Senior Digital Accessibility Compliance Web Engineer in Sacramento, CA

HonorVet Technologies is a Service Disable Veteran-Owned IT staffing firm, ISO 9001, and ISO 27001 certified, working with federal agencies, state governments, and Fortune 500 enterprise clients across the US. What makes us different isn't a tagline; it's the way we work. We don't forward resumes and hope for the best. We take the time to understand where a professional like you are headed and only reach out when we genuinely believe there's a fit worth exploring.
Title: Senior Digital Accessibility Compliance Web Engineer
Project Duration: 1+ year (Can be till 2 years approx.)
Location: Sacramento, CA 95811
Job Description:
The scope of this project encompasses the following tasks:

• The consultant will undertake duties and responsibilities as a senior digital accessibility compliance web engineer and provide design, development, test, and support of Client website and web applications.
• The engagement involves working under the guidance of the Accessibility Compliance Team unit manager to provide accessible web solutions, to include accessible responsive and mobile design, and development.
• The consultant will develop working specifications for Client website and web applications adhering to the federal and state accessibility laws and guidelines.
• Additional duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: ability to organize complex and/or detailed technical procedures; define technical requirements; define accessibility test procedures; work within project timelines; and participate in implementation and communication activities.

Deliverable 1: Analysis and Design

• Maintain WCAG 2.2 Level AA standards.
• Review current policies, processes, workflows and design systems and map out updates.
• Apply the principles of Universal Design.
• Propose one or more design options as appropriate to each situation, including a level-of-effort estimate and target delivery date.
• Determine impact of reported defects or enhancements to existing applications.

Deliverable 2: Implementation, Testing, and Support

• Perform accessibility testing utilizing a variety of assistive technologies to identify defects.
• Recommend technical implementation of accessibility solutions.
• Develop approved application changes within the existing technical environments, using the approved promotion path and QA/testing methodology.
• Perform internal unit/QA testing.
• Update and enhance system documentation to keep it synchronized with system and environment changes.

Deliverable 3: Accessibility Test Procedures

• Develop accessibility test methodology to include automated tools, assistive technology, and manual testing.
• Ensure all WCAG 2.2 Success Criteria are addressed in testing procedures.
• Provide technical expertise.
• Develop defect severity and priority methodology.

Deliverable 4: Knowledge Transfer

• Provide knowledge transfer of accessibility requirements, best practices, experience, and insights across products and services to the Accessibility Compliance Team.
• Educate Client' state team on accessible front-end development.

• Knowledge transfer to occur via collaborative documentation, annotations, code commenting, cross training, and job shadowing.
• Knowledge transfer to take place during regular accessibility working sessions, team meetings, and specific knowledge transfer meetings in addition to review of documentation.
• Documentation to include best practices and lessons learned during the project