30 Jul
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Important Business
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Hyderabad
30 Jul
Important Business
Hyderabad
Accessibility (a11y) Specialist — Digital Forms Modernization
Role overview
XTGlobal is seeking an Accessibility
Specialist to validate and improve the accessibility of web forms being
modernized on Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). Working alongside developers, QA,
and business analysts, you will evaluate AEM Adaptive Forms — converted from
legacy Adobe (LiveCycle/XFA) and HTML forms — against WCAG 2.1 Level AA,
identify conformance gaps, and provide explicit, actionable remediation guidance.
You will act as the team’s
accessibility subject -matter expert, helping shift accessibility into design
and development so that compliance is built in rather than retrofitted —
reducing rework and ensuring forms reach client review already conformant.
Key responsibilities
â Evaluate AEM Adaptive Forms for conformance to WCAG
2.1 Level AA (and Section 508 / applicable standards) using both automated
tooling and structured manual testing.
â Perform manual accessibility testing with assistive
technologies — screen readers (NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, TalkBack),
keyboard -only navigation, screen magnification, and high -contrast / zoom /
reflow scenarios.
â Validate the elements most critical to accessible
forms, including:
â Focus & tab order — logical, predictable
keyboard focus order across all fields and controls.
â Labels, headers & help text —
programmatically associated field labels and headers, accessible tooltips and
instructional text, and correct formatting/markup.
â Input prompts & instructions — clear
prompts, required -field indication, and format/constraint guidance presented
accessibly.
â Error handling — accessible error
identification, descriptive messaging, correction suggestions, and proper
formatting/announcement via ARIA live regions and error -to -field association.
â Review broader form accessibility: semantic structure,
name/role/value, color contrast, focus visibility, target size, reflow,
timeouts, and dynamic/status messages.
â Provide developer -friendly remediation guidance mapped to specific WCAG success criteria, with concrete, AEM -appropriate
recommendations at the HTML / CSS / ARIA level.
â Partner with design and development during grooming to
define accessible patterns and a reusable accessible component library and contribute accessibility criteria to the team’s Definition of Done.
â Integrate and triage automated accessibility checks (axe -core / axe DevTools, WAVE, Lighthouse, IBM Equal Access, Pa11y) filtering
false positives and confirming findings manually.
â Produce accessibility audit findings, conformance
reports, and supporting documentation (e.g., VPAT / ACR) for internal
and client review.
â Verify accessibility of generated documents (e.g.,
tagged / accessible PDFs) where forms produce them.
â Support UAT and client accessibility reviews; retest
and track defects to closure.
â Mentor developers and QA on accessible development and
testing practices and keep the team current on evolving standards (WCAG 2.1 /
2.2, WAI -ARIA, ADA Title II, Section 508).
Requirements
Required qualifications
testing and remediation experience.
â Strong, practical command of WCAG 2.1 Level AA success criteria; working knowledge of WAI -ARIA and Section 508.
keyboard -only operation.
tools (axe, WAVE, Lighthouse, ANDI, IBM Equal Access, or Pa11y).
and ARIA well enough to diagnose issues and advise developers on fixes.
â Demonstrated experience testing web forms specifically — labels, fieldsets/grouping, dynamic content, and error handling.
guidance and audit reporting; a collaborative, advisory working style.