Lead Section 508 Accessibility SME

Founded in 2008, OPTiMO is an experienced consulting firm specializing in world\-class, enterprise\-level application development, system integration, and digital design. We support a client base spanning the public and private sector, and we strive for excellence both in our design work and in the service to our clients. We are looking to add an experienced Lead Section 508 Accessibility Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support accessibility compliance, remediation, quality assurance, reporting, technical guidance, and continuous improvement for client systems, documents, digital content, and services. The Lead Section 508 Accessibility SME will serve as a senior technical resource, providing leadership and oversight to accessibility and remediation personnel, resolving complex accessibility issues, supporting consistent application of Section 508 requirements, and communicating accessibility compliance trends, metrics, risks, and improvement opportunities to program leadership and stakeholders. Requirements: * BA/BS degree. * Senior\-level experience supporting Section 508 accessibility compliance, remediation, validation, and quality assurance within the federal government. * Deep working knowledge of Section 508 requirements, applicable WCAG success criteria, PDF/UA, accessible design principles, assistive technology behavior, and accessibility remediation practices across documents, web content, applications, forms, and other electronic content. * Demonstrated experience serving as a Section 508 technical lead or SME, including leading remediation efforts, providing technical direction, resolving complex accessibility issues and escalations, conducting QA/QC reviews, and mentoring accessibility personnel. * Experience developing and communicating accessibility metrics, compliance status, remediation progress, risks, recurring findings, and improvement recommendations to program leadership and client stakeholders. * Advanced experience identifying, evaluating, and remediating accessibility issues in PDFs, Microsoft Office documents, digital forms, web content, applications, and other electronic content, including advanced Adobe Acrobat Pro PDF remediation. * Ability to evaluate accessibility beyond automated tool\-based checks, distinguish between automated findings, warnings, best\-practice recommendations, and actual Section 508 compliance issues, and provide appropriate remediation guidance. * Advanced experience using accessibility testing, remediation, and assistive technologies such as Adobe Acrobat Pro, Accessibility Management Platform (AMP), PAC, DHS Trusted Tester tools/methodology, ANDI, axe DevTools, WAVE, Accessibility Insights, Color Contrast Analyzer, JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, browser developer tools, or similar technologies. * Experience using the Accessibility Management Platform (AMP) or similar enterprise accessibility compliance management platforms to support compliance monitoring, remediation tracking, reporting, metrics,