Accessibility (Manual) Tester

100% remote candidates are ok, although local resources will be given first preference.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in testing web and mobile applications.
• 4+ years of experience for accessibility testing.
• Strong knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1 & 2) and Section 508
• Knowledge in HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, ARIA, Jenkins.
• Experience with automating accessibility test cases for both Web and Mobile applications.
• Experience in A11y testing on various operating systems such as MAC/WINDOWS and browsers which includes IE/Firefox/Chrome/Safari.
• Experience in various A11y tools - JAWS, NVDA, FireBug, Color Contrast Analyzer, Voice Over, WAVE, Axe, Talk Back, Zoom Text.
• Experience with creating test strategies, plans and test execution for web and mobile applications.
• Experience testing of backend applications and APIs developed in Java/C# with SQL, NoSQL, ActiveMQ and caching technologies such as Hazelcast
• Experience testing for apps with Web UI on multiple browsers (IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome) and operating systems (Linux, Windows, iOS)
• Experience with source control versioning systems (Git, Stash, Bitbucket.)
• Must have good understanding of network topologies and technologies
• Experience in defect tracking tools (JIRA, Bugzilla, etc.)
• Experience with source control versioning systems (Git, Stash, Bitbucket.)
• Knowledge in software testing methodology and the SDLC.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in developing and documenting user stories, including testing estimates and validation tests.
• Develop, document, and maintain the test strategy and test scenarios.
• Partner with the developers to ensure all areas of the application are fully tested and issues are clearly logged and prioritized consistently.
• Manage the defect log and ensure issues are resolved, including validation of the fix.
• Work with integration build teams to manage dev, QA and production release of software.
• Evaluate product requirements to create, modify, and execute test cases for functional testing (manual) and report results in a clear, concise manner to other member of the Agile team.
• Perform exploratory testing to understand the feature and how it is implemented, to find additional or unexpected behavior, and to refine and define additional test cases for the feature
• Evaluate product requirements to create, modify, and execute test cases for functional testing (manual) and report results in a clear, concise manner to another member of the Agile team.
• Report and troubleshoot bugs directly with developers on the Agile team.
• Effectively communicate test plans, test reports, and test metrics to team.
• Perform manual functional and regression testing in a wide variety of areas from mobile/web app and analytics to hardware firmware.