Verification and Validation Engineer (Web Applications SW Testing)

Job Introduction

Serco is a specialist at delivering vital services on behalf of European, National and Local Governments.

Serco Europe employ’s a large workforce in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy and the UK.

Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions throughout Europe. 

For our activities in EUMETSAT, we are currently looking for a Verification and Validation Engineer.

Role Responsibility

The key person will work in a matrix arrangement providing support to the other ICT Teams. The primary task will be to lead and implement verification and validation activities. As the Verification and Validation engineer is involved in many major projects in different teams, it is also expected to support the improvement of ICT processes and EUMETSAT business processes.

It is foreseen, that the detailed key tasks will include as a minimum:

1. Plan and implement verification and validation activities within ICT (main task):

• Plan and specify test approach;
• Produce the necessary test documentation (e.g. test plans, test scopes, user-, system-, integration test specifications, test cases, test procedures, test reports, test logs ... );
• Implement test plans, including manual and automatic execution of test cases, test scripts and test tools as well as ad-hoc and break & destroy testing;
• Automate, run and execute performance tests;
• Automate, run and execute regression tests;
• Record and follow-up anomalies found during testing;
• Identify enhancement and improvements opportunities;
• Participate and provide input to TRRs & TRBs;
• Create and maintain system requirements and system verification matrixes;
• Beyond verification through Test activities (as covered above), plan and implement further verification activities through Analysis, Review-of-Design and/or Inspection.

2.  Technical document review:

• Review documentation from verification and validation point of view, especially User Requirements Specifications and System Requirements Specifications;

3.  Support & Working Practices:

• Contribute to project planning and reporting;
• Review Engineering Change Proposals and Change Requests from verification and validation point of view;
• Support the improvement of Business Processes and review Business Process Documentation from a verification and validation point of view;
• Support team leaders in the improvement and standardization of