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Accessibility Specialist (Web & Digital Accessibility)
First Tek, Inc.
🇵🇦 Panama
On-site
5 months ago
- WCAG
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- Accessibility Testing
- CI/CD
- axe-core
- Lighthouse CI
- Adobe Acrobat
- HTML5
- CSS3
- WordPress
- GitHub Actions
5 months ago
Job Type: Full-Time, 12‐Month Contract
Schedule: 40 hours per week
Department: Office of Innovation & Technology – Digital Services
Position Overview
The City is seeking an Accessibility Specialist to support hands-on testing, remediation, and quality assurance of City websites, web applications, and digital documents to ensure compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA and related accessibility standards.
This full-time, 12‐month role will work closely with internal development teams, external vendors, the Accessibility Architect, and the Client Digital Services team. The specialist will play a key role in advancing the City's enterprise accessibility governance strategy by embedding accessibility into development workflows, validating vendor deliverables, and promoting accessible design and coding practices across departments.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive accessibility audits of City websites and web applications against WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria.
- Perform hands-on testing using automated tools and assistive technologies, including axe DevTools, WAVE, Lighthouse, Siteimprove, JAWS, and NVDA.
- Collaborate with internal developers and external vendors to remediate accessibility issues, providing detailed guidance on:
- Semantic HTML and accessible CSS/JavaScript
- ARIA markup and WAI‐ARIA Authoring Practices
- Keyboard navigation and focus management
- Color contrast and visual accessibility
- Integrate automated accessibility testing into CI/CD pipelines, establishing pre-deployment accessibility gates using tools such as axe‐core, pa11y, and Lighthouse CI.
- Support continued development of the City's internal web crawler as it relates to accessibility monitoring.
- Review vendor deliverables to ensure accessibility compliance prior to deployment.
- Identify, remediate, and validate digital documents (PDFs, forms, reports, spreadsheets) for compliance with:
- WCAG 2.1 AA
- PDF/UA
- Section 508
- Use tools such as Adobe Acrobat Pro, CommonLook, and Client to test and remediate documents.
- Educate departmental web teams on accessible design, development, and content best practices.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional experience in web accessibility testing, auditing, and remediation within large-scale or enterprise environments.
- Deep working knowledge of:
- WCAG 2.1 AA/AAA success criteria
- WAI‐ARIA Authoring Practices
- Section 508 and ADA Title II as applied to web applications
- Strong proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, with the ability to review source code and recommend accessibility-compliant solutions.
- Hands-on experience using both automated and manual accessibility testing tools, including:
- axe DevTools, WAVE, Lighthouse, pa11y
- Screen readers such as JAWS and NVDA
Preferred / Highly Desired Qualifications
- Experience working with government agencies or public-sector websites.
- Familiarity with WordPress accessibility in enterprise environments.
- Experience integrating accessibility checks into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions).
- Experience managing or tracking accessibility defects within formal issue-tracking workflows.
- IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS) , Client Trusted Tester, or equivalent accessibility certification.
- Knowledge of inclusive design principles and plain-language content best practices.
Accessibility Specialist (Web & Digital Accessibility) · First Tek, Inc.