Job responsibilities
- Demonstrate sensitivity to the electronic communications access needs for people with disabilities.
- Responsible for conducting comprehensive accessibility analysis on various forms of electronic communications to identify potential barriers and violations with suggested solutions
- Document test plans, expected test results, actual test results and identify issues
- Work closely with team members to ensure that issues are properly identified, fixed, and tested
- Mentor team members to progress their technical and professional skills
- Have broad accessibility knowledge in UI development and design experience
- Be well-versed in a variety of common electronic communication accessibility barriers people with hearing, physical, speech, cognitive, and vision disabilities experience
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Hands-on experience of 5 years on quality assurance or User Acceptance testing or Accessibility Testing
- Hands-on experience of 5 years on electronic communications accessibility analysis, design, and development in large and highly dynamic environments
- Related assistive technology knowledge and experience with JAWS, NVDA, and/or Window Eyes screen readers
- Solid knowledge of CSS, HTML4 & 5, ARIA, JavaScript, AJAX, as well as US ADA, Section 508, and W3C WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 standards
- Capable of conducting comprehensive accessibility testing against the WCAG 2.1 Level A & AA Success Criteria
- Be able to teach methods and techniques for addressing accessibility barriers in a variety of forums
- Be able to suggest testable solutions designed to integrate with a dynamic code basee
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Understanding on JIRA or other test management tools
- Good understanding of the development toolset for both web and mobile environments
- Strong interpersonal and communication (Written and Verbal) skills, and the ability to present ideas, thoughts, and information clearly
- Have excellent project management and organizational skills and be able to work collaboratively and productively with diverse teams and alone