Accessibility Specialist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• At least 5 years of relevant work experience, including 3 or more years directly supporting accessibility standards.
• Strong expertise in Section 508 laws, WCAG 2.2 AA, and ADA.
• Fluency with JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, ZoomText, and Dragon Naturally Speaking, and understanding of the experience of using these assistive technologies.
• Knowledge of HTML5, web standards, and compatibility issues affecting assistive technology use with common enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with testing devices such as iPhone and Android phones, and with JAWS.
• Comfort working independently and as part of a team, managing multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, anticipating challenges, and adapting to changing situations and new information.
• Must currently reside in an eligible state: Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, or Wisconsin.
• Maintain access to strong, reliable internet for remote work, except when on vacation or holiday.
• Maintain high security practices to protect Coforma and client information, including when on vacation.
• Attend in-person project events such as meetings, workshops, and trainings when requested with advanced notice.
• Represent Coforma professionally and sincerely and model its Company Values.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in federal government contracting or consulting is highly valued.
• Experience as an accessible media service provider, member of a document remediation team, accessibility professional in an IT space, or technical quality assurance professional or evaluator.

Responsibilities

• Conduct accessibility audits and design reviews of single-page applications, components, and content across VA.gov; identify non-compliant patterns and provide clear remediation guidance.
• Advise VFS teams on accessible coding practices and design system fixes, help prepare for VA 508 office audits, and translate audit feedback into actionable work items.
• Provide strategy to VA VFS teams to support successful accessible deliverables.
• Audit and remediate non-web documents, including PDFs, Microsoft Office files, and Google Docs, to meet accessibility standards.
• Collaborate with internal and external technical stakeholders, vendors, and partners, and liaise with third-party providers and government accessibility offices to align on compliance expectations.
• Review Figma designs and mockups for inclusive design practices and accessibility standards.
• Support assistive technology use during user research sessions and capture real-world accessibility observations.
• Complete Coforma and VA onboarding, obtain required system permissions, and learn VFS workflows, VA.gov design system standards, VA GitHub, and current ADE project priorities.
• Shadow the team lead, observe user research sessions, and begin handling initial audit tickets.
• Prepare transition documentation and track recurring problem areas for a seamless project hand-off.