IT Specialist; JAWS, WAVE, Adobe Acrobat, HTML, CSS, UI Accessibility testing, Accessibility Audits

Will perform extensive accessibility analysis and create documentation for new or existing transactions that will involve:

• Working independently or with accessibility testers to assess web pages and documents (i.e., PDF) for conformance to established web accessibility standards (in particular WCAG 2.0 AA).
• Developing detailed reports explaining accessibility defects identified through an audit and suggest remediation methods/techniques.
• Reviewing results of assessment with developers, project team members, and management.
• Answering questions regarding testing methods and interpretation of the results.
• Creating comprehensive accessibility documentation for use by developers.
• Guidance and participation in developing an accessibility audit methodology.
• Participate in accessibility feedback to transaction and form designs.

Works in the field of Information Technology, experienced in the usage and support of a collection of development platforms, technical architectures or business applications and products that run on those platforms - beyond that of a Programmer.

Candidate is able to work independently, without assistance and provides guidance to others. May have an advanced education.

• 72 months experience performing Web Accessibility Audits using assistive or automated technologies, such as JAWS, WAVE from WebAIM, NVDA, Zoom Text, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Adobe Acrobat, and Microsoft Accessibility Checker
• 60 months experience coding with HTML, CSS, and Java Script
• 60 months experience in UI Accessibility testing
• 72 months experience in developing technical documentation
• 60 months experience performing Accessibility Audits against Digital Documents (e.g., PDF, Word, Web Pages)
• 72 months experience using and following Section 508 and Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) guidelines and specifications–W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0 A and AA), Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA), User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG), and Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG