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

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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.