508 Compliance Tester
508 Compliance Tester
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$ 70000 - 80000
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Job Description
We are currently in the process of collecting resumes for future opportunities. As these opportunities open we will contact those candidates that meet the requirements.
Purpose of Position: The 508 Accessibility Analysts will provide support to the VA Office of Information Technology Product Development by conducting Departmentwide validation and conformance testing of VA ICT products and systems to ensure conformance with the Section 508 Standards. Blind and Visually Impaired Individuals are encouraged to apply.
Essential Functions:
- Conduct all initial Section 508 assessment and assigning validation statuses to systems vendor products and any other item submitted for 508 analyses. using Section 508 Program Offices standardized checklist and best practices identify and document areas of nonconformance identify problems encountered
- Document the test validation information in the Detail Validation Test Report.
- Create a Section 508 Assessment Status Document using provided template that will record the conformance of the ICT under assessment to Section 508 accessibility requirements and WCAG 2.0AA.
- Track deficient 508 issues generate 508 reports to Project Managers produce 508 status reports for management.
- Position is a team position working with other Auditor/Testers on each information communications and technology (ICT) audit and test.
- Core work hours are 9:00 am 3:00 pm (EST) Monday to Friday. Remaining daily hours will be worked before or after thecore hours.
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Required to regularly sit walk and/or stand throughout various times during the day.
- Use hands repetitively to handle feel or operate standard office equipment.
- Position may require individual to work beyond the normal workday to support time sensitive projects upon customer approval.
- Available 9:00 am 3:00 pm (EST) Monday to Friday which are the clientcore hours.
Required Experience:
Candidates must meet the following requirements in order to be considered for this position;
- 2 years of experience with Section 508 standards WCAG and testing of ICT of various forms for Conformance Compliance and Risk Reporting
- Experience in using a wide variety of commercially procured and free testing tools including JAWS NVDA Dragon or Adobe to test the accessibility of websites software and documents
- Knowledge of standards and accessibility tools
- Knowledge of representing programmatic structure in Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to follow a repeatable method of testing to produce audit results
- Ability to work onsite
- Minimum Bachelors degree preferably computer science web development/design or knowledge acquired through extensive workrelated experience.
- Must have proficient knowledge and understanding of the requirements of Rehabilitation Act Section 508 and how they apply to federal agency business operations and processes.
- Excellent oral and written interpersonal communication skills customer service orientation and the ability to solve customer problems in a timely manner.
- Proven ability to work independently and as a team member.
- Good organizational multitasking and timemanagement skills.
- Ability to learn very quickly and share knowledge with other team members.
- Strong problemsolving skills ability to work in a fastpaced dynamic environment and very detail oriented.
- Ability to obtain a Public Trust 6c) clearance required
If you require a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position please contact or call 254.535.6197.
EEO Minority/Disabled/Veteran/Female
Employment Type
Full-Time
