Senior QA & Accessibility Lead

NuAxis Innovations; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NuAxis Innovations is seeking a Senior QA/508 Tester to lead the QA and accessibility testing across our federal IT solutions. You will own test strategy, automation, and conformance activities to ensure WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance throughout the SDLC.

The role requires expertise in 508 testing, test leadership, and building CI/CD integrated automation, with a focus on delivering accessible government software. Join a mission-driven team delivering impactful CX outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; OR an Associate's degree plus two (2) additional years of relevant experience.
• Five (5) to eight (8) years of software quality assurance experience, including at least three (3) years in a test lead capacity and three (3) years of accessibility testing.
• Certifications — Required: DHS Trusted Tester Certification.
• Certifications — Obtainable After Hire: ISTQB Certified Tester - Advanced Level Test Manager, within 180 days of assignment. Where DHS Trusted Tester is not held at the time of assignment, it must be obtained within 90 days.
• Certifications — Preferred: IAAP CPACC or WAS; ISTQB Test Automation Engineer.
• Required Skills: Test strategy and planning; test automation architecture; WCAG 2.1 Level AA; accessibility testing tools; assistive technology; defect management; CI/CD test integration; UAT leadership; team mentoring.
• Preferred Skills: Federal accessibility compliance programs; performance and security testing; Agile and SAFe testing practices; API and data validation automation.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise test strategy covering functional, regression, integration, performance, and accessibility testing.
• Architect and maintain test automation frameworks integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead Section 508 conformance testing using the DHS Trusted Tester process, combining automated tooling with formal manual testing and assistive technology validation.
• Establish defect taxonomy, severity criteria, entry and exit gates, and remediation tracking through closure.
• Produce accessibility conformance artifacts and support acceptance and ATO activities.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing; mentor mid-level testers and drive tester certification attainment.
• Report quality metrics - defect density, escape rate, automation coverage, accessibility defect aging - to program leadership.

Skills

Test strategy

Test planning

Test automation architecture

WCAG 2.1 Level AA

Accessibility testing tools

Assistive technology

Defect management

CI/CD test integration

UAT leadership

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Technology

Associate's degree + 2 years relevant experience

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Cypress

Playwright

Appium

Postman

REST Assured

Jira with Xray or Zephyr

Azure DevOps Test Plans

ANDI

axe DevTools

WAVE

Colour Contrast Analyser

JAWS

NVDA

VoiceOver

Job description

NuAxis Innovations is seeking a Senior QA/508 Tester to lead the QA and accessibility testing across our federal IT solutions. You will own test strategy, automation, and conformance activities to ensure WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance throughout the SDLC.

The role requires expertise in 508 testing, test leadership, and building CI/CD integrated automation, with a focus on delivering accessible government software. Join a mission-driven team delivering impactful CX outcomes.