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Quality Assurance Engineer (Threat Sharing Platform and Integrations) for NATO with security clearance

WLG Mons, Wallonia, Belgium

onsitefull-time
Posted Sep 1, 2026
  • Role & seniority

    • QA/Test Engineer for an open-source threat-intelligence sharing platform

    • Seniority: 5+ years testing experience (or equivalent via degree/experience)

  • Stack/tools

    • Testing/automation: test automation, API testing, test strategy/execution

    • Scripting: Python

    • Platform/ops (baseline): Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB

    • Web apps: configuring web applications

    • Security: security principles/practice/technology

    • (Nice-to-have): PHP, ISTQB, incident response, upstream/open-source community participation, Red Hat/multinational cyber exercises

  • Top 3 responsibilities

    • Plan and manage testing: define environments, create test cases/scenarios that match realistic operating conditions, ensure coverage

    • Configure/manage dedicated platform instances and test infrastructure; perform occasional basic production operations

    • Appraise compliance with org standards, analyze/report findings and risks, and drive corrective actions via documentation and reporting

  • Must-have skills

    • 5+ years developing and executing software test strategies

    • Test automation and API testing

    • Python scripting

    • Basic Linux/Apache/MySQL or MariaDB operations and ability to configure web applications

    • Solid security understanding

    • Strong independent and team work; organization, communication, analysis; professional English

  • Nice-to-haves

    • *ISTQB

Full Description

An intelligence-sharing platform is only worth what its last releasedoes. You would run quality assurance for a multinational defence organisation's deployment of anopen-source threat-intelligence sharing platform and the integrations around it, in Mons, Belgium— working with the service delivery and engineering managers, system administrators, developersand data engineers, and with the open-source community itself. What you would be doing Configuring and managing dedicated platform instances and the infrastructure they test on,with support from the system administration side Occasional basic operations on the production instances Appraising work against the organisation's standards, identifying where it does not comply,and working out why Preparing and reporting on findings and the risks behind them

Planning and managing the testing: specifying the environment, creating the cases andscenarios, and making sure they reflect realistic operating conditions and real coverage Documenting, analysing and reporting results so that something actually gets done aboutthem Occasional support to the user community on the managed production instances Coordinating test activity with external parties, including the core project team and othercommunity members What you would bring At least five years of developing and executing software test strategies Test automation, and API testing Python scripting Basic Linux, Apache and MySQL or MariaDB operations Configuring web applications A good grasp of security principles, practice and technology The ability to work alone and in a team, including supporting the people around you Excellent organisation, communication and analysis, and professional English A bachelor's degree in a related discipline with three years of related experience — or,exceptionally, ten years of progressive expertise in this work Nice to have ISTQB or a similar testing certification Running a threat-sharing instance as an administrator, or writing code for one in Python orPHP Incident response experience, and work with open-source communities Multinational cyber exercises, and Red Hat Why this one is worth a look It sits where testing, security and open source meet — you would be working with the upstreamproject, not just consuming it.

Quality AssuranceThreat IntelligenceTest AutomationAPI TestingPythonLinuxApacheMySQLMariaDBWeb Application ConfigurationSecurity PrinciplesInfrastructure ManagementSystem AdministrationRisk AssessmentDocumentationmulti-location

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