Remote Accessibility Expert — Public Web Apps & UX

Aretum; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 163,328,000 - 180,521,000; Part time

Job summary

Aretum is seeking an Accessibility Subject Matter Expert to provide expert technical support, maintain and enhance a client application, ensuring accessibility, reliability, and performance in an Agile sprint-based development environment.

The ideal candidate brings extensive digital accessibility experience, proficiency with Section 508 and WCAG, and strong usability testing and UX documentation skills. This role supports a federal contract and requires US work authorization.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of digital accessibility experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or 3 extra years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree accepted.
• Experience enabling accessibility for public-facing web applications.
• Expertise with Section 508 and WCAG standards.
• Proficiency with accessibility testing (manual/automated) and UX documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert technical support to maintain the client application.
• Support development, enhancements, accessibility, integration, optimization, and maintenance.
• Ensure availability and correct operations of the application.
• Work within a sprint-based development cycle.
• Utilize AWS, Python backend, and TypeScript frontend knowledge.

Skills

Digital accessibility

Section 508

WCAG standards

Accessibility testing

UX design tools

Agile teams

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

AWS

Python

TypeScript

Job description

Aretum is seeking an Accessibility Subject Matter Expert to provide expert technical support, maintain and enhance a client application, ensuring accessibility, reliability, and performance in an Agile sprint-based development environment.

The ideal candidate brings extensive digital accessibility experience, proficiency with Section 508 and WCAG, and strong usability testing and UX documentation skills. This role supports a federal contract and requires US work authorization.