Section 508 Compliance Test Engineer

CACI•O'fallon, IL

About The Position

Join the team supporting USTRANSCOM's Joint Transportation Management System (JTMS), a mission-critical enterprise platform for transportation, logistics, and financial operations integrated with SAP S/4HANA ERP. The Section 508 Compliance Test Engineer leads and performs hands-on accessibility testing across JTMS applications, including SAP Fiori and integrated web-based solutions. The role validates conformance with Section 508 accessibility requirements and applicable WCAG guidelines, identifies barriers for users with disabilities, documents compliance findings, and verifies remediation. The engineer collaborates with developers, business analysts, product owners, UX teams, and other testers to integrate accessibility throughout the SAFe Agile development lifecycle. The position requires an active Secret clearance and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. Candidates need at least five years in software testing, including hands-on Section 508/accessibility testing of enterprise web applications or large-scale information systems, and demonstrated expertise interpreting and testing Section 508 requirements and WCAG success criteria. The posting also begins a requirement concerning experience testing SAP S/4HANA, SAP Fiori, or other large-scale systems, but the text is cut off before that requirement is complete. This is a full-time, regular Engineering position with up to 10% travel within the continental United States. An active Secret clearance is required. CACI describes a flexible time-off benefit, learning resources, competitive compensation, and benefits supporting healthcare, wellness, financial and retirement needs, family support, continuing education, and time off. The proposed national average salary range is $75,200–$158,100.

Requirements

Active Secret security clearance.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
At least 5 years of software testing experience, including hands-on Section 508/accessibility compliance testing of enterprise web applications or large-scale information systems.
Proven experience interpreting and testing against Section 508 accessibility requirements and WCAG success criteria.
Ability to identify accessibility barriers, map findings to applicable criteria, recommend remediation, and verify corrective actions.

Responsibilities

Review user stories, designs, functional requirements, and acceptance criteria to identify applicable Section 508 and WCAG requirements and develop accessibility-focused test scenarios.
Design, build, and maintain manual and automated Section 508 test cases for SAP Fiori, web applications, forms, reports, documents, workflows, and integrated JTMS capabilities.
Execute accessibility testing against applicable Section 508 and WCAG criteria, including keyboard navigation, focus order and visibility, labels and instructions, headings and structure, tables, forms, error handling, color contrast, non-text content, reflow, zoom, and screen-reader compatibility.
Document accessibility defects with applicable requirements or WCAG criteria, severity, reproduction steps, supporting evidence, and remediation guidance; track defects through closure and retest corrected functionality.
Test application behavior with screen readers and other assistive technologies, including JAWS and NVDA where applicable, and verify functionality can be operated without a mouse.
Maintain test cases, results, traceability, defect evidence, remediation status, and accessibility compliance reports for release decisions and government accessibility reviews.
Participate in SAFe Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, refinement, demonstrations, and retrospectives, to ensure accessibility requirements and acceptance criteria are addressed early.
Identify opportunities to improve Section 508 testing processes, reusable accessibility test assets, automated scanning, developer feedback, and accessibility quality practices across JTMS.