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NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

User Experience Architect (Hiring Event)

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User Experience Architect (Hiring Event) Department of Defense Nional Geospial-Intelligence Agency Summary User Experience Architects apply user-centered design principles to build seamless, consistent, and desirable interfaces for NGA enterprise systems. They lead web-based design activities, including ghering, validing, analyzing, and defining requirements; conducting research and best practice reviews; performing user engagements and testing (e.g., interviews, site navigion); and creing prot Learn more about this agency Summary User Experience Architects apply user-centered design principles to build seamless, consistent, and desirable interfaces for NGA enterprise systems. They lead web-based design activities, including ghering, validing, analyzing, and defining requirements; conducting research and best practice reviews; performing user engagements and testing (e.g., interviews, site navigion); and creing prot Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion Many vacancies in the following locion: Springfield, VA 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $85,447

  • $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade IA 03 Promotion potential 03 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
  • Full Time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent
  • This is a permanent position.

Occupions and job series 2210 Informion Technology Management Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Announcement number 20270016 Control number 889028000 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency External Applicants Only Duties Help

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Serves as a member of the Security and Installions (SI) team, delivering enterprise applicions, workflow automion, and modern collaborion solutions th improve business operions and user experience for SI and NGA stakeholders. Focuses on organizing, modernizing, and sustaining business applicions and content structures th improve access to informion and reduce reliance on outded legacy solutions. Provides expertise in organizing and sustaining enterprise content, applicions, and workflows within Point Online and the broader Microsoft 365 environment. Supports assessment, documention, and transition of legacy or semi-custom applicions, workflows, and web capabilities, including solutions built with Nintex, Nitro Studio, and custom Point tools. Assists with migrion planning th accounts for business continuity, governance, user adoption, and long-term sustainment. May also use HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python to support transition activities, maintain existing capabilities, and extend functionality where needed. Supports the use of Microsoft 365 Power Plform, including Power Apps and Power Autome, to develop scalable applicions and autome workflows aligned to SI mission needs. Works closely with SI leadership, business owners, customers, and technical partners to identify modernizion opportunities, define requirements, and deliver solutions th improve efficiency, standardizion, and mission support. Requirements Help Conditions of employment US Citizenship is required. Designed or Random Drug Testing required. Security Investigion

SPECIAL INFO

As a condition of employment NGA, persons being considered for employment must meet NGA fitness for employment standards.

  • U.S. Citizenship
  • Security Clearance
  • Top Secret /Sensitive Compartmented Informion (SCI)
  • Polygraph & Drug Test
  • Direct Deposit
  • Trial Period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
We may consider:

performance conduct; needs and interests of the agency; and whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government and the efficiency of the Federal service

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

You must be able to obtain and retain a Top Secret security clearance with access to SCI. In addition, you are subject to a Counterintelligence Polygraph examinion in order to maintain access to Top Secret informion. All employees are subject to a periodic examinion on a random basis in order to determine continued eligibility. Refusal to take the examinion may result in denial of access to Top Secret informion, SAP, or unescorted access to SCIFs. Employees with SCI access and who are under NGA cognizance are required to submit a Security Financial Disclosure Report, SF-714, on an annual basis in order to determine continued eligibility. Failure to comply may negively impact continued access to Top Secret informion, Informion Systems, SAP, or unescorted access to SCIFs. NGA utilizes all processes and procedures of the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Non-executive NGA employees are assigned to five distinct pay bands based on the type and scope of work performed. The employee's base salary is established within their assigned pay band based on their unique qualificions. A performance pay process is conducted each year to determine a potential base pay salary increase and/or bonus. An employee's annual performance evaluion is a key factor in the performance pay process. This position is a DCIPS position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1601. DoD Components with DCIPS positions apply Veterans' Preference to preference eligible candides as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 USC, in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. If you are an external applicant claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must self-identify your eligibility. Qualificions

MANDATORY QUALIFICATION CRITERIA

For this particular job, applicants must meet all competencies reflected under the Mandory Qualificion Criteria to include educion (if required). Online resumes must demonstre qualificion by providing specific examples and associed results, in response to the announcement's mandory criteria specified in this vacancy announcement: Demonstred experience designing, developing, and supporting business solutions using the Microsoft 365 Plform including Point Online and Power Plform (Power Apps, Power Autome, and Power BI)

Extensive experience working with legacy Point 2019 and Point Subscription Edition (SPSE) with JSLink technology to be able to complete a migrion on multiple fabrics.

Demonstred ability to engage with customers, stakeholders, and leadership to identify needs, define requirements, and deliver user-focused solutions, and support the use of trusted da for decision-making

Strong experience organizing business content, workflows, forms, and collaborion spaces in a way th improves usability, maintainability, and long-term sustainment

Demonstred experience with records management principles as an informion officer to lead and consult other team members in office record plan and annual inventory.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

A.

Educion:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Human-Computer Interaction, Informion Science, User Experience Design, Interaction Design, Visual Communicion Design, Computer Science, Stistics, Psychology, or a degree th provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaption of applicions, systems, or networks.

  • OR•B.
Combinion of Educion and Experience:

A minimum of 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of coursework in any area listed in option A, plus experience working in interactive design, user testing, front-end development, or a reled field th demonstres the ability to successfully perform the duties associed with this work. As a rule, every 30 semester (45 quarter) hours of coursework is equivalent to one year of experience. Candides should show th their combinion of educion and experience totals 4 years.

