Experienced IT Engineer - Quality Assurance

Company: NTT DATA
Location: Warwick
Posted on: June 7, 2021

Job Description:

Job Description

QA is responsible for supporting and equipping our engineering quality assurance teams to ensure successful delivery of our accessibledigital products. This person will be supporting all aspects of integrating accessibility into manual and automated testing:

Responsibilities:

• Partner withEngineering QA in building A11y intomanual and automated testingby:ohelping understand how users experience products using Assistive Technologyohelping understand what to test for and how to test to ensure feature functionality meets A11y AC (Acceptance Criteria).omanually testing key feature functionality to ensure A11y AC is met.
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• Partner with Engineering QA during testing,ensuring A11yAC is being met by:oensuring feature functionality has A11y AC written / availableohelping engineering QA teamunderstand the A11y AC.oanswering technical how-to questions on testing A11y forWeb, IOS & Androidapps.ohelping engineering QAtest and validate A11y AC.
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• Support 3rd-Party Audits by:oreviewing 3rd-Party findings,test resultsore-test, verify reported findings if reported issueis questionableocreate A11y user stories, defects for A11y findings ohelp triage, prioritize A11y issues with product and provide A11y context, guidance on how to remediate A11y findings.
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• Analyze validation test results looking forotraining opportunitiesoengineering methods needing correctionocomponents needing a11y refinementsoprocesses lacking appropriate a11y support.
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• Attend relevant stand-ups and status meetings.Unicorn Responsibilities
  • Bring a depth of development and technical knowledge that complements and strengthens a culture beginning to apply a11y practices in design, engineering and QA.
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• Apply accessibility knowledge to a wide range of client digital properties including but not limited to responsive websites, mobile applications, hybridsand digital documents.
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• Stay up-to-date on current and existing trends in the accessibility space.
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• Partner with Design A11y, Design System teams and Engineering A11y Leads to develop, promote the adoption and integration of accessibility policies, procedures, and standards.Qualifications
  • Ability to think from an end-user perspective
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• Commitment to meeting high expectations of end users
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• Solid experience testing with all common screen readers (JAWS, NVDA,MAC/IOS VoiceOver, TalkBack),keyboard only,andother assistive technology.
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• Ability to interpret and advise on standards, principles and techniques for meeting accessibility success criteria (including WCAG 2.0 AA, WCAG 2.1 AA, and WAI-ARIA)
  • Ability to partner with various cross-functional teams for direction and consistency
  • Providing leadership when necessaryProprietary
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• Excellent organizational and communication skills
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• Familiarity with Responsive Web Design and mobile apps
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• Fluency in the software development lifecycle
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• Strong understanding of supporting products in a SAFe environment specifically how current/future work is scheduled to come through planning, design, engineering and 3rd-party validation efforts
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• Knowledge of Rally, Teams, Confluence and other cooperation toolsPreferred Skills
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• Ability to train and coach colleagues on various accessibility topics
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• Ability to promote and share the importance of accessibility
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• Understanding the overlap between user experience and accessibility
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• Ability to analyze (Android, iOS, web) code and employ problem-solving skills to recommend best solution
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• Knowledge of mobile accessibility best practices on Android and iOS

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