Task Lead – 508 Compliance Jobs

Job Title: Task Lead - 508 Compliance Job Summary: This position is in support of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security (CISA), Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). CISA OCIO is responsible for the interpretation, guidance, and oversight of Section 508 laws, regulations and policy across CISA agency and its components; Section 508 agency policies and implementing procedures; Section 508 acquisition and development life cycle integration; Section 508 authorizations for exceptions, enterprise architecture requests, change control requests, and IT acquisition requests; IT Program Section 508 health assessments and reporting; and Section 508 program maturity assessment and reporting for the agency. Responsibilities Include: Providing assessment, testing, customer support and technical assistance for Section 508 compliance for CISA products Developing and maintaining Section 508 compliance and ATP program training, orientation, and educational materials Developing Service Level Agreements (SLAs), policy, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and best practices for IT Programs and Program managers and staff regarding Section 508 and ATP Evaluating and reporting CISA's programmatic and technical Section 508 compliance to customers and stakeholders, document results, and producing best practices Working in partnership with disability-related and equal opportunity-related programs and organizations to ensure coordinated technology accessibility services for CISA employees Providing programmatic and technical assistance to respective employees, offices, and/or programs within CISA regarding the maintenance and use of accessible technology Providing program management office support, including customer service, training, document development, scheduling, editing, project planning, and administrative support Providing senior subject matter expertise to advise on how to address accessibility regulatory and disabled workforce inclusion requirements in CISA's planning, acquisition, design development, implementation, governance, and reporting processes Supporting the CISA agency use of semi and fully automated accessibility testing tools Providing Section 508 technical assistance and responding to Section 508 questions that arise during technical evaluations of Accessibility Conformance Reports and through Section 508 testing, consistent with DHS and CISA accessibility technical guidance Supporting designers and developers with creating accessible web content Providing unit tests and continuous integration test automation scripts, modifications to existing rulesets, and new rulesets Performing Section 508 testing of various ICT using the current version of the DHS and/or CISA approved assessment methods and test reporting tools and formats Conducting technical evaluations of Accessibility Conformance Reports Providing Assistive Technology Support Supporting program health assessments and data calls from DHS HQ and others Required Qualifications and Skills: Bachelor's degree 3+ years of experience with 508 compliance Familiarity with the Trusted Tester Version Section 508 Conformance Test Process for Web (or later) Certified by DHS to test using Trusted Tester current Version 5.0 (or later) Familiarity with Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF Familiarity with Accessibility Tests for Documents endorsed by the Federal CIO Council Community of Practice Desired: 5+ years of relevant experience Prior experience with CISA Work Setting and Environment: Monday - Friday, normal working hours Work is to be performed remotely How FedWriters Will Compensate and Appreciate You: FedWriters offers team members the opportunity to gain a lasting impression in this fast-growing small business. 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