Web Accessibility Specialist- Local Only

Hybrid in William Penn Annex West, PA, US • Posted 17 hours ago • Updated 1 hour ago
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Skills

  • ADA
  • Accessibility
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Css3
  • JavaScript
  • PDF
  • WCAG
  • Testing
  • Section 508
  • Web Applications
  • ARIA
  • JAWS
  • NVDA

Summary

Web Accessibility Specialist

12 Months

Hybrid; minimum 2 days per week onsite

Position overview

The Accessibility Specialist will be responsible for hands-on testing, remediation, and ongoing quality assurance of the websites and web applications against WCAG 2.1 AA standards.

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.

Work activities:

  • Bring 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 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 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.
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  • Dice Id: SMARNJ
  • Position Id: 434
  • Posted 17 hours ago
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