#NC26ICT189953 - Test Engineer - Closed
Deadline: July 20, 2026
Requester: NATO
Location: The Hague, Netherlands
Job type: Contractor
Start date: September, 2026
Security clearance: NATO SECRET
SCOPE OF WORK / DUTIES / ROLES
Methods and tools:
- Provides advice and guidance to support the adoption of methods and tools and adherence to policies and standards;
- Tailors processes in line with agreed standards and evaluation of methods and tools;
- Reviews and improves usage and application of methods and tools.
Acceptance testing:
- Develops acceptance criteria related to functional and non-functional requirements, business processes, features, user stories and business rules;
- Designs, specifies and executes test cases and scenarios to test that systems, products and services fulfil the acceptance criteria and deliver the predicted business benefits;
- Collaborates with project colleagues and stakeholders involved in the analysis, development and operation of products, systems or services to ensure accuracy and comprehensive test coverage;
- Analyses and reports on test activities, results, issues and risks including the work of others.
Systems integration and build:
- Provides technical expertise to enable the configuration of system components and equipment for systems testing;
- Collaborates with technical teams to develop and agree system integration plans and report on progress;
- Defines complex/new integration builds;
- Ensures that integration test environments are correctly configured;
- Designs, performs and reports results of tests of the integration build;
- Identifies and documents system integration components for recording in the configuration management system;
- Recommends and implements improvements to processes and tools.
Configuration management:
- Applies tools, techniques and processes to track, log and correct information related to configuration items;
- Verifies and approves changes ensuring the protection of assets and components from unauthorised change, diversion and inappropriate use;
- Ensures that users comply with identification standards for object types, environments, processes, life cycles, documentation, versions, formats, baselines, releases and templates;
- Performs audits to check the accuracy of the information and undertakes any necessary corrective action under direction.
REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
- A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 2 years post-related experience;
- At least 2 years recent experience in planning and execution of test, verification and validation activities in large complex projects;
- At least 2 years recent experience with functional, non-functional and interoperability testing of systems and products;
- Proven experience with managing external stakeholders and co-workers during the execution of large complex projects;
- Ability to understand and reason about hardware and software systems architectures typically found in system design documents;
- Ability to understand technical concepts such as DNS, NTP, Email, Databases, Application architectures and inter-application communication protocols;
- Ability to communicate with clarity, coherence, conciseness and engagement, both orally and in writing;
- Certification in the area of test, verification and validation such as ISTQB or a similar certification at the foundation level.
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