Web Accessibility Specialist

About this Position:

Job Title: Web Accessibility Specialist

Work activities:

• Bring City websites and web applications into compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria utilizing tools such as axe DevTools WAVE Lighthouse Site Improve and assistive technologies (JAWS NVDA).

• Help guide continued development of the City s internal web crawler as it relates to accessibility.

• Collaborate with internal development teams and external vendors to remediate identified accessibility defects providing detailed guidance on compliant HTML ARIA markup keyboard navigation focus management and color contrast.

• Integrate automated accessibility testing into CI/CD pipelines and establish pre-deployment accessibility gates to prevent regressions including configuration of tools such as axe-core pa11y or Lighthouse CI.

• Identify remediate and validate existing City digital documents (PDFs forms reports spreadsheets) for compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA PDF/UA and Section 508 standards using tools such as Adobe Acrobat Pro CommonLook and PAC.

Skills/experience of the assigned staff:

Required

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in web accessibility testing auditing and remediation for large-scale or enterprise web environments.

• Deep working knowledge of WCAG 2.1 AA/AAA success criteria WAI-ARIA authoring practices Section 508 and ADA Title II requirements as applied to websites and web applications.

• Proficiency in front-end web technologies (HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript) with the ability to read evaluate and recommend fixes to source code for accessibility compliance.

• Hands-on experience with accessibility testing tools (axe DevTools WAVE Lighthouse pa11y) and assistive technologies (JAWS NVDA) for both automated and manual evaluation.

Highly Desired/Preferred:

• Experience working in or with government agencies on web accessibility compliance particularly in environments with WordPress.

• Familiarity with integrating accessibility checks into CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions) and with defect tracking workflows for accessibility issues.

• IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS) certification Trusted Tester certification or equivalent professional credential.

• Familiarity with inclusive design principles and plain-language content practices for the web.