Job Opportunity: Chief Technology Office | Innovation and Engineering Services, Web Platform

Location: Albany – 50 Wolf Rd., Flr 3 or NYC area

The incumbent for this position will be part of a group within the WebNY Platform team that helps to ensure all websites developed and delivered are functionally accessible to all users regardless of ability.

The duties of the position include but are not limited to:

• Test websites for accessibility issues
• Provide guidance and support to developers to develop websites, or components of websites, that adhere to accessibility compliance
• Provide guidance and support to content editors to generate content that adhere to accessibility compliance
• Evaluate and respond to accessibility issues as reported by testing tools or vendors

Tasks will include:

• Use accessibility testing and/or monitoring tools to assess website complianceCreate accessibility reports to share updates on our progress
• Research resources to aide developers in their remediation efforts
• Create user stories to document accessibility issues and provide all elements needed by developers for remediation
• Identify and post accessibility resources for our various audiences (client agencies, QA team, development team, design team, etc.)
• Provide verbal and prepare written communication to other team members and possibly to clients, and attend meetings as needed
• Create presentation materials as needed to report on status of accessibility issues; Support any tasks related to training and audit functions as needed

Daily task will require the use of the following MS Office applications:

• Word
• PowerPoint
• Excel
• Outlook
• Teams
• SharePoint

Apply: StateJobsNY – Public Information: Review Vacancy