Digital Accessibility Tester

About the Role

The our client leading a new digital transformation to uplift the lives and well-being of our residents, businesses, and employees. Our goal is to improve access to our programs and services, making interaction with our client easier. When you join the Connecticut Digital Service, you’ll be part of a team creating simple experiences personalized for everyone. If you enjoy solving complex problems with a curious, supportive, high-performing team, then the our client the place for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop test cases and maintain test libraries for manual testing of complex digital assets.
• Manually test assets and identify accessibility issues, manage issue inventories, document solutions, and guide multiple state and vendor teams in remediating problems.
• Support cross-functional teams who have responsibilities in the application of remediation efforts connected to your testing work.
• Communicate testing results to stakeholders as needed and answer questions about your testing processes and results.
• Meet consistent project deadlines and apply strong QA practices, proactive problem-solving, and testing skills.
• Work across several verticals including health, business, education, transportation, employment, judicial, housing, agriculture, and many more.
• Develop a deep familiarity with the requirements and processes for complying with current and future accessibility standards as documented in WCAG, ADA, and Section 508.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in manual testing of complex digital assets, including websites, applications, documents, enterprise platforms, mobile apps, chatbots, digital forms, authenticated user systems, CMS integrations, and various legacy technologies.
• Deep familiarity with accessibility standards as documented in WCAG, ADA, and Section 508.
• Strong QA practices, proactive problem-solving, and testing skills.
• Ability to meet consistent project deadlines.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Tools & Technologies

• Manual testing tools and techniques.
• WCAG, ADA, and Section 508 accessibility standards.
• Various digital asset management systems.
• Content management systems (CMS).
• Enterprise platforms and mobile apps.

Work Schedule & Duration

• Contract length: 6 months.
• Work arrangement: Remote.
• Specific onsite requirements: None.

Interview Process

The process typically includes an initial screening followed by a technical interview via Teams.

Position Details

• Employment Type: Contract
• Duration: Approximately 12 months (with potential for extension)
• Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the United States