Senior Software Test Engineer – NIRIS, Security Clearance
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Senior Software Test Engineer for NATO ensuring software quality in complex systems. Seeking experienced individuals for developing automated and manual test cases in an Agile environment.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, maintain, and improve manual and automated test cases for NIRIS baselines.
- Execute functional, regression, integration, system, and release testing.
- Build, maintain, and refactor automated test scripts using frameworks such as Robot Framework, Playwright, Selenium, or Cypress.
- Support test automation frameworks within the NATO Software Factory (Azure DevOps / GitLab CI/CD).
- Perform interface and interoperability testing for tactical data links and external systems.
- Prepare test data and support test-event preparation (e.g., CWIX, customer visits).
- Log, track, retest, and verify defects using Jira / Zephyr or equivalent.
- Produce and maintain test documentation: test plans, test cases, execution reports, regression reports, release readiness inputs.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives).
- Provide test evidence, KPIs, and release recommendations to support acceptance and governance decisions.
- Proactively identify risks, blockers, dependencies, and process improvements.
Requirements:
- 5+ years in software testing & QA (complex/distributed systems)
- Professional proficiency in English (oral & written)
- Experience in Scrum/Agile environments
- 3+ years in manual testing (functional, regression, integration, release)
- 3+ years in defect management (identification, reporting, retesting, verification)
- 2+ years in API/Interface testing (RESTful services, messaging systems)
- 2+ years in Web GUI & CLI testing
- 2+ years in interoperability testing (external systems, data exchange)
- 2+ years in test automation (Robot Framework, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar)
- 1+ year in scripting (Python, Java, Bash, or Ansible)
- 1+ year in containers (Docker or equivalent)
- Familiarity with tools like Jira, Zephyr, GitLab, CI/CD pipelines
- Experience in Documentation: Test plans, cases, reports, defect reports, release readiness
- OS troubleshooting in Windows Server & Linux (IP, DNS, HTTP, certificates)
Benefits:
- Professional development opportunities



















