User Experience Engineer - DV Cleared

DV Cleared User Experience Engineer

Required Skills

• Extensive experience of working with end users to translate business objectives into interface designs

• Experience of producing application sitemaps, storyboards, user journeys, personas, wireframes and visual designs.

• Experience and demonstrated competence with developing user experience prototypes using development tools and techniques.

• Experience of acting as a user-advocate during the development process, subjecting early-stage designs to usability testing or expert review, and offering implementation suggestions from a user-centred perspective

• Knowledge and demonstrated use of software development tools and procedures in a commercial software delivery environment.

• Demonstrable knowledge and application of software configuration management tools and procedures.

• Experience of following procedures relating to software architecture and design, software integration and test, and requirements verification.

• Background and solid understanding of operating with methodologies such as AGILE in fast-moving project environments.

• Experience of software development in a Unix/Linux environment.

• A passion for developing high quality software solutions and user experiences

• Ability and willingness to support/mentor junior team members.

• Self starter with the ability to work with little supervision

• Proven ability to learn quickly.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• High standard of ethics and personal accountability.

Desired Skills

• Experience with one or more of the following: J2EE, Oracle, UML, JBoss Application Server, HTML, XML, Web services, EJB, Hibernate, JSF, Primefaces, Ruby, JavaScript, CSS, JQuery

• Experience of developing software in an agile environment using SCRUM

• Experience of Rational Team Concert

• Experience with the design and implementation of a software development environment on a mid-sized program

• Experience in the completion of software engineering activities within a government customer environment

• Experience with COTS/FOSS Integration

• An interest in developing team leadership skills

Benefits Package:

• Pension - Up to 8% Contribution

• Private Medical Health Insurance

• 25 days Holiday

• Sickness and Accident Plan

• Life Assurance

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You will be required to undergo DV security clearance so please familiarise yourself with the vetting process before applying.

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