Senior Test Automation Engineer for NATO with security clearance
Remote | NATO Secret Clearance Required | Occasional Travel to The Hague We are supporting NATO in the continued development and validation of NIRIS (Networked Interoperable Real-Time Information Services), a critical interoperability platform used within multinational defence environments. We are looking for an experienced Test Automation Engineer who combines manual testing expertise, automation skills, API testing experience, and strong quality assurance practices. This role will focus on testing, validation, automation, interoperability verification, and release readiness activities within a modern Agile development environment.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain test cases and test scenarios Execute functional, integration, regression, system, and release testing Develop and maintain automated test suites Verify REST APIs, messaging interfaces, and interoperability scenarios Analyze defects and support root cause investigations Create test plans, execution reports, and release verification documentation Support CI/CD testing activities Participate in Agile ceremonies and sprint planning Contribute to software quality improvements and testing best practices Support interoperability events and validation exercises Required Experience 5+ years of software testing and quality assurance experience 3+ years designing and executing manual test cases 2+ years of test automation experience Experience testing: REST APIs Messaging systems Distributed systems Integration interfaces Experience with at least one automation framework: Robot Framework Selenium Playwright Cypress Cucumber Gauge Experience with: Jira GitLab CI/CD pipelines Test management tools Experience with scripting or programming: Python Java Bash Ansible Experience with Docker or virtualized environments Strong troubleshooting skills across Windows and Linux environments
Nice to Have
Defence or NATO experience Tactical Data Links Link 16 Link 22 JREAP OTH-Gold VMF CESMO ISTQB certification TMap certification Project Details Remote delivery NATO Secret clearance required Agile/Scrum environment Occasional travel to NCIA The Hague Opportunity to support interoperability and multinational defence systems Why This Role Is Interesting This is not a traditional QA role. The assignment combines automation, API testing, interoperability testing, release validation, distributed systems, and defence-related software platforms. The engineer will directly contribute to software used in multinational operational environments.