Quality Assurance Tester – Section 508
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Section 508 / QA Tester validating accessibility of federal digital training products. Testing WCAG conformance, documenting defects, and guiding remediation.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the accessibility technical authority for digital training products developed for the National Institute of Corrections
- Conduct manual and automated accessibility testing of digital training products and interfaces
- Validate Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance
- Identify, document, and track accessibility defects throughout development
- Provide specific and actionable remediation guidance to instructional-design and development personnel
- Validate corrections following remediation
- Maintain accessibility compliance documentation
- Integrate universal-design considerations early in the curriculum-development lifecycle
- Support final quality assurance, testing, validation, and publishing activities
Requirements:
- Eligible for or active Secret security clearance
- Must be available during core hours, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday–Friday
- Demonstrated experience with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
- Demonstrated knowledge of WCAG 2.1 Level AA
- Experience performing manual and automated accessibility testing
- Experience identifying, documenting, tracking, and validating accessibility defects
- Ability to provide actionable remediation guidance
- Experience maintaining accessibility compliance documentation
- Understanding of universal and accessible design principles
- Strong quality-assurance and documentation skills
- Preferred: Experience testing e-learning or web-based training products
- Preferred: Experience supporting federal accessibility compliance
- Preferred: Experience working with instructional designers, developers, and multimedia personnel
Benefits:
- Equal Employment Opportunity consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
- HUBZone Residency preferred


















