Senior Accessibility Test Engineer — Lead UFT & CI/CD Testing

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Navy Federal Credit Union is seeking a senior accessibility testing lead to drive testing across products and platforms, using established Navy Federal standards. You will develop complex test plans, mentor testers, and collaborate with design, development, and product teams to embed scalable accessibility practices throughout the SDLC.

The role requires deep knowledge of WCAG, assistive technologies, and automation with UFT, Azure DevOps, and related tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, a related field, or equivalent combination of education, training or experience
• 7–10 years of experience in technology testing
• Subject matter expertise in the relevant business area or specialization
• Expert technical skills with various software programs
• Expert knowledge of testing tools, digital accessibility testing, and evaluation platforms
• Expert knowledge of WCAG and digital accessibility conformance evaluation methodologies
• Extensive experience with assistive technologies, including screen readers, screen magnification, speech recognition, and keyboard-only navigation
• Extensive experience leading accessibility testing efforts and mentoring testers
• Extensive experience partnering with designers, developers, and product teams throughout the product development lifecycle
• Experience evaluating accessibility across web, mobile, and enterprise digital platforms
• Experience developing scalable accessibility testing processes, standards, governance models, or enterprise accessibility programs
• Working knowledge of databases and SQL
• Advanced knowledge of Azure Boards, Azure Test Plans, and Micro Focus ALM
• Advanced knowledge of Micro Focus UFT, BlueZone, and test parameter files
• Working knowledge of Gherkin, Cucumber, XPath, HTML, CSS, Git, Selenium, and Azure Pipelines
• Working knowledge of API testing with Postman Pro
• Advanced knowledge of mainframe, on-premise, and cloud-hosted applications
• Expert testing-process knowledge, including test-plan creation and bug opening
• Expert knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycles
• Extensive IT-environment experience
• Expert knowledge of Navy Federal services, products, functions, business processes, and applications
• Ability to work independently and in team environments, manage tight deadlines, maintain accuracy, and exercise sound judgment
• ISTQB Foundation Level certification (CTFL)
• DevOps Institute DevOps Foundation (DOFD) certification
• ISTQB Advanced Level certifications: Agile Tester, Test Analyst, or Test Manager
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship

Responsibilities

• Lead accessibility testing efforts across products and platforms
• Create highly complex test plans using Navy Federal test standards and templates
• Partner with design, development, product, and accessibility teams to establish scalable accessibility testing practices throughout the product development lifecycle
• Analyze complex functional, technical, and accessibility requirements and interpret test results
• Present recommendations, alternatives, risks, blockers, and downstream impacts
• Coordinate and perform complex system integration testing, including manual and automated accessibility testing
• Participate in System Development Life Cycle activities using SAFe Agile practices and methodologies
• Participate in project sizing and estimation
• Serve as a subject matter expert and mentor peers on accessibility standards, testing methodologies, assistive technologies, and inclusive user experiences
• Create, update, and execute complex manual and automated test cases and scripts
• Develop and troubleshoot test automation using NFCU’s UFT framework and DevSecOps Test Automation Low Code Framework
• Integrate test artifacts into Azure DevOps to meet audit traceability and CI/CD standards
• Create test results, knowledge articles, sign-off documentation, and other required artifacts
• Document defects and perform advanced root-cause analysis, including accessibility defects and compliance issues
• Collaborate with developers, business partners, peers, and stakeholders to satisfy business needs
• Identify process, data, and technology improvements and provide recommendations
• Contribute to Navy Federal’s enterprise accessibility strategy, governance models, testing standards, and operational practices
• Participate in project and product team meetings

Skills

Accessibility testing

Mentoring

Collaboration

Root-cause analysis

test planning

SOX/CI-CD governance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / Information Systems

Tools

Azure Boards

Azure Test Plans

Micro Focus ALM

Micro Focus UFT

Postman Pro

DevSecOps Low Code Framework

BlueZone

Azure Pipelines

Job description

Navy Federal Credit Union is seeking a senior accessibility testing lead to drive testing across products and platforms, using established Navy Federal standards. You will develop complex test plans, mentor testers, and collaborate with design, development, and product teams to embed scalable accessibility practices throughout the SDLC.

The role requires deep knowledge of WCAG, assistive technologies, and automation with UFT, Azure DevOps, and related tools.