UX Designer / Researcher (PeopleSoft HCM)

Location: On-site five days a week in Arlington, Virginia, United States. Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active Secret security clearance.

Salary: $73,400–$136,300 per year.

Company

hirify.global delivers mission-critical IT services, modernization, data architecture, security, and cloud solutions for global companies and public sector organizations.

What you will do

• Plan and conduct interviews, contextual inquiries, observations, usability testing, surveys, and task analysis.
• Translate research findings into personas, journey maps, task flows, usability findings, and prioritized design opportunities.
• Design and improve PeopleSoft HCM experiences using Fluid UI, including homepages, tiles, navigation, responsive pages, forms, dashboards, and end-to-end workflows.
• Create wireframes, mockups, prototypes, interaction specifications, and other design artifacts.
• Collaborate with developers, functional analysts, product owners, testers, and business stakeholders to refine and implement feasible designs.
• Establish UX standards and reusable patterns while improving accessibility, usability, efficiency, and consistency across PeopleSoft HCM.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and an active Secret security clearance are required.
• Bachelor’s degree in HCI, UX Design, Human Factors, Psychology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Design, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in UX design, user research, interaction design, or human-centered design for enterprise applications or complex digital products.
• Experience with interviews, observation, usability testing, task analysis, research synthesis, and communicating actionable findings.
• Strong interaction design skills, including personas, journey maps, task flows, wireframes, prototypes, mockups, and design specifications.
• Experience with UX and prototyping tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, Axure, or comparable tools, plus strong communication and facilitation skills.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with PeopleSoft HCM, PeopleSoft Fluid UI, PeopleTools, enterprise workflows, and packaged-application constraints.
• Knowledge of Section 508, WCAG, keyboard navigation, screen readers, readability, accessibility testing, and inclusive design.
• Experience using analytics, help desk data, and support trends to identify usability problems and measure improvements.
• Experience establishing UX governance, research repositories, reusable patterns, and design standards across multiple teams.
• Experience with Agile, SAFe, ADO, federal or DoD systems, or secured enterprise environments.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person collaboration in a contract-required on-site work environment.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employee wellness, life and disability insurance, and a retirement savings plan.
• Paid holidays and paid time off.
• Inclusive workplace with flexibility intended to support wellbeing, productivity, and individual work styles.