategy and roadmap
• Define business model
• Define Minimum Viable Product
• Identify and test assumptions
• Release real product often
• Understand customers
• Adjust direction based on data Constrain resources and time 
• Coordinate with Cybersecurity to resolve items on POA&M 
• Experience working in a DOD and Agile Development environment that combines Lean, Scrum and XP frameworks 
• Basic Understanding of cloud architecture 
• Ability to correlate requirements to specific tasking 
• Familiarity with JIRA, User Stories and updating Jira tickets to with appropriate levels of content 
• Experience with documentation (Atlassian Confluence)  

Qualifications

Required Experience and Education:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited University in Computer Science, Electronic Systems or another related field.  5-7 years of relevant experience. 

Preferred not Required:

• Agile Developer OR Certified Scrum Developer Certification 

Security Requirements:

• Active DoD security clearance    

Equal Opportunity Employer:

CommIT Enterprises, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.