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Arathy Muralidharan Nair Sheeja

Belle Mead,New Jersey

Summary

Established subject matter expert on accessibility, ensuring alignment with emerging trends in disability advocacy, universal design, and web standards. Dynamic and results-driven Digital Accessibility Consultant with a proven track record of accelerating the development of accessible products and services across enterprise-scale projects. Motivated and highly skilled Accessibility Consultant with a profound passion for web development technologies, committed to advancing accessibility and user experience in digital systems. Proficient in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, I thrive on translating technical expertise into enhanced interfaces. Adept at clear and effective communication, both written and verbal, bring a meticulous attention to detail and a formal approach to conveying complex topics concisely. Committed to perform validation and testing web-based interfaces for compliance with design specifications underscores my dedication to ensuring digital accessibility standards.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Accessibility Consultant

Level Access
05.2022 - Current
  • Subject matter expert on accessibility,who provide on-demand support on design, development, and content questions
  • Work with other accessibility coaches to promote consistent accessibility guidance
  • Conduct design reviews, providing feedback and suggestions for addressing concerns
  • Evaluate the digital accessibility of pre-production components and pages for assigned product teams or occasionally conduct larger scale assessments on microsites and pages as assigned
  • Collaborated with clients to define the testing environment boundaries and identify a representative test set of user interface components in client systems.
  • Conducted thorough testing of client systems against manual tests and assistive technology tools, ensuring adherence to accessibility requirements.
  • Entered detailed test results into AMP (Accessibility Management Platform), the industry's first on-demand solution integrating business and technical aspects of compliance with regulations (Section 508, ADA, WCAG 2.2,2.1 and 2.0).
  • Delivered comprehensive testing results to clients through reports, actively participating in conference calls and follow-up discussions to create a roadmap for improving accessibility and usability.
  • Provided technical consultation to customers on effective methods for implementing digital accessibility across various systems, including web, mobile, hardware, and document systems.
  • Worked closely with clients to consult on the process implementation approach for accessibility in their environments.
  • Ensured regular audits of products, reviewing findings, prioritizing fixes, and identifying enablement gaps.
  • Facilitated collaboration and transparency across disciplines, geographies, and company departments.
  • Provided ad hoc accessibility support and guidance to designers and engineers
  • Collaborated with designers to ensure accessibility was integrated into product designs before development.
  • Assisted developers in addressing accessibility challenges by delivering specifications and providing functional prototypes.
  • Educated teams on automated testing, interpreted test failures, identified false positives, and provided support for recommended fixes.
  • Collaborated with the accessibility team conduct validation testing and implement the results.
  • Worked on authoring VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template)

TVC at Google Through Level Access

Level Access
02.2023 - 09.2023
  • Performed accessibility testing, evaluation and analysis on products within Google against existing accessibility standards such as WCAG.
  • Performed accessibility testing, evaluation and analysis with a wide range of assistive technology tools such as screen readers, magnification features, switch control devices, etc on multiple platforms including desktop, mobile, and smart displays.
  • Understand and leverage accessibility testing tools to improve quality of accessibility testing when appropriate
  • Handle ambiguous test requests and environments and create effective accessibility test cases and plans based on available data such as PRDs, Design Docs, functional test plans, etc
  • Conduct non-traditional testing such as walk-throughs, bug fixes, evaluations, etc. Be the voice of a user with disability in their product group and beyond

Senior Accessibility Consultant

NEOGOV
12.2021 - 04.2022
  • Experience in Accessibility methods according to Quality Accessibility Assurance in WCAG 2.1 & WCAG 2.0 standards according to World Wide Web Consortium(W3C), DDA, Accessible Criteria of Digital Service Standard and Web technologies - HTML, CSS, JavaScript and ARIA
  • Performed Usability and Accessibility assessments in End-User View Point which benefit disabled persons
  • Experienced with popular assistive technologies such as JAWS & NVDA
  • Streamlined the Quality Accessibility Assurance testing procedures @ NEOGOV from its Development and make sure the site is usable with the accessible procedures
  • Conduct extensive Usability /Accessibility for all products of NEOGOV on a regular basis to ensure compliance for all of the WCAG 2.0 level A & AA, WCAG 2.1 success criteria are maintained with subsequent sprints
  • Conduct compatibility assessments (cross browser assessments) and ensure application is responsive on web and mobiles
  • Experienced in preparing accessibility reports for all 8 enterprise-level products of NEOGOV
  • Worked on Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) for products based on the Audit results/reports
  • Optimize the assessment process using automated tools for Accessibility (AXE, AXE coconut and WAVE)
  • Solely working for 508 Compliance of 3 projects of NEOGOV
  • Report the accessibility repairs required to be tracked in JIRA
  • Enforced 508 compliance with federal, state, local and internal regulations related to product quality and operational activities.
  • Coached and motivated 5-person QA team to develop competencies and provided 508c subject matter expertise.

