
Test Automation Engineer (Open-Source Security Platform, Python) for NATO with security clearance
WLG • Mons, Wallonia, Belgium
**Role & seniority: ** QA / Software Test Engineer (mid-to-senior; ~5+ years; could be 10+ years exceptional)
**Location & work type: ** Mons, Belgium; onsite for a multinational defense organization; involves coordination with external teams/community
**Stack/tools: **
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Testing: test strategy execution, test automation, API testing
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Programming/scripting: Python
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Ops basics: Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB
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Web apps: configuring web applications
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Security: security principles, practice, and technology
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Platform: open-source threat-intelligence sharing platform (managed instances + integrations)
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Top 3 responsibilities:
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Plan and manage testing (define environments, design test cases/scenarios, ensure realistic coverage).
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Appraise compliance against organizational standards; identify non-compliance and root causes.
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Document/report findings with risk analysis and ensure remediation actions are driven.
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Must-have skills:
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5+ years developing and executing software test strategies
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Test automation and API testing
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Python scripting
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Basic operations of Linux/Apache/MySQL or MariaDB
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Ability to configure web applications
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Strong understanding of security fundamentals
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Strong communication/analysis, professional English, work independently and collaboratively
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Nice-to-haves:
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ISTQB (or similar) certification
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Experience ad
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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.