Accessibility Engineering Lead - Frontend

Description

Known for being a Best Place to Work and a People First company, IronArch Technology is an award-winning Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in providing innovative solutions and world class services to Federal Government clients.

Our employees have voted us as a 'Best Place to Work' 8 times and we are an INC 5000 recipient for being one of the fastest growing businesses in the United States.

Our Values: People First, Servant Leadership, Deliver and Inspire Excellence, Do the right thing!

What You’ll Do

IronArch Technology is looking for an Accessibility leader with a background in Frontend Development that has the ability to tackle technology-related accessibility needs, drive accessible technical solutions and practices to teams across the VA and shape the technical direction of the Digital Experience Accessibility program.

Key Responsibilities

• Onboard all new VFS product teams to the OCTO accessibility practice and ways of working, specifically from a technical lens.
• Support the management and tracking of the technical work of the program's accessibility specialists in support of all VFS products via GitHub tickets, Looker Studio dashboard, and Slack channel communication.
• Test code in development with various devices and software platforms.
• Debug accessibility bugs and propose code fixes.
• Resolve issues in the VA design system as reported through an accessibility escalation pathway.
• Run automated code scans upon check-in to catch code-related accessibility bugs at the source.
• Embed as a team member on VFS product teams who don’t have their own technical accessibility specialist.
• Create accessible code from the earliest point possible, rather than have an accessibility review at the end of the development cycle and empower/guide developers across VFS product teams to do the same.
• Serve as a mentor and trainer on technical accessibility best practices, processes, and standards for VFS product teams across the VA.
• Communicate effectively in Slack, GitHub tickets, and process documents.
• Support an active accessibility champions program and accessibility community of practice.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 9+ years of experience
• Expert in Web Content Accessibility Guidance 2.2 (WCAG 2.2)
• Expert in Section 508 Compliance
• Ability to advise on the more technical aspects of VA.gov coding standards, build systems, automated scanning, etc.
• Ability to advise VFS developers on proper coding for accessibility, suggest bug fixes, and contribute fixes to the VA Design System where needed
• Strong influence and consensus-building skills
• Advanced coding skills
• Ability to support the development of accessible prototypes

Preferred Qualifications

• Comfortable using various forms of assistive technology during development and/or testing
• General understanding of government operations, rules, and regulations
• Previous experience working within the Veterans Affairs ecosystem/landscape or with VFS teams
• Experience using and validating with accessibility tools adopted by VA.gov. 
• IAAP Certification, CPACC Certification, and/or WAS Certification

 

Why IronArch Technology?

• Awarded Best Place to Work 8 times!
• Competitive compensation and market-leading bonus opportunities
• Medical, dental and vision benefits where a significant portion of the premium is subsidized by IronArch. For qualifying high deductible health plans, IronArch also contributes towards a Health Reimbursement Account to cover eligible medical expenses
• Company-provided healthcare concierge assistance to help explain your coverage in plain language; help you find, choose, and schedule quality care; and address billing, benefit, or claims concerns, potentially saving hours of your time
• 401(k) retirement plan where the company contributes dollar for dollar up to 3 percent, and 50 cents on the dollar for the 4th and 5th percent with immediate entry and immediate vesting
• 20 days of PTO accumulated per calendar year
• 11paid holidays
• Bereavement, jury duty, parental (maternity/paternity/adoption), and military leaves
• Sabbatical programs
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability
• Company-paid life insurance
• Voluntary life, accidental and indemnity income replacement benefits
• Professional development reimbursement
• Health club reimbursement
• Matching donation program and annual philanthropic activities
• Pet insurance
• And more!