Senior Accessibility Automation Tester

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Contract
  • AU$800 - AU$1100 per day

Our client is a federal government organisation with offices throughout Australia. Due to growth, they are seeking a EL1 Senior Accessibility Test Analyst to join the team in their Richmond or Geelong office.

This will be a 12-month initial contract with a further 12-month extension, 37.5-hour week and subject to negotiations with the line manager, hybrid working arrangements in line with current client policy are available (minimum of 3 days each week in the office, with flexible arrangements in place for the remaining 2 days).
Expected pay rate is dependent on candidate experience and expectations.

Key duties and responsibilities

  • Manage and review Accessibility test cases, test scripts, and test execution including documenting test results, defect management, and other test documentation.
  • Consult the delivery teams to ensure Accessibility requirements and testing objectives are understood and included.
  • Contribute with Director guidance to the preparation of Accessibility Test Plans.
  • Undertake Accessibility analysis of change to understand, prepare, and execute testing for Accessibility test phase as per WCAG guidelines.
  • Identify, design, and develop test cases and frameworks for Accessibility & WCAG testing as per industry guidelines for Applications.
  • Design and implement Accessibility Test guidelines and framework across various systems and application implementations.
  • Understand testing needs and ensure that accessibility test cases/scripts are created, maintained, and executed to meet software release deliverables and project requirements.
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of test quality by undertaking reviews and recommending improvements.
  • Participate in the development and review of test cases to achieve quality outcomes.
  • Prepare all relevant documentation, highlighting the outcomes of Accessibility testing activities.

To apply for this opportunity, you will need as following level of experience:

  • 6 to 8 years testing experience in Accessibility & WCAG testing on Portals and Apps.
  • Run E2E accessibility audits on cloud products.
  • A minimum of 2+ years of Accessibility & WCAG experience in medium- to large-scale systems, applications on Cloud and third-party managed test environments.
  • Demonstrated understanding of Accessibility & WCAG 2.1 guidelines and what this means for the User Experience (UX).
  • Significant knowledge of Accessibility testing tools like WAVE, JAWS, Zoom Text, etc.
  • Comfortable with new ways of thinking about accessibility and enthusiastic about accessible design & development will be highly regarded.

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Please contact Samuel Beckett on Samuel.beckett@talentinternational.com for further information.

Shortlisted will be contacted and applicants will be required to address and complete the above Selection Criteria and clear national police and federal background checks. As part of the eligibility and suitability requirement, the client seeks Labour Hire Workers who will be required to furnish valid evidence of Australian citizenship during the Pre-engagement Check.

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