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Swathi M

Swathi M

Bengaluru

Summary

Accomplished Accessibility Tester with a proven track record at Caterpillar-Cognizant, enhancing web accessibility and compliance with WCAG 2.1 standards. Expert in manual testing with screen readers like JAWS and NVDA, and adept at cross-functional collaboration, significantly reducing post-release defects. Demonstrated ability to lead accessibility improvements, ensuring inclusive digital environments.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Accessibility Tester

Caterpillar-Cognizant
Bengaluru
01.2023 - Current
  • Performed web accessibility testing by using various assistive technologies and devices, as per the accessibility testing standards (WCAG 2.1).
  • Involved in explaining the accessibility defects' impact and severity with the product team and engineering leads.
  • Providing recommendations to the development teams to use semantic HTML wherever possible, and making non-semantic components accessible with proper usage of WAI-ARIA.
  • Attending defect triage calls, explaining the severity of the defect to the product teams.
  • Acting as an A11Y consultant/SME between the product teams.
    Providing accessibility testing in the storybook and playground.
    Done with the wireframe accessibility testing.
  • Participated in agile development meetings, like daily stand-ups (offshore and onshore), backlog refinement, and retrospective and sprint planning calls, to provide regular updates on testing progress and enhance the efficiency of work.
  • Utilized bug-tracking software, including Jira and ALM, to report and track defects.
  • Contributed manual functional testing to the team, including creating Zephyr test cases, sprint story validations, raising defects, retesting, and SIT validations, etc.
  • Conducted continuous regression on various environments, such as UAT, pre-production, and production, which include pre-implementation and post-implementation.
  • Contributed to the release management process for pre-production and production deployments across the feature teams within the project. Completed the case studies for the Caterpillar project.

Accessibility Tester

Workday - Cognizant
Bengaluru
01.2022 - 12.2023
  • Manual Testing Expertise: Conducted thorough manual testing using screen readers (CCA, WAVE, AXE, ANDI, Level Access, NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, and TalkBack) and other assistive technologies to identify and document accessibility issues.
  • Issue Prioritization: Collaborated with project managers and development teams to prioritize and address accessibility issues, ensuring the timely delivery of accessible solutions.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborated closely with development, design, and QA teams to integrate accessibility considerations into the software development life cycle, significantly reducing post-release defects.
  • Documentation and Reporting: Prepared detailed accessibility reports, accessible complaint scores, including recommendations and remediation strategies, facilitating effective communication between development teams and stakeholders.
  • Training and Awareness: Delivered training sessions for development teams to raise awareness of accessibility best practices, resulting in a more inclusive mindset within the organization.
  • Continuous Improvement: Actively participated in continuous improvement initiatives, incorporating lessons learned from each project into the accessibility testing process.
  • Contributed to the continuous improvement of the testing process through the identification of issues. and implementation of best practices regularly.
  • Utilized bug-tracking software, including Jira, to report and track defects.
  • Performed performance testing with the Lighthouse report.
    Doing case studies for each project.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - CSE

S.A.Engineering College
Chennai,India
01-2017

Class XII -

Sri Gayathri Jr College
Tirupathi
01-2016

Skills

  • Manual testing with screen readers
  • WCAG 20/21
  • Section 508
  • JAWS
  • NVDA
  • Voice over
  • Tailback
  • HTML
  • ARIA
  • IOS & Android Mobile Accessibility
  • Browser Compatibility Testing
  • JIRA
  • ALM
  • Agile Accelerator
  • Axe
  • WAVE
  • A11y Checker
  • Level Access
  • Accessibility Insights
  • ANDI
  • CCA
  • Confluence
  • Performance testing
  • HP LoadRunner

Certification

  • OAST Certification, DHS Trusted Tester Certification (TT-210701971)
  • WIX Certification, Accessibility Specialist by WiX
  • AODA Certification

Tools

Axe, WAVE, A11y Checker
Level Access, Accessibility Insights
ANDI
NVDA
CCA
JIRA
Confluence
Performance testing: lighthouse

Timeline

Accessibility Tester

Caterpillar-Cognizant
01.2023 - Current

Accessibility Tester

Workday - Cognizant
01.2022 - 12.2023

Bachelor of Technology - CSE

S.A.Engineering College

Class XII -

Sri Gayathri Jr College

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