Blessy Manna
Nellore,AP
Summary
A Challenging position where in my 3+ years of experience in quality assurance, manual testing and accessibility testing across multiple technologies and platforms could be used and there is an opportunity to learn.
Passionate accessibility tester with a zeal for ensuring that digital products and services are accessible to everyone. With over 3+ years of experience in the field, brings a comprehensive understanding of how to identify and fix barriers to access. Driven to make the digital world a more inclusive place for all. Build strong knowledge through DHS trusted tester certification for making all the products compliant with the WCAG standards.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Accessibility Test Engineer
Tek Systems
08.2023 - Current
- As a senior accessibility test engineer, I have worked on Verizon products in various platforms like desktop, web, mobile devices
- Experience in accessibility testing of various platforms, such as web, mobile, and desktop applications
- Responsible for User story update and tracking
- Involved in manual testing ensuring the product Is compliant with the WCAG 2.1 standards
- Ensuring the exact remediation for the accessibility issues
- Collaborate with developers, designers, and stakeholders to provide clear and actionable recommendations for accessibility improvements related to section 508, ADA, WCAG 2.1
- Working closely with Dev team for better improvement in accessibility issues to make it compliant with WCAG and ADA
- Strong knowledge on Web accessibility standards ( WCAG 2.1)
- Strong understanding of HTML and CSS- able to demonstrate it with the code inspector for browsers such as Chrome, Edge
- Ability to provide clear and actionable recommendations for accessibility improvements
- Providing remediations using WAI ARIA for screen reader related issues
- Tested various pdf file and provided remediation for the issues observed
- Experience on using Adobe Acrobat pro and PAC tools
- Collaborating with developers and uat testers for guiding accessibility path in organisation
- Collaborating with dev team and project managers for design review of the components
- Technologies used: Accessibility Insights for Web, desktop, NVDA, JAWS, JIRA.
Accessibility Test Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
04.2021 - 07.2023
- Responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of the software products developed by the team
- I coordinated with a team of 10 testers, getting assigned to the tasks and making sure they meet deadlines and quality standards
- I provided training and coaching to the freshers to help them improve their skills and thus achieve better results
- I worked closely with the development team to ensure that defects are addressed and fixed in a timely manner
- Independently leading entire Accessibility function and playing a pivotal role as a member in the accessibility team
- Playing a key role in evolution of accessibility from a compliance requisite to a standard for software development
- Prioritizing user experience and delight for the differently abled since commencing Accessibility career as an A11y tester
- Ensuring compliance with WCAG 2.0/MAS standards and ensuring all they are good related to ADA
- Reducing A11Y defects by including A11y details in prototypes for testing functionalities using both mouse and keyboard
- Testing of the application for making it WCAG 2.1Compliant and logging the bugs into the azure boards
- Reporting the bugs in the environment and suggesting the fix of the issues to the development team
- Complete ownership of functional area
- Responsible for eDAD bug regression, bug logging to the correct area path
- Worked on pdf remediation and making the files accessible to everyone
- Well experience in using Adobe Acrobat pro tools and PAC tools for accessibility issues and remediation
- Deals with the user stories and make sure to complete it on time
- Easily deals with the customers and sort out their issues within a limited time
- Used Accessibility Insights tool for desktop applications and more extensions like AI for web applications
- Mostly used tools for testing are Narrator, NVDA, JAWS, Talkback and Voice over for different platforms
- Technologies used: Accessibility Insights for web and Desktop, NVDA, Narrator, Azure DevOps, JAWS.
Education
B.tech -
JNTUA College of Engineering Pulivendula
01.2019
Intermediate -
Abhyas Junior College
01.2015
High School -
St. Joseph’s Convent High School
01.2013
Accomplishments
- DHS Trusted Tester- TTV5 certified.
- Section 508 and ADA
- Achieved on the spot team award for working with team and giving better output as per the SLAs unitedly.
- Achieved on the spot award for working consistently on all the tasks given to me and also indulged in every team task following SLA’s.
- WIX Certified.
Details
Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India, Accessibility Testing, Manual Testing, Functional Testing, JIRA, Test Planning, Test Strategy, Continuous Testing, Regression Testing, WCAG 2.1, WAI ARIA, Screen reader, Defect Tracking, Bug Life Cycle, Web application testing, Desktop application testing, Mobile app testing, Pdf testing
Personal Information
Title: Senior Accessibility Test Engineer
Timeline
Senior Accessibility Test Engineer
Tek Systems
08.2023 - Current
Accessibility Test Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
04.2021 - 07.2023
B.tech -
JNTUA College of Engineering Pulivendula
Intermediate -
Abhyas Junior College
High School -
St. Joseph’s Convent High School
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