IVQ Infrastructure Engineer (NATO Project)

Description

The ITM project is building a resilient, flexible ICT infrastructure to improve continuity of business and recovery after disasters.

It replaces the legacy NS network with a modernised ITM Operational Network across the NATO Command Structure, moving from distributed networks, server rooms and local support to centralised IaaS provisioning and a central ESOC for infrastructure and service operations.

The role sits in the IVV ITM team. You will confirm that new features, requirements and bug fixes work as intended and that no new defects appear from one release to the next.

You will review what the development team delivers, accept or reject it against set criteria, and integrate it by following the installation procedure on the reference platform in NATO facilities, remotely, on site or both.

Career paths include moving into other domains or sites, choosing between a technical or leadership track, and building an international career across the wider group.

The company has an engineering team in Romania working on software and research for defence, maritime, air traffic, satellite, simulation and biometric systems.

Responsibilities

• Clarify requirements for testing new features and bug fixes where needed.
• Build manual and automated tests for the ITM platform.
• Write and update test cases and test data for new features and fixes, both manual and automated.
• Run manual and automated test cases in every release phase, including enhancements and patches.
• Investigate test failures to establish whether the cause is a bug, a faulty test platform installation, or inconsistent test data or test sheets. Share findings with the France team, agree the next steps and get the work moving again.
• Track test progress and report on it, applying quality assurance processes that keep projects aligned with agreed standards, methods and procedures.
• Test existing system processes and recommend improvements.
• Meet key stakeholders to establish business system needs and requirements.
• Carry out and report on technical and business analyses.
• Check new software requirements and features for compatibility with current systems.
• Keep product quality high throughout development.
• Integrate and commission systems at NATO facilities and support project deployment.

Requirements

• Testing skills to validate customer requirements.
• Automation skills and experience with CI/CD chains, since all tests will be automated.
• Terraform (mandatory).
• Jenkins (nice to have).
• Ansible (mandatory). Molecule (nice to have).
• GitLab at a basic level (mandatory). Deeper knowledge is nice to have.
• VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF): vCenter (mandatory), vSAN (mandatory), ESX (mandatory). vCFA, vOps, AVI and NSX (nice to have).
• Linux and Windows (nice to have).
• Backup: experience with at least one tool. Another backup technology such as Veeam is mandatory. Rubrik is nice to have.
• Python (nice to have).
• Knowledge of the technologies in use (mandatory).
• Ability to deploy by hand (mandatory).
• Performance testing experience with JMeter.
• Command line configuration of applications running on Linux.
• French.
• Leadership skills.
• Presentation skills.
• NS clearance.
• Focus, openness, respect, courage and commitment. Self-driven, proactive, a problem solver and a team player.
• Spoken and written English at a high level.

Conditions

Integration can be done remotely, in NATO facilities, or both.

You must be very flexible about travel between France, Belgium and the Netherlands, including trips of several days or weeks to NATO facilities depending on project phase.

Benefits

• 24 days of holiday a year.
• Flexible working hours that support a good work-life balance.
• A comprehensive pay and benefits package, including medical cover and life insurance.
• Online benefits platform.
• GoFluent and Udemy subscriptions.
• Access to the Engineering, Technology and Management Academies.