508 Compliance Tester
508 Compliance Tester
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Job Title: 508 Compliance Tester
Location: Herndon VA (Hybrid Work)
Duration: Long term
Clearance: Active Secret
Client: Peraton/Department of state
Note: The candidates location (DMV area) and understanding of the hybrid work environment and Inperson interview are required.
Description
This position requires strong background in web accessibility standards particularly Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and extensive experience in testing and ensuring compliance of digital products and applications. As a 508 Compliance tester you will be responsible for leading and executing comprehensive accessibility testing across various platforms to ensure products are accessible to individuals with disabilities. If challenge growth and the ability to have a positive impact on your customer and fellow team members is something that interests you this job is worth your consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Design develop and implement test and evaluation strategies plans and methods to assure 508 accessibility compliance in the system.
- Evaluate discrepancy reports to verify/validate incorporated fixes affecting systems and enterprise capabilities.
- Ensure systems and enterprise capabilities comply with requirements and standards through formal verification methods.
- Perform analysis of test results and prepare comprehensive system evaluation reports findings and risk assessments.
- Participate in writing/eliciting Epics and decomposing them into User Stories and creating acceptance test criteria for each user story.
- Participate in the meetings and interface with various team(s) and program staff as required.
- Stay up to date with industry trends standards and regulations related to web accessibility and assistive technologies.
- Communicate effectively in written and verbal communication coupled with strong listening skills.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree in a related field and 57 years of experience or Masters Degree and 35 years of experience or high school diploma and minimum of 4 years relevant experience.
Certification in accessibility (ex: CPACC WAS IAAP).
Extensive experience in conducting accessibility testing and remediation for products including webbased applications and mobile apps.
Strong analytical and problemsolving skills.
Participated in Agile projects.
SAFe and/or DevOps implementation experience.
Experience testing webbased applications.
Experience writing automated test scripts a plus.
508 Accessibility Compliance experience.
Proficiency in using accessibility testing tools such as screen readers (ex: JAWS NVDA) browser extensions (ex: Axe WAVE) and automated testing tools (ex: Accessibility Insights pa11y).
Experience with assistive technologies and familiarity with the user experience.
Must have a current active Secret (or higher) clearance. Interim clearance acceptable.
Employment Type
Full-Time
