Senior Assurance Engineer

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:

Essential Qualifications/Experience:

·         5+ years recent experience in planning and execution of test, verification and validation activities in large complex projects

·         5+ years recent experience with functional, non-functional and interoperability testing of systems and products

·         Proven experience with managing external stakeholders and coworkers during the execution of large complex projects

·         Ability to understand and reason about hardware and software system architectures typically found in system design documentation

·         Experience in the management of a team of testers, quality or development engineers

·         Experience using, and testing in virtualized and cloud environments

·         Familiar with main test tools for test management, defect management and requirements management

·         Experience dealing with independent testing when the testing is conducted by an external party

Desirable Qualifications/Experience:

·         Advanced certification in the area of testing and testing management

·         Experience testing NATO/military business domain

·         Experience with assurance tools and processes

·         Experience as an interoperability tester within NATO context

DUTIES/ROLE: 

·         Plans, organises and conducts formal reviews and assessments of complex domains areas, cross-functional areas, and across the supply chain

·         Evaluates, appraises and identifies non-compliances with organisational standards and determines the underlying reasons for non-compliance

·         Produces test documentation such as (Event) Test Plans, Test cases, Requirements Traceability Matrix, test reports, etc.

·         Provides assurance to test artefacts such as the Requirements Traceability Matrix

·         Manages the design, planning and execution of the V&V events and its reporting

·         Provides support to projects where the execution is performed by an external contractor

·         Provides support to the operational community in operational acceptance activities