Test Automation Engineer / Test Coordinator

Project overview

Assignment Description

As a senior test automation engineer & test coordinator, you will play a key role in monitoring quality for one of our largest projects. This is a shared role of 25% test coordination and 75% test automation work. We are looking for someone who is truly technically proficient. You will be responsible for setting up, maintaining, and further developing the test automation framework for various applications. This assignment is part of an Agile/SAFe environment, and you will work closely with various parties, including an external supplier.

Activities:

It is important that you have a proactive attitude for this environment. Proficiency in the Dutch language is important.

Given the nature of the client, you will undergo a security screening before starting: please note that this has a lead time.

Background of the assignment

You will be working within the JIVC (Joint Information Provision Command), part of the Materiel and IT Command (COMMIT). Within JIVC, you will work in one of the most sensitive and technological domains of Defense: COC2 and I&V. Here you will work on software and systems that are essential for real-time command and control and intelligence processing. Think of value chains for the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (KMar) for, for example, border control, military police tasks, and the monitoring and security of objects in the Netherlands with increased threat.

You will work closely with peers within and outside Defense in a technically advanced, but always practice-oriented environment. You will join the test group to increase the quality standard together with your test colleagues and learn from each other.

Your area of focus concerns a large application of the KMar, which plays an important role in one of the KMar's primary processes and is used by approximately 1000 colleagues. This application will be elevated to a higher level by Defense, involving multiple software teams. You will work in a test team with 5 other colleagues who are jointly responsible for testing these applications.

Generic description competence area and levels

Constructs and executes systematic test procedures for ICT systems or user applications of clients to establish conformity with design specifications. Ensures that new or revised components or systems perform as expected. Ensures compliance with internal, external, national, and international standards; including health and safety, usability, performance, reliability, or compatibility. Produces documents and reports for certification requirements.

Summary task and mission

Execute design and test plans. Guarantees that delivered or existing products, applications, or services meet technical and user needs and specifications. For existing systems, applications, innovations, and changes; diagnoses product or service failures to meet specifications.

• You will coordinate test and acceptance processes within the project
• You will develop, maintain, and optimize automated test scripts and frameworks;
• You will script and automate test cases for front-end and back-end components;
• You will integrate test automation into the CI/CD pipeline and ensure a stable and scalable test environment;
• You will analyze test results, identify bottlenecks, and initiate improvements in software quality and the test process;
• You will report and advise on test coverage, test results, and quality risks to stakeholders;
• You will test the assurance of AI governance and set up a test approach for it;
• You will actively contribute to the test policy and the further professionalization of test automation within the organization.

Responsibilities

Requirements eCF profile: Test Specialist

Reference Area: B.03 Testing

This assignment is based on the European e-Competence Framework (e-CF). This is a European standard for describing IT competencies and the associated level of responsibility. The eCF profile indicates which competencies and at what level (e-1 to e-5) are expected from the candidate. We expect candidates to clearly demonstrate in their CV that they possess these competencies. This can be done by describing for each relevant assignment or position:

CVs in which the requested eCF competencies are not demonstrably present cannot be fully assessed for suitability.

Additional information

Hybrid working: Yes

Frequency of days working from home: 2 days MAX

On-call services: NVT

• Select and develop integration test techniques to ensure the system meets requirements.
• Design and adapt integration tests, identify open issues.
• Organize test plans and procedures for white-box and black-box testing at unit, module, system, and integration levels.
• Prepare procedures for results analysis and reporting.
• Design and implement debugging and correction procedures.
• Write test programs to assess software quality.
• Develop tools to increase testing effectiveness.
• the role the candidate fulfilled
• the activities and responsibilities involved
• the extent to which these align with the required eCF competencies and the level
• Candidate has at least 4 years of demonstrable work experience with the chosen eCF profile similar role.
• Experience within Defense, preferably within the KMar domain.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in setting up and maintaining test automation.
• Experience with test automation using Playwright and/or Cypress.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in coordinating test and acceptance processes.
• Experience with setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Certified in SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework).

Project details

• Start: 2026-11-26T23:00:00
• Location: Utrecht, NL
• Languages: Dutch