Accessibility Tester

Position: Accessibility Tester - Deque Axe
Location: Chicago, IL OR Houston, TX
Duration: Contract
Job ID: 173787
Work Schedule: Hybrid 3 days onsite

Job Overview:
The Automation Engineer II will focus on advancing accessibility across digital products through scalable engineering-led automation solutions. This role involves embedding accessibility validation into automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous monitoring, early defect detection, and regression prevention across client-facing digital channels, including websites, mobile apps, and other digital platforms. The position emphasizes accessibility automation at scale, including tools such as Axe Monitor, transactional scripting, Selenium integration, and CI/CD enablement across enterprise digital platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with design, product, and engineering teams to ensure accessibility is integrated into digital experiences from ideation to delivery.
• Provide technical expertise on accessible implementation patterns using semantic HTML and WAI-ARIA.
• Conduct accessibility testing using automated and targeted manual approaches aligned to WCAG 2.2.
• Design, implement, and maintain accessibility automation at scale using Deque Axe Monitor.
• Script and execute transactional accessibility test scripts for flows such as authentication, search, booking, and checkout.
• Integrate automated accessibility checks into Selenium-based automation frameworks.
• Embed accessibility validation into CI/CD pipelines to support shift-left and continuous testing strategies.
• Monitor accessibility trends, regressions, and risks across applications and environments using automated reporting and dashboards.
• Analyze automated scan results to distinguish true accessibility defects from false positives.
• Partner with engineering and test teams to troubleshoot automation failures and guide remediation.
• Maintain reusable and reliable automation scripts and frameworks that scale across products and teams.
• Clearly communicate technical findings and recommendations to engineering, test, and product stakeholders.
• Lead execution of the digital accessibility roadmap with a strong emphasis on automation-first enforcement.
• Translate accessibility goals into repeatable automated validations to reduce manual testing effort and compliance risk.
• Coordinate automation milestones across Product, Engineering, and QA teams, aligning accessibility automation with release schedules.
• Conduct targeted manual accessibility testing to validate automated findings and cover gaps automation cannot detect.
• Provide engineering-ready remediation guidance, including code-level recommendations.
• Validate fixes via automated reruns and regression testing prior to release.
• Partner with Engineering, test, and DevOps teams to embed accessibility automation into existing pipelines.
• Ensure compliance with WCAG 2.2 AA and EAA through continuous automated monitoring.
• Produce automation-driven reporting on accessibility coverage, regressions caught pre-release, and trends over time.

Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in digital accessibility with a strong automation and engineering focus.
• Expert knowledge of WCAG 2.1 / 2.2 and WAI-ARIA, including deep understanding of automatable success criteria.
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, including modern SPA behavior.
• Hands-on experience with Deque Axe Monitor, including configuration, execution, and maintenance of transactional scripts.
• Proven experience integrating accessibility automation into Selenium-based test frameworks.
• Ability to write, maintain, and troubleshoot transactional automation scripts executed at scale.
• Experience integrating accessibility automation into CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
• Strong debugging skills related to flaky automation selectors, timing issues, and dynamic content.
• Experience working with version control systems like Git and enterprise automation practices.
• Excellent technical communication skills with engineering and test teams.
• Must be local to Houston or Chicago and willing to work in a hybrid environment.

Pay: $53-55/hr

About PTR Global: PTR Global is a leading provider of information technology and workforce solutions. PTR Global has become one of the largest providers in its industry, with over 5000 professionals providing services across the U.S. and Canada. For more information visit www.ptrglobal.com

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Pay Range: $52 - $55/hr on W2 Only

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