Digital Accessibility Architect

Software Technology Inc.; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Technology Inc. in Nashville seeks a PDF/Accessibility Specialist to ensure all policy documents, forms, and reports meet WCAG 2.x AA and PDF/UA requirements. You will remediate Word and PDF assets, create accessible forms, and perform both automated and manual testing with assistive technologies.

You will work closely with policy teams to improve document structure, reading order, and navigation, contributing to higher accessibility quality and compliance across the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience remediating accessible documents (Word/PDF).
• Proficient in WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA requirements.
• Ability to create and remediate accessible fillable PDF forms.
• Experience with automated and manual testing.
• Familiarity with assistive technologies.

Responsibilities

• Review and remediate policy documents, protocol documents, fillable forms, and related documents for accessibility.
• Create accessible Word source documents and convert them to accessible PDFs when required.
• Remediate existing PDFs to meet WCAG 2.x and PDF/UA requirements.
• Create or remediate accessible electronic forms, focusing on Form Fields, Labels, Instructions, Tab Order, and Keyboard Navigation.
• Conduct automated and manual accessibility testing, reviewing structure, reading order, forms, tables, links, images, and navigation.
• Perform quality-control reviews of remediated documents before publication.
• Assist with development or refinement of accessible Word and form templates.
• Identify recurring accessibility issues and recommend practices to reduce future remediation.

Skills

WCAG compliance

PDF/UA remediation

Word accessibility

Screen reader testing

Manual testing

Automated testing

Tools

Adobe Acrobat Pro

PAC (PDF Accessibility Checker)

WebAIM Contrast Checker

WAVE

ANDI

Color Contrast Analyzer

NVDA

Job description

Software Technology Inc. in Nashville seeks a PDF/Accessibility Specialist to ensure all policy documents, forms, and reports meet WCAG 2.x AA and PDF/UA requirements. You will remediate Word and PDF assets, create accessible forms, and perform both automated and manual testing with assistive technologies.

You will work closely with policy teams to improve document structure, reading order, and navigation, contributing to higher accessibility quality and compliance across the organization.