Sr. Accessibility Tester – WCAG, ADA, 508
Job Location:
Job Location:
Hartford, CT - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
13 hours ago
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Title: Sr. Accessibility Tester WCAG ADA Section 508
Location: Hartford CT - REMOTE
Duration: 6 Months
Seeking a Digital Accessibility Tester who has strong experience in the manual testing of complex digital assets. These assets include websites applications documents enterprise platforms mobile apps chatbots digital forms authenticated user systems CMS integrations and various legacy technologies. You will develop test cases maintain test libraries manually test assets and identify accessibility issues manage issue inventories document solutions and guide multiple state and vendor teams in remediating problems to help them reach compliance with state accessibility standards.
Required Knowledge Skills and Ability
Bachelors degree is required preferably in the field of Computer Science Software Engineering IT Web Development Library or Informational Science or Human Computer Interaction
3 years of hands-on digital accessibility testing experience including experience with assistive technologies WCAG compliance and manual testing methods
2 years of experience on a digital product team either working as a project owner or individual contributor working collaboratively with internal and external teams to improve products and services using digital accessibility technologies policies and best practices
Strong proficiency in manual testing with assistive tech: NVDA JAWS Dragon Fusion Deque Wave ZoomText VoiceOver TalkBack. Also expertise with built-in device features such as speech-to-text text-to-speech magnifiers onscreen keyboards eye gaze tech and alternative input devices including keyboards
Strong proficiency in HTML ARIA and semantic markup knowledge
Expertise in auditing common and legacy systems and products to find accessibility issues providing guidance for mitigating issues and improving accessibility knowledge and practices within internal teams
Demonstrated understanding of user-centered design (UCD) methodologies and how to use testing data to support accessibility design problems
Strong understanding of responsive web design principles techniques and frameworks
Experience testing and assessing accessibility issues on internal business processes including case management and data collection systems
Creative out-of-the box thinking to provide solution-oriented guidance for optimizing digital assets using the latest digital accessibility techniques and tools
Can work both independently and collaboratively to help advance a programs accessibility standards
Experience as a mentor or coach for other product and service testers to promote stronger consistency and standards
Strong interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to clearly present data and analysis as well as the ability to receive feedback on your work
Expert in facilitating the integration of test data to support analysis and remediation processes
Strong ability to create and maintain documentation and best practice testing methodologies across multiple systems and functional areas
Ability to explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders and communicate their implication on systems processes projects and services. Able to facilitate discussions and solutions
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
Experience in testing complex systems that use standard technologies (HTML CSS JavaScript SQL jQuery)
One or more of the following:
IAAP certification (CPACC WAS etc.)
PMP certification
DHS Trusted Tester certification
Deque University
Section 508
Email resumes to to apply!
Location: Hartford CT - REMOTE
Duration: 6 Months
Seeking a Digital Accessibility Tester who has strong experience in the manual testing of complex digital assets. These assets include websites applications documents enterprise platforms mobile apps chatbots digital forms authenticated user systems CMS integrations and various legacy technologies. You will develop test cases maintain test libraries manually test assets and identify accessibility issues manage issue inventories document solutions and guide multiple state and vendor teams in remediating problems to help them reach compliance with state accessibility standards.
Required Knowledge Skills and Ability
Bachelors degree is required preferably in the field of Computer Science Software Engineering IT Web Development Library or Informational Science or Human Computer Interaction
3 years of hands-on digital accessibility testing experience including experience with assistive technologies WCAG compliance and manual testing methods
2 years of experience on a digital product team either working as a project owner or individual contributor working collaboratively with internal and external teams to improve products and services using digital accessibility technologies policies and best practices
Strong proficiency in manual testing with assistive tech: NVDA JAWS Dragon Fusion Deque Wave ZoomText VoiceOver TalkBack. Also expertise with built-in device features such as speech-to-text text-to-speech magnifiers onscreen keyboards eye gaze tech and alternative input devices including keyboards
Strong proficiency in HTML ARIA and semantic markup knowledge
Expertise in auditing common and legacy systems and products to find accessibility issues providing guidance for mitigating issues and improving accessibility knowledge and practices within internal teams
Demonstrated understanding of user-centered design (UCD) methodologies and how to use testing data to support accessibility design problems
Strong understanding of responsive web design principles techniques and frameworks
Experience testing and assessing accessibility issues on internal business processes including case management and data collection systems
Creative out-of-the box thinking to provide solution-oriented guidance for optimizing digital assets using the latest digital accessibility techniques and tools
Can work both independently and collaboratively to help advance a programs accessibility standards
Experience as a mentor or coach for other product and service testers to promote stronger consistency and standards
Strong interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to clearly present data and analysis as well as the ability to receive feedback on your work
Expert in facilitating the integration of test data to support analysis and remediation processes
Strong ability to create and maintain documentation and best practice testing methodologies across multiple systems and functional areas
Ability to explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders and communicate their implication on systems processes projects and services. Able to facilitate discussions and solutions
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
- Experience with software like Axe WebAIM SiteImprove and Sitebulb
- Experience with browser devtools and accessibility extensions: Axe WAVE ARC Toolkit
- Strong written and oral communication skills and responsiveness to leadership and stakeholder requests
- Strong organizational skills and experience with project tracking software along with experience in agile processes and project development best practices
- Experience in balancing a diverse workload of projects with varying complexities and unique needs
- Excellent time management skills with an ability to commit and deliver on project goals timelines and target dates
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team to reach program goals and meet dynamic business objectives
- Ability to engage in rigid practices for accessibility testing while maintaining flexibility for ad-hoc needs
- Strong proficiency with MS Suite (Word Excel PowerPoint) Microsoft Teams Outlook and Zoom
Experience in testing complex systems that use standard technologies (HTML CSS JavaScript SQL jQuery)
- Experience in accessibility compliance for chatbots and other customer communication tools
- Experience in accessibility compliance for analog formats like Word Powerpoint and print marketing assets
- Experience with digital forms and documents remediation to meet accessibility standards
- Experience with Sitecore Salesforce Adobe XD and Jira/Confluence
- Knowledge of multiple testing analysis data visualization tools
One or more of the following:
IAAP certification (CPACC WAS etc.)
PMP certification
DHS Trusted Tester certification
Deque University
Section 508
Email resumes to to apply!
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