Web Accessibility Engineer

Job Description

This individual contributor is responsible for guiding and influencing the development of a formal Global Quality Services Framework and for supporting the development of software quality assurance test strategies. This position is responsible for guiding and supporting accessibility testing for web application.                                                             

Essential Responsibilities                                            

• Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating issues or risks, as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; evaluating recommendations made; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others.                                            
• Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback 
• Leads the development of quality assurance (QA) test project strategies, methodologies, and standard processes for large-scale, complex IT initiatives spanning all QA domains by analyzing business and technology requirements to ensure testability and traceability, and determining testing scope and approach.                              
• Oversees and addresses critical issues, dependencies, and risks related to WCAG checklists.          
• Work with Product Designers and Developers to bring defects to resolution.                                        
• Assist with training functional QA testers to perform accessibility testing.                              
• Coordinate with the central Digital Accessibility Program team when they need assistance validating or prioritizing defects; and to communicate the status of accessibility defects in each iteration.                                    
• Ensures quality metrics are tracked across testing phases and socialized as needed.                             
• Manages the review and validation of testable business processes, test data, and test environment requirements.                                       
• Develops quality assurance (QA) project plans for moderately to highly complex projects by identifying project scope, work plans, schedules, milestones, and critical paths, and ensuring proper staffing.                                      
• Develops guidelines and best practices to ensure test plans and timelines are aligned with project/program milestones.                                          
• Defines and ensures adherence with entry and exit criteria according to testing standards.          
• Reviews project status and milestones reports, provides justification for and first-level authorization for exceptions and waivers, and meets with IT and business stakeholders to address contingency plans, as appropriate.                                    
• Work closely with other accessibility specialists and the Design System Team to promote consistent accessibility guidance.                                         
• Generates scheduled reports (e.g., test execution, defects, ad hoc reports) and provides daily test execution metrics to IT teams and management, as appropriate.                                            
• Initiates and evaluates required business process improvements in order to achieve business results and appropriate solutions for customers.                                                                                        

Basic Qualifications:                                    

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field and Minimum Five (5)  years experience in SQA, software testing or related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.In lieu of degree, 3 years of equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement for a total of 8  years.                             
• 2+ years of accessibility testing experience.                                        
• Expert knowledge on ARIA & WCAG Checklists.                                
• Minimum Five (5)  years SQA experience working across multiple IT domains or business units in a corporate setting.                                     
• Expericence using shortcuts, keystrokes, testing with JAWS on Windows and VoiceOver for iOS and other assistive technologies.                               
• Srong knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.                                                                                                      

Preferred Qualifications                                            

• Three (2) years experience working with aXe Core or Deque Axe DevTools for HTML.                             
• Three (3) years experience working with Agile methodology for system or software testing  
• Two (2) years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above)                                 
• Three (3) years experience in a leadership role of a large matrixed organization.                                 
• Three (3) years experience working with IT/Tools vendors.                                           
• Four (4) years experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of software development life cycle(s) (SDLC).                                          
• Three (3) years experience writing technical documentation in a software testing or quality assurance environment.                                
• Two (2) years experience working in and defining the requirements for healthcare testing environments.                                  
• Two (2) years experience testing and defining the requirements testing business system applications.                                      
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field.                                         
• Quality Assurance Institute (QAI) or American Society for Quality (ASQ) or similar certification        

Benefits

• Transportation.
• Life insurance.
• Medical insurance.
• Solidarity association.
• Growth plans.
• Additional days off.