Accessibility Tester

Duration: 1-year contract

Note: Resources should be willing to relocate in Q1 of 2022. Some onsite presence will be required. This is a manual testing position for accessibility.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Participate in developing and documenting user stories, including testing estimates and validation tests.
Develop, document, and maintain the test strategy and test scenarios.
Partner with the developers to ensure all areas of the application are fully tested and issues are clearly logged and prioritized consistently.
Manage the defect log and ensure issues are resolved, including validation of the fix.
Work with integration build teams to manage dev, QA and production release of software.
Evaluate product requirements to create, modify, and execute test cases for functional testing (manual) and report results in a clear, concise manner to other member of the Agile team.
Report and troubleshoot bugs directly with developers on the Agile team.
Effectively communicate test plans, test reports, and test metrics to team.
Perform manual functional and accessibility testing in a wide variety of areas from mobile/web app and analytics to hardware firmware.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
5+ years of experience in testing web and mobile applications.
4+ years of experience for accessibility testing.
Strong knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1 & 2) and Section 508 Knowledge in HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, ARIA, Jenkins.
Experience with automating accessibility test cases for both Web and Mobile applications.
Experience in A11y testing on various operating systems such as MAC/WINDOWS and browsers which includes IE/Firefox/Chrome/Safari.
Experience in various A11y tools - JAWS, NVDA, FireBug, Color Contrast Analyzer, Voice Over, WAVE, Axe, Talk Back, Zoom Text.
Experience with creating test strategies, plans and test execution for web and mobile applications.
Experience in defect tracking tools (JIRA, Bugzilla, etc.)
Experience with source control versioning systems (Git, Stash, Bitbucket.)
Knowledge in software testing methodology and the SDLC.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $50.00 - $60.00 per hour

Schedule:

8 hour shift
Monday to Friday

Experience:

Web accessibility Testing: 4 years (Required)
WCAG: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: One location