UIUX Web Developer 2

Appointment Type: Full-Time Regular (FTR)

Location: Oak Ridge, TN

*Salary Range: $78,436 – $107,036

PURPOSE:

Develops both high-fidelity HTML mockups and low-fidelity design artifacts in collaboration with Product Owner, software developers, and stakeholders. Guides user interface development with expertise based on experience, research, and industry guidelines.

Web User Interface Design

• Provides recommendations to system stakeholders based on research and industry guidelines for best practice in web user experience.
• Develops wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to illustrate user interface solutions for system requirements.
• Produces HTML prototypes, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and JavaScript files to demonstrate complex functionality.
• Facilitates discussion with product owners and developers about user interface implementation, user experience, and usability issues.
• Produces and maintains a library of user interface files (graphics, HTML templates, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery, ASP.Net master pages) to facilitate production of web applications, streamline development processes, and maintain consistency.

Web User Interface Implementation

• Creates Section 508 compliant XHTML using CSS appropriately and creating images as needed.
• Produces and maintains ASP.Net master pages, web forms, and Model-View-Controller (MVC) views in existing web applications that implement UI solutions from prototypes.

Provides Web User Interface Guidance and Troubleshooting

• Works with developers to provide HTML/XHTML, CSS, images and/or JavaScript samples and troubleshooting.
• Consults on 508 compliance issues, user experience concerns, browser compatibility, and pros/cons of specific implementations.
• Provides wiki articles and web URLs to document guidelines and industry best practices for user experience and user interface development.

Other duties as assigned

• Serves in other capacities such as organizational-wide teams, internal ISD process improvement initiatives, and miscellaneous works assignments.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Communications, Graphic Design or related field and 2-4 years of directly related experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience performing duties as described may be substituted for the minimum requirements.

• Must have demonstrated excellent written and oral skills.
• Experience with development team and stakeholder collaboration on large-scale enterprise applications.
• 2+ years producing web user interface prototypes.
• 2+ years’ experience with Section 508, HTML/XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Required:
  • Microsoft Visual Studio
  • CSS Preprocessor frameworks (SCSS, LESS)
  • Source Control
  • WCAG 2.1/Section 508 compliance
  • Web and mobile application testing tools
  • UI Design frameworks (Bootstrap)
  • Client-side JavaScript for interaction design
  • Design applications for wireframes and static design artifacts (Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud)
• Preferred:
  • Microsoft TFS DevOps
  • SQL Server Management Studio (for local db)
  • js/Gulp.js build tools
  • Axe Accessibility Validator
  • jQuery and related plugins (DataTables, jQuery UI)

*The candidate’s starting salary will be determined upon hire and ORAU will use salary survey data, internal comparators, and the candidate’s qualifications to determine salary.

TOTAL REWARDS:

ORAU has a strategic approach to providing total rewards to employees through a fair, equitable, and competitive total compensation package. The goal of our total rewards system is to integrate compensation, benefits, work-life balance, performance, recognition, development, and career opportunities to attract, engage, and retain the talent required to achieve ORAU’s business objectives. The benefit component of our total rewards program supports business goals by offering the following benefits based on employee eligibility:

• Legally required benefits
• Group Health insurance including: Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision
• Retirement plan contribution matching
• Disability insurance
• Group life insurance
• Travel Accident Insurance
• Section 125 reimbursement accounts
• Other voluntary employee paid benefit and insurance offerings

The ORAU total reward package also promotes work-life balance. Mindful of the need for employees to care for themselves and their families, ORAU offers the following additional work-life benefits based on employee eligibility:

• Telework
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Flexible work schedules or compressed work weeks
• Occupational Health and Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program