Quality Assurance Analyst

NEOGOV
01.2021 - 12.2021
  • Experience in Accessibility methods according to Quality Accessibility Assurance in WCAG 2.1 & WCAG 2.0 standards according to World Wide Web Consortium(W3C), DDA, Accessible Criteria of Digital Service Standard and Web technologies - HTML, CSS, JavaScript and ARIA
  • Performed Usability and Accessibility assessments in End-User View Point which benefit disabled persons
  • Experienced with popular assistive technologies such as JAWS & NVDA
  • Streamlined the Quality Accessibility Assurance testing procedures @ NEOGOV from its Development and make sure the site is usable with the accessible procedures
  • Conduct extensive Usability /Accessibility for all products of NEOGOV on a regular basis to ensure compliance for all of the WCAG 2.0 level A & AA, WCAG 2.1 success criteria are maintained with subsequent sprints
  • Conduct compatibility assessments (cross browser assessments) and ensure application is responsive on web and mobiles
  • Experienced in preparing accessibility reports for all 8 enterprise-level products of NEOGOV
  • Worked on Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) for products based on the Audit results/reports
  • Optimize the assessment process using automated tools for Accessibility (AXE, AXE coconut and WAVE)
  • Solely working for 508 Compliance of 3 projects of NEOGOV
  • Report the accessibility repairs required to be tracked in JIRA
  • Performs 508c Subject Training for New Joinees.

Test Engineer

IBS Software Services Pvt. Ltd
01.2014 - 09.2015
  • Worked with business facing analysis to determine and translate business requirements into technology solutions
  • Performed all testing activities of multiple core CR's to ensure deliverables are met on time, including test planning, test execution, defect tracking and reporting
  • Involved in planning, designing, evaluating, leading and executing end to end testing activities (Functional, Integration and System testing)
  • Participated in meetings with Onsite team, development team, interacted with business team & onsite counterparts for clarification of exact requirements
  • Identified bugs through systematic testing, helped developers reproduce errors and ensured that defects are fixed
  • Worked closely with clients/customers on onsite environment to ensure alignment on technical solution
  • Responsible for doing dump import for the server setup and maintaining testing server for Turkish Cargo
  • Documented and analyzed all test results effectively & accurately to assess product quality and proactively worked to resolve any issues.

Education

Bachelors - Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Mohandas College Of Engineering and Technology

Skills

  • Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) guidelines and specifications & Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
  • Experience evaluating web pages and/or native mobile apps for WCAG 22/21/20 AA and A conformance
  • Experience performing design reviews and translating into user stories
  • Ability to analyze code for accessibility issues in HTML,Javascript , ARIA, and CSS
  • Ability to write accessibility recommendations for remediation
  • Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills
  • Intermediate skill level and expertise with Assistive technology and accessibility-related software, including JAWS, NVDA, Chromevox, VoiceOver, and ZoomText
  • Automated accessibility tools (eg Axe) and experience interpreting results, drafting test rules, piloting new test automation frameworks, recommending fixes and training teams to use automation tools
  • Expertise in authoring VPAT

Non-Technical Skills:

  • Good problem solving and analytical skills
  • Proven organizational and multitasking skills
  • Significantly contribute to design and analysis sessions to ensure sound team decision-making
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Share best practices and lessons learned from past implementation efforts
  • Ability to collaborate productively both independently and with diverse global teams

Accomplishments

  • Level Access Rockstar Leveler Award Winner

Certification

  • ISTQB Certified Tester
  • Coursera Certification For Accessibility Testing

References

  • Nancy Rajarathinam, https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-rajarathinam-b922a692/
  • Soncy Abraham, https://www.linkedin.com/in/soncy-abraham-14296327/
  • Sanoop George, https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanoop-george-318098115/

Additional Information

Accessibility Tools & Features Web Based – W3C, JAWS, JAWS Inspect, aXe, NVDA, WAI-ARIA, ChromeVox, Voiceover, ZoomText, T, Color Contrast Analyzers, ARC Toolbar, Nu HTML Checker, Deque API, WebAIM WAVE, Dragon Naturally Speaking, AMP, Accessible Color Picker etc.


Mobile Devices – VoiceOver, Talkback, Zoom, Invert Colors, Larger Text, Accessibility Scanner


Assistive Technology Devices for various disabilities including Vision, Hearing, Cognitive and Mobility


Testing Tools: Confluence, Buganizer & JIRA


Software/Technology: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Windows 10, SharePoint.


Web Browsers: Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari,


Languages: HTML5, CSS,, Java


Devices: iPhone, Android


Domains: Banking, Financial, Educational Platform, Securities, Insurance, Retail, e-Commerce, HR, Telecom


Key Skills: Test Strategy, Test Cases, Test Sets, Test Plan, Test Scripts, Test Steps, Test Results, Defect & Bug Discovery, System & Unit Testing, Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing, Ad Hoc Testing, Agile, Tracking, Logging & Reporting, Issue Identification & Documentation, Technical Specification Analysis, Accessibility Testing, Functional Testing, Smoke Testing, Security Testing, Sanity Testing, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 & 2.1 Level A, AA, AAA; Assistive Technology, AODA, VPAT 2.0, iOS & Android

Timeline

TVC at Google Through Level Access

Level Access
02.2023 - 09.2023

Accessibility Consultant

Level Access
05.2022 - Current

Senior Accessibility Consultant

NEOGOV
12.2021 - 04.2022

Quality Assurance Analyst

NEOGOV
01.2021 - 12.2021

Test Engineer

IBS Software Services Pvt. Ltd
01.2014 - 09.2015

Bachelors - Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Mohandas College Of Engineering and Technology

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