UX Analyst - AI Enabled Designer

Summary

Peraton is seeking a UX Analyst to support the DFAS environment by delivering modern, user-centered digital experiences across web and mobile applications. The role transforms complex requirements into high-fidelity, accessible, development-ready designs using Figma, AI-assisted UX tools, research, prototyping, and design systems while collaborating with Agile product teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support the full UX lifecycle from discovery, requirements analysis, and user research through high-fidelity design, interactive prototyping, validation, development handoff, and implementation review
• Translate business, mission, technical, and user requirements into clear user journeys, task flows, experience maps, information architecture, and interface solutions
• Create high-fidelity Figma screens and interactive prototypes that accurately demonstrate intended workflows, interactions, responsive behavior, states, and user outcomes
• Use AI-assisted UX workflows to accelerate research synthesis, requirements analysis, concept exploration, content development, accessibility review, prototyping, and design iteration
• Apply strong UX judgment to validate and refine AI-generated concepts rather than relying on AI-generated output without human review
• Develop and maintain Figma component libraries, variables, reusable patterns, templates, and design-system components that promote consistency and accelerate delivery
• Create UX artifacts as appropriate, including user journeys, personas, workflows, information architecture, experience maps, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, storyboards, and design specifications
• Conduct and synthesize user research and stakeholder discovery through interviews, surveys, observation, contextual inquiry, usability testing, heuristic evaluations, and other appropriate research methods
• Plan, facilitate, and analyze usability testing using interactive prototypes and working applications; translate findings into actionable design recommendations
• Rapidly iterate concepts using high-fidelity prototypes and AI-enabled prototyping techniques to allow stakeholders and users to experience proposed solutions before development investment
• Design responsive experiences for desktop, tablet, and mobile environments, considering device capabilities, user context, interaction methods, and platform conventions
• Ensure designs meet applicable Section 508 and WCAG accessibility requirements, incorporating accessibility into the design process rather than treating compliance as a final review activity
• Design accessible interaction patterns including keyboard navigation, focus behavior, semantic structure, form interactions, error handling, color contrast, responsive behavior, and assistive-technology considerations
• Apply established organizational design systems and standards, including U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) patterns when applicable
• Collaborate directly with product managers, business analysts, developers, architects, accessibility specialists, and stakeholders to ensure proposed experiences are both desirable and technically feasible
• Provide development-ready Figma specifications and assets, including responsive behavior, component states, interaction logic, icons/SVGs, spacing, sizing, and design-system references
• Work closely with front-end developers during implementation to ensure the delivered experience accurately reflects the approved UX direction
• Conduct UX implementation reviews and identify discrepancies between approved designs and developed interfaces
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies including planning, refinement, reviews, demonstrations, retrospectives, and UX/design critiques
• Clearly communicate and present design rationale, research findings, prototype concepts, tradeoffs, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, UX Design, Interaction Design, Information Technology, Computer Science, Digital Design, Psychology, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience with a minimum of 4 years of progressive professional UX, product design, interaction design, usability, or related digital experience demonstrating the required capabilities
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Demonstrated portfolio of professional work showing high-fidelity interface design, interactive prototypes, user flows, design systems, responsive experiences, and implemented digital products
• Strong experience creating high-fidelity UI designs and interactive prototypes in Figma
• Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous or complex requirements into intuitive digital experiences
• Strong understanding of user-centered design, interaction design, information architecture, usability, and human-computer interaction principles
• Experience conducting or supporting user research and usability testing
• Experience using AI-assisted tools within UX, research, design, or prototyping workflows
• Ability to create responsive web and mobile experiences using modern design patterns and component-based design systems
• Working knowledge of Section 508 and current WCAG accessibility practices
• Experience working with design systems and reusable component libraries
• Ability to clearly articulate design decisions and present UX concepts to customers, leadership, developers, and other stakeholders
• Strong collaboration skills within multidisciplinary Agile product teams
• Ability to balance user needs, mission objectives, technical constraints, accessibility requirements, and delivery timelines
• Understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern front-end development concepts sufficient to effectively collaborate with engineering teams and evaluate implementation feasibility
• Professional UX certification such as Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g), Human Factors International (HFI), or equivalent is preferred where required by the program
• Experience with Figma variables, component properties, Auto Layout, responsive design, interactive components, Dev Mode, and advanced prototyping
• Experience with AI-enabled prototyping, design-to-code, or rapid application development tools
• Experience designing within USWDS or other enterprise/government design systems
• Experience supporting federal government digital products or other complex enterprise environments
• Familiarity with accessibility evaluation tools and automated accessibility testing
• Experience designing applications that support complex workflows, data entry, dashboards, case management, or transactional processes
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks and component-based development approaches
• Ability to facilitate collaborative workshops, design reviews, stakeholder sessions, and UX discovery activities

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, UX Design, Interaction Design, Information Technology, Computer Science, Digital Design, Psychology, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience with a minimum of 4 years of progressive professional UX, product design, interaction design, usability, or related digital experience demonstrating the required capabilities
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Demonstrated portfolio of professional work showing high-fidelity interface design, interactive prototypes, user flows, design systems, responsive experiences, and implemented digital products
• Strong experience creating high-fidelity UI designs and interactive prototypes in Figma
• Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous or complex requirements into intuitive digital experiences
• Strong understanding of user-centered design, interaction design, information architecture, usability, and human-computer interaction principles
• Experience conducting or supporting user research and usability testing
• Experience using AI-assisted tools within UX, research, design, or prototyping workflows
• Ability to create responsive web and mobile experiences using modern design patterns and component-based design systems
• Working knowledge of Section 508 and current WCAG accessibility practices
• Experience working with design systems and reusable component libraries
• Ability to clearly articulate design decisions and present UX concepts to customers, leadership, developers, and other stakeholders
• Strong collaboration skills within multidisciplinary Agile product teams
• Ability to balance user needs, mission objectives, technical constraints, accessibility requirements, and delivery timelines
• Understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern front-end development concepts sufficient to effectively collaborate with engineering teams and evaluate implementation feasibility

Nice to Haves

• Professional UX certification such as Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g), Human Factors International (HFI), or equivalent is preferred where required by the program
• Experience with Figma variables, component properties, Auto Layout, responsive design, interactive components, Dev Mode, and advanced prototyping
• Experience with AI-enabled prototyping, design-to-code, or rapid application development tools
• Experience designing within USWDS or other enterprise/government design systems
• Experience supporting federal government digital products or other complex enterprise environments
• Familiarity with accessibility evaluation tools and automated accessibility testing
• Experience designing applications that support complex workflows, data entry, dashboards, case management, or transactional processes
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks and component-based development approaches
• Ability to facilitate collaborative workshops, design reviews, stakeholder sessions, and UX discovery activities

Benefits

• 100% remote work
• Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.