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