Systems Testing/QA Specialist Senior

Opportunity Details

Must Haves

• Knowledge of WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards and new emerging accessibility standards
• Knowledge of conducting the 3-part accessibility testing methodology including manual automated and assistive testing technology and providing clients with detailed accessibility reports and explanations of issues found.

Nice to Haves

• Public Sector Experience

Rated Requirements

Criteria 1 Knowledge of I&IT Accessibility

Criteria 1 Points 30 Points

Criteria 1 Details

• Knowledge of I&IT accessibility in order to investigate and recommend alternative solutions to meet business and system accessibility requirements; knowledge of various mainframe mid-range and personal computer technologies; knowledge of industry standards concepts testing tools and protocols for I&IT accessibility; ability to interpret and apply government procurement policies and directives.

Criteria 2 Technical Skills

Criteria 2 Points 25 Points

Criteria 2 Details

• Proven technical knowledge. Experience with office computer software (i.e. word processing spreadsheets project management etc.) to prepare a variety of documents reports etc.;
• knowledge of debugging and testing techniques and practices and provide hardware communications applications and network support;
• knowledge of systems design and development systems testing and related methods techniques practices and standards;
• knowledge of information application and technology architectures in order to design and develop business applications.

Criteria 3 Leadership and Project Management Skills

Criteria 3 Points 25 Points

Criteria 3 Details

• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills in a large and complex service delivery environment to provide advice to managers and support to employees.

Criteria 4 Communication Skills

Criteria 4 Points 20 Points

Criteria 4 Details

• Demonstrate well-developed communication presentation and interpersonal skills.

Description

Responsibilities

• The contractor will be conducting accessibility testing for various applications websites documents PDFs etc.

Deliverables:

• The contractor will provide full 3-part Accessibility methodology (manual automated and assistive technology) and provide the detailed reports to the end users
• The contractor will meet with end users to walk them through the Accessibility testing results and explain the issues and possible remediation plans
• The contractor will provide expert advice on WCAG 2.1 to developers vendors and end users.
• The contractor will be available to meet and answer all questions from clients vendors end users etc.

General Skills

• This position requires knowledge of I&IT accessibility in order to interview clients across the MAG regarding their business information and system needs in the context of I&IT accessibility; investigate and recommend alternative solutions to meet clients business and system accessibility requirements; identify and evaluate the feasibility of various options and assessing the impact on accessibility of service delivery resource requirements costs and evaluate costs and benefits and recommend appropriate cost effective solutions that meet accessibility requirements.
• This position requires knowledge of a variety of industry standards concepts testing tools protocols for I&IT accessibility to promulgate standards through implementation of GO-ITS develop and publish best practices and guidelines that meet OPS accessibility requirements; evaluate the effectiveness of accessibility tools available in the marketplace; provide leadership guidance and technical expertise to other members of the project team; provide practical technical input to accessible applications design development and testing that adheres to OPS accessibility standard and recommend and arrange technical training for staff.
• Knowledge of theory and principles of systems design and development systems testing and related methods techniques practices and standards to lead a team in the analysis and definition of clients business and information technology requirements

Required Experience:

IC