FEL261124P5A1: Senior QA & Test Automation Engineer | Brussels | 60% Remote

Project overview

An international company in the energy sector, operating as a European transmission system operator, is looking for an experienced QA & Test Automation Engineer (Testing Service, Senior) to strengthen its Quality Assurance chapter in Brussels.

You will test various applications in the fields of Content Management System, Asset Management and Market & Adequacy (CRM). Working side by side with internal staff and other consultants, you will help build a sustainable, green and reliable energy infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Writing test plans and test scenarios
• Write a test plan and test scenarios based on existing documentation and existing functionalities of the applications
• Recommend the tests to execute (e.g. non-regression tests) based on acceptance criteria defined in user stories and on the identified risks
• Test scenarios include functional testing, non-functional testing (load, performance, security, data quality, ...), integration testing and non-regression testing
• All documents are written in English and must be accessible to any European reader with a basic knowledge of English
• Preparing test data
• Select or create test data before executing the test scenarios
• Executing the test scenarios
• Execute the test plan and test scenarios and document test results (success or failed) with test evidence such as logs and screenshots
• Work pragmatically, with efficiency in mind and within the planning of the team
• Test automation
• In coordination with the team, select the test cases to be integrated in an automated test suite
• Implement the test automation
• Maintain and execute the automated test suites regularly
• Follow-up of defects
• Report and follow up defects in the bug-tracking tools; update and maintain the test documents with the test results
• Achieve the adequate quality level in collaboration with the developers and the project leader
• Give the "Go" to deploy from the test environment to the acceptance environment, and consider (and reproduce in test) any defect found in acceptance or production
• The IT Application Manager (ITAM) is responsible for the planning and work assignment of the tester
• Work split: 30% test specification, 30% test automation, 30% test execution & follow-up of defects, 10% test reporting

Requirements

• Proven experience in test plan / test design / test scenario writing
• Strong experience in test automation and/or tangible programming / scripting experience (e.g. Python) and/or equivalent logic (can explain in pseudo code)
• Consistent knowledge of performance testing
• Basic knowledge of databases (SQL and NoSQL) and associated queries
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum teams
• Playwright as well as Robot Framework (RF) are becoming the standard, experience in them is therefore an asset
• English is a must (all texts are written in English and the standard language of the team is English), with knowledge of French and/or Dutch
• Able to work both autonomously and in a team
• Critical mind and the courage to challenge
• Able to understand simple technical IT concepts such as service and client application, web service, API, protocol, front end, back end, etc.
• Experience with RabbitMQ is a major plus
• Experience with DevOps tickets is a plus
• Security testing is a plus
• Soft skills: active, creative, autonomous, thinking out of the box, result-driven, pragmatic and resilient

Project details

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Your team at joyIT.

• Location: Brussels (Empereur), Belgium
• Work Model: Hybrid
• Onsite Requirement: 2 days per week, 60% remote
• Workload: 100% (Monday to Friday)
• Start: 21.12.2026
• Duration: until 31.12.2027, 12 months, extension possible
• Non-EU candidates: a valid work permit and residence permit for Belgium are required
• Start: date 12/2026
• Duration: 12 months
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Brüssel, Belgium, BE
• Languages: English, French, Dutch