#NC25MGT180308 - Senior Assurance Engineer - Closed
Deadline: June 10, 2025
Requester: NATO
Location: The Hague, Netherlands
Job type: Contractor
Start date: July, 2025
Security clearance: NATO SECRET
SCOPE OF WORK / DUTIES / ROLES
- The section where the duties will be performed is within the Chief Quality Office, Independent Assurance Branch, Product and Service Assurance Team;
- The Product and Service Assurance Team is responsible for the independent verification and validation of all Agency delivered projects, systems, services, processes and programmes, including independent status reporting at executive level;
- This includes in-service projects, systems, services, processes and programmes, which are supported by the Branch through the Agency enterprise change management processes;
- The role is to be a part of a team that deals with planning, execution and reporting on multiple different projects;
- The person will be integrated in a multinational team of assurance engineers with the knowledge of the specific domain(s) as requested for the profile;
- Plans, organises and conducts formal reviews and assessments of complex domains areas, cross-functional areas, and across the supply chain;
- Evaluates, appraises and identifies non-compliances with organisational standards and determines the underlying reasons for non-compliance;
- Produces test documentation such as (Event) Test Plans, Test cases, Requirements Traceability Matrix, test reports, etc;
- Provides assurance to test artefacts such as the Requirements Traceability Matrix;
- Manages the design, planning and execution of the V&V events and its reporting;
- Provides support to projects where the execution is performed by an external contractor;
- Provides support to the operational community in operational acceptance activities.
REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
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At least 5 years recent experience in planning and execution of test, verification and validation activities in large complex projects;
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At least 5 years recent experience with functional, non-functional and interoperability testing of systems and products;
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Proven experience with managing external stakeholders and coworkers during the execution of large complex projects;
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Ability to understand and reason about hardware and software system architectures typically found in system design documentation;
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Ability to communicate with clarity, coherence, conciseness and engagement, both orally and in writing;
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Experience in the management of a team of testers, quality or development engineers;
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Experience using, and testing in virtualized and cloud environments;
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Familiar with main test tools for test management, defect management and requirements management;
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Experience dealing with independent testing when the testing is conducted by an external party;
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Advanced certification in the area of testing and testing management;
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Experience testing NATO/military business domain;
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Experience with assurance tools and processes;
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Experience as an interoperability tester within NATO context.
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