Accessibility Subject Matter Expert

Position:
Accessibility Subject Matter Expert (Part-Time)

Company:
Aretum

Location:
United States, McLean, Virginia

Employment type:
Part-time

Work Arrangement:
Contingent Remote

Short Summary:
Aretum is seeking a skilled and motivated Accessibility Subject Matter Expert responsible for providing expert technical support, maintenance, and continuous enhancement of a client application while ensuring accessibility, reliability, and optimal performance in an Agile, sprint-based development environment.

Responsibilities:
- Provide expert technical support to maintain the client application
- Provide support for development, enhancements, accessibility, integration, optimization, and maintenance
- Ensure availability and correct operations
- Work within a sprint-based development cycle
- Utilize knowledge of the AWS cloud environment, Python backend, and TypeScript front-end

Requirement:
- 5 years of experience in digital accessibility
- Bachelor’s Degree (3 years of additional experience is acceptable in lieu of a degree)
- Experience supporting user experience design and digital accessibility for public-facing web applications
- Expertise with Section 508 compliance and WCAG standards
- Proficiency with accessibility testing using manual and automated methods and tools
- Proficiency with UX design tools
- Experience with documentation of UX and accessibility findings and recommendations
- Experience with usability evaluations
- Experience working within Agile teams

Benefits:
This is a part-time position with potential for pro-rated benefits.