  • OR•C.
Experience:

A minimum of 4 years of experience in interactive design, user testing, front-end development, or a reled field th demonstres the ability to successfully perform the duties associed with this work.

  • AND•IT-reled experience demonstring each of the four competencies: Attention to Detail, Customer Service, Oral Communicion, and Problem Solving.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA

In addition to the mandory qualificions, experience in the following is desired: Working knowledge of legacy or complementary workflow and forms tools such as Nintex and Nitro Studio

Experience working in a dynamic, multi-tasking environment with the ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities, requirements, and deadlines

Demonstred ability to modernize or transition legacy business applicions, workflows, and reporting solutions to more sustainable enterprise plforms

Strong experience organizing business content, workflows, forms, and collaborion spaces in a way th improves usability, maintainability, and long-term sustainment Additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help Review our benefits How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Applicants are not required to submit a cover letter for employment considerion with the Nional Geospial-Intelligence Agency. However, a cover letter is recommended. Applicants will have the option to tach a cover letter in the Qualificions

  • Attachments step of the online applicion.
APPLICANT EVALUATION PROCESS

1) All applicants evalued using the Mandory Qualificion Criteria, 2) Qualified applicants will then be evalued by an expert or panel of experts using a combinion of qualificion criteria to determine the best-qualified candides, 3) Best-qualified applicants may then be further evalued through an interview process. Military retiree applicants, if selected, may be impacted by the 180-day appointment restrictions of

DODI 1402.01. HD

personnel will provide additional informion if applicable. Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the Assignment Description, Additional Informion Provided By the Selecting Official, and the Qualificion Requirements; and then construct their resumes to highlight their most relevant and significant experience and educion for this job opportunity. This description should include examples th detail the level and complexity of the performed work. Applicants are encouraged to provide any educion or degree informion referenced in the announcement th is relevant. If educion is listed as a mandory requirement, only degrees obtained from an institution accredited by an accrediting organizion recognized by the Secretary, US Department of Educion accepted. You must use the NGA resume builder and limit your resume to 2 pages. In accordance with section 9902(h) of title 5, United Stes Code, annuitants reemployed in the Department of Defense shall receive full annuity and salary upon appointment. They shall not be eligible for retirement contributions, participion in the Thrift Savings Plan, or a supplemental or re-determined annuity for the reemployment period. Discontinued service retirement annuitants (i.e., retired under section 8336(d)(1) or 8414(b)(1)(A) of title 5, United Stes Code) appointed to the Department of Defense may elect to be subject to retirement provisions of the new appointment as approprie. (See DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 300). Reemployed annuitants must meet additional selection criteria as outlined in the DODI 1400.25, v300. All candides considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, nional origin, age, marital stus, disability, or sexual oriention. NGA provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. Applicions will only be accepted online. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify us recruitment@nga.mil. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion on a case-by-case basis. Benefits Help Review our benefits Required documents Required Documents Help None If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicion submission involves applying using NGA's online applicion process NGA Careers Portal . Additional informion concerning NGA's hiring process can be found by ing NGA Hiring Process . All announcements close 11:59PM EDT on the closing de listed. Be sure to complete and submit your applicion by th time in order to be

ONLY ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Both applicants for employment and current employees of NGA are entitled to request religious accommodions from generally applicable employment-reled rules and requirements, so long as the accommodion requested would not result in an undue hardship to the conduct of NGA's business. You can apply for the job opening https://careers.nga.mil/psp/CAREERS/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=20270016&PostingSeq=2 Agency contact informion Recruitment Phone 571-557-1999 Recruitment@nga.mil Address

NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Mailstop:
S44-HDR 7500 GEOINT

Drive Springfield, VA 22150 US Next steps After ing the NGA Careers Portal and applying via NGA's online applicion process, applicants can follow their stus via th same NGA online applicion functionality. Several other topics reling to wh is involved in the hiring process and how long it takes can be found by ing the NGA Hiring Process . Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help None If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicion submission involves applying using NGA's online applicion process NGA Careers Portal . Additional informion concerning NGA's hiring process can be found by ing NGA Hiring Process . All announcements close 11:59PM EDT on the closing de listed. Be sure to complete and submit your applicion by th time in order to be

ONLY ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Both applicants for employment and current employees of NGA are entitled to request religious accommodions from generally applicable employment-reled rules and requirements, so long as the accommodion requested would not result in an undue hardship to the conduct of NGA's business. You can apply for the job opening https://careers.nga.mil/psp/CAREERS/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=20270016&PostingSeq=2 Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Recruitment Phone 571-557-1999 Recruitment@nga.mil Address

NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Mailstop:
S44-HDR 7500 GEOINT

Drive Springfield, VA 22150 US Next steps After ing the NGA Careers Portal and applying via NGA's online applicion process, applicants can follow their stus via th same NGA online applicion functionality. Several other topics reling to wh is involved in the hiring process and how long it takes can be found by ing the NGA Hiring Process . Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion Many vacancies in the following locion: Springfield, VA 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $85,447

  • $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade IA 03 Promotion potential 03 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
  • Full Time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent
  • This is a permanent position.

Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Announcement number 20270016 Control number 889028000

Benefits

  • Dental Insurance