Senior Front-End & 508 Accessibility Specialist (Remote)

General Dynamics - IT; Annapolis (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics - IT is seeking a Front End Engineer Senior / 508 Compliance Specialist to develop accessible user interfaces for mission-critical government projects. You will collaborate with a cross-functional Agile team and help ensure compliance with Section 508 and WCAG 2.x standards.

The role requires expertise with screen readers (JAWS), modern JavaScript (Vue preferred), and automated accessibility testing tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts or Science required with 5+ years related experience.
• Security clearance TOP SECRET//SCI with Polygraph.
• US citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Accessible Front-End Development: design, develop, and maintain front-end components and user interfaces that conform to Section 508 and WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA standards.
• 508 Testing & Remediation: perform comprehensive accessibility testing using JAWS and other screen readers, identifying and remediating issues related to keyboard navigation, focus management, ARIA implementation, color contrast, and semantic HTML structure.
• Audit & Documentation: conduct manual and automated accessibility audits, document findings, and produce test reports as needed to support agency compliance requirements.
• Collaboration: partner with UX/UI designers, developers, and product owners early in the design process to bake accessibility in by design rather than retrofit it, and provide guidance on accessible design patterns.
• Integration & Delivery: work with QA and DevOps to integrate automated accessibility testing tools into the CI/CD pipeline for continuous compliance monitoring.
• Agile Ceremonies: participate actively in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, demos) and communicate accessibility requirements to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Accessibility testing

Screen reader testing

Semantic HTML

Keyboard navigation

Aria practices

Accessibility testing tools

Agile collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science

Tools

Vue

JAWS

axe DevTools

WAVE

Pa11y

Lighthouse

Git

Jira

Confluence

GitLab CI/CD

AWS

Job description

General Dynamics - IT is seeking a Front End Engineer Senior / 508 Compliance Specialist to develop accessible user interfaces for mission-critical government projects. You will collaborate with a cross-functional Agile team and help ensure compliance with Section 508 and WCAG 2.x standards.

The role requires expertise with screen readers (JAWS), modern JavaScript (Vue preferred), and automated accessibility testing tools.