About this job

Sapienza Consulting is recruiting a Software Test Automation Engineer to join NATO – NCIA, working off-site.

Responsibilities

Under guidance of product owner, technical architect and a test manager/director – software test automation engineer will work on automating current test procedures, execute (automated) test procedures and report test results. He or she is expected also to be part of next version baseline testing, using automated improvement steps implemented and monitoring test automation system(s). Software test automation engineer will perform following activities:

• Drive progress of test automation, with priority focus to achieve more significant reduction of manual testing first
• Develop/conduct unit and automated testing of software components
• Develop/support manual test procedures if required

Work will occupy about 800 hours starting in OCTOBER 2020 and ending not later than 31 Dec 2020. Results will be assessed, and possibly followed by another contract for 2021. Contractor will be required to work on average 40 hours per week. Contractor will work from their own home location. He or she will be accessing laboratories at NCI Agency as a member of C2 Service Line with NIRIS Test Director/Manager. There may be travel required to NCI Agency The Hague and other sites within NATO for system tests and observing exercises.

Profile

• Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
• Candidate must have relevant and recent experience in system and software testing (certifications will be an advantage)
• Candidate must have relevant and recent experience in using testing tools (e.g. Jira, TestRail), automated test frameworks (e.g. Selenium, Gauge) and methodologies (e.g. Agile)
• Candidate must have proven and extensive experience in scripting, using a variety of tools and systems
• Candidate must have relevant and recent experience in verifying functional and nonfunctional requirements. (e.g. development of test cases, test data, etc.)
• Candidate must have relevant and recent experience in working with software development team
• Candidate is able to speak and write fluent English since work is conducted in English

Practical experience in one or more of following areas is desirable:

• NIRIS or other NATO tools supporting Situational Awareness
• Networking protocols (e.g. TCP, UDP) and (message-oriented) application protocols (e.g. HTTP, HTTPS, AMQP)
• Continuous software integration and automated testing

Please send your CV (in English) as soon as possible, but no later than 25/09/2020 to jobs@sapienzaconsulting.com

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