Senior Accessibility Tester & 508 Compliance Lead

RIVA Solutions, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

RIVA Solutions, Inc. seeks a Senior Trusted Tester / Section 508 Accessibility Specialist to lead accessibility testing and compliance for Federal digital platforms and web products.

You will perform manual and automated testing, validate remediations, and collaborate with developers, UX teams, content analysts, QA staff, and Government stakeholders to embed accessibility throughout the lifecycle. The role involves supporting Section 508 scans, generating accessibility reports and dashboards,

Qualifications

• DHS Trusted Tester certification or equivalent demonstrated expertise in Section 508/WCAG accessibility testing.

Responsibilities

• Perform accessibility testing using DHS Trusted Tester methodology, WCAG criteria, Section 508 standards, and Federal client accessibility requirements.
• Test web pages, Drupal templates, forms, PDFs, Word documents, data visualizations, multimedia, video captions, images, charts, and interactive components for accessibility compliance.
• Execute manual and automated test cases, document findings, assign severity and priority, track defects in Jira, verify fixes, and perform regression testing.
• Use assistive technologies and accessibility tools to assess keyboard navigation, focus order, headings, labels, ARIA, form controls, tables, color contrast, alt text, captions, and document structure.
• Provide remediation guidance to developers, content analysts, UX staff, web administrators, and Federal client stakeholders.
• Support monthly Section 508 scans, accessibility reports, dashboards, leaderboards, and recurring issue trend analysis.
• Participate in sprint reviews, release testing, migration validation, and deployment readiness reviews to identify accessibility issues early.
• Support accessibility training and coaching for content creators, editors, web administrators, and technical staff.
• Collaborate with QA and development teams to integrate accessibility testing with functional, browser, mobile, and regression testing.

Skills

DHS Trusted Tester certification

Accessibility testing experience

Jira defect tracking

HTML/CSS/JavaScript/ARIA knowledge

Communication of requirements to Stake

Manual and automated testing

Tools

ANDI

JAWS/NVDA

WAVE

Axe

Lighthouse

Color Contrast Analyzer

Adobe Acrobat accessibility tools

Tableau

Job description

RIVA Solutions, Inc. seeks a Senior Trusted Tester / Section 508 Accessibility Specialist to lead accessibility testing and compliance for Federal digital platforms and web products.

You will perform manual and automated testing, validate remediations, and collaborate with developers, UX teams, content analysts, QA staff, and Government stakeholders to embed accessibility throughout the lifecycle. The role involves supporting Section 508 scans, generating accessibility reports and dashboards,