Job Title: Document Accessibility Consultant (SA)
Experience: 5–8 Years
Role Summary
The Senior Document Accessibility Specialist / Lead owns and drives document accessibility initiatives with a primary focus on European Accessibility Act (EAA), PDAF/UA and WCAG 2.2 Level AA compliance. This role combines advanced remediation, formal audits, governance, mentoring, and client engagement to ensure high‑quality, compliant deliverables at scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and own document accessibility delivery, ensuring full compliance with:
- European Accessibility Act (EAA)
- WCAG 2.2 Level AA
- EN 301 549
- PDF/UA
- Conduct formal accessibility audits, validations, and compliance sign‑offs.
- Perform advanced assistive technology testing using:
- NVDA
- JAWS
- VoiceOver
- Review, approve, and sign off on accessibility deliverables
- Mentor and train junior team members.
- Act as Accessibility SME / SPOC for clients and internal stakeholders.
- Support project estimation, onboarding, compliance reporting, and audit readiness activities.
Required Skills (Mandatory)
- 5–8 years of strong experience in document accessibility remediation, auditing, and compliance.
- Deep expertise in European Accessibility Act (EAA), PDF/UA, WCAG 2.2 Level AA and EN 301 549 documentation requirements
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Acrobat Pro.
- Advanced proficiency in PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC)
- Strong hands-on experience with NVDA, JAWS and VoiceOver.
- Proven ability to translate legal and technical accessibility requirements into actionable remediation guidance.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
Good to Have
- IAAP ADS (Accessible Documents Specialist) certification
- Design Accessible
About us
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
Additional employment information
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