Senior Accessibility Specialist

at JPMorgan Chase in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Join the Digital Accessibility Team as a Senior Accessibility Specialist and embark on a rewarding career path where you will play a crucial role in conformance testing for web pages. This role offers you the opportunity to showcase your skills in verifying adherence to the W3C WCAG 2.1 standards and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 508, and other accessibility related laws. Be part of a team that values your expertise and commitment to enhancing web accessibility.

As a Senior Accessibility Analyst in the Web Production team , you will play a crucial role in facilitating conformance testing for web pages. Your responsibilities will include verifying compliance with the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 standards and ensuring adherence to the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 508, and other laws related to accessibility. This position offers the chance to experiment with new concepts, act as a subject matter expert for the wider team and work closely with our partners. Your enthusiasm for digital accessibility, excellent communication abilities, and understanding of current accessibility standards will be vital for your success in this role.

Job Responsibilities:

+ Performing all testing activities for initiatives across one or more assigned projects, utilizing processes, methods and software that provide advisory of accessibility for all customer-facing web pages.

+ Reporting WCAG failures

+ Providing remediation details for WCAG 2.1 failures with accessible code solutions

+ Partnering with the development, design, and product teams to remediate failures and identify conformance requirements during exploratory phases.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

+ 3+ years of quality assurance experience (system testing, planning/coordinating test activities, accountable for test case development and defect resolution, use of ALM or JIRA)

+ Experience working with Assistive Technology (AT) – JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack screen readers, Browser accessibility analyzers, Color Contrast Analyzer

+ Knowledge of Section 508 of the U.S. ADA Section 508 and W3C WCAG 2.1 standards

+ Experience in WAI-ARIA, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript related to accessibility failures.

+ Excellent communication, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving skills required.

+ Ability to work with a sense of urgency and attention to detail.

+ Ability to work, in a team, and with/without direction is imperative.

+ Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Human Computer Interaction, or a related discipline.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

+ UAT and/or accessibility testing or developing for accessibility

+ Familiar with a CMS (i.e. AEM) is a plus .

+ Designing for Accessibility experience is plus.

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set, and location. For those in eligible roles, discretionary incentive compensation which may be awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

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