Senior Web Accessibility Engineer

Client: CalPERS (California Public Employees Retirement System)

Job Title: Senior Web Accessibility Engineer

Duration: 24+ Months

Location: Sacramento, CA 95811(Remote)

Number of Hours: 40 Hrs/Week

Position Type: Contract

Interview Type: Web Cam

Description: The consultant will undertake duties and responsibilities as a digital accessibility compliance web engineer and provide ongoing application development and support of the CalPERS website and applications. The engagement involves working under the guidance of the Web and Accessibility Services Section manager to provide accessible web application solutions. The consultant will act as a senior digital accessibility compliance web engineer and will be responsible for ensuring, the accessible design and development of the CalPERS website and applications. The consultant will develop working specifications for web application solutions adhering to federal and state accessibility laws and guidelines and has a strong understanding of responsive and mobile web design.

Key Responsibilities:

• The consultant will undertake duties and responsibilities as a senior digital accessibility compliance web engineer and provide design, development, test, and support of CalPERS 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 CalPERS 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. • Document the solution selected by CalPERS. • 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 CalPERS’ 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.