Lead 508 Compliance Specialist

About the role

Alpha Omega is seeking a Lead 508 Compliance Specialist (Public Trust clearance required; US Citizenship) for a hybrid position in Washington, DC to support the 287(g) Program. The role manages the end-to-end accessibility remediation lifecycle for program documentation, ensuring public-facing Memoranda of Agreement (MOAs) comply with Section 508 standards.

Responsibilities

• Document Remediation & Quality Assurance: receive incoming MOAs and execute a multi-stage remediation process using Adobe Acrobat Pro.
• Rigorous Validation: perform iterative scanning to identify and rectify accessibility barriers, ensuring all documents meet federal 508 standards.
• Data Integrity: conduct parallel data quality checks on MOAs to ensure document content accurately reflects program records before finalization.
• Publication & Metadata Management: generate web-accessible versions of MOAs, facilitate creation of hyperlinks for the public-facing program website.
• Tracking & Reconciliation: maintain real-time status in the MOA Tracker; prioritize remediation for “Active” agencies and maintain schedule for “Terminated/Inactive” agency records.
• System Integration: regularly pull SharePoint lists to manage the queue, ensuring the “508 Compliance” status is accurately reflected for all program MOAs.
• Stakeholder Coordination: manage secure distribution of compliant MOAs to government POCs in batches; coordinate with federal leads to receive validated files and integrate final URLs into the central MOA tracker.
• Operational Transparency: manage document publication cadence, ensuring timely turnaround despite shifting volume, and provide status updates to management on publication progress.

Requirements

• Project Oversight Experience: 3‑5 years overseeing aspects of a project, leading a team on large projects or a significant segment of large and complex projects; ability to analyze new and complex project‑related problems and create innovative solutions involving schedule, technology, methodology, tools, solution components, and financial management.
• Systems & Applications Planning: experience providing application systems analysis and developing long‑ and short‑range plans for application selection, systems development, systems maintenance, and production activities for necessary support resources (e.g., the MOA Tracker and SharePoint compliance‑tracking systems).
• Functional Area Experience: 3‑5 years in Section 508 compliance, accessibility remediation, or document/records management.
• Education: some college credits required; an Associate’s Degree preferred.

Skills

• Deep proficiency in Adobe Acrobat Pro (accessibility toolset, tagging, reading order, alt‑text application).
• Strong understanding of Section 508 standards and ability to interpret automated scan results to perform manual remediation.
• Highly organized with experience managing Excel trackers and SharePoint lists; ability to audit data to identify gaps (e.g., empty 508 columns).
• Ability to work effectively with government POCs and internal program leads to ensure document accuracy and timely publication.

Benefits

• 15 days PTO including paid parental, military, and bereavement leave
• Eleven (11) paid Federal holidays, five of which are floating holidays (as designated by the company’s holiday schedule each year)
• Health and Dental Insurance (including 100% employer paid premiums for employee coverage under the HDHP health plan)
• Life Insurance, STD/LTD term disability coverage, with employer paid premiums
• 401(k) plan with a match that is 100% vested after you complete two years of service
• FSA/DFSA/HSA flexible benefit plans
• Annual Tuition & Professional Development Reimbursement benefit

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $141,800 - $151,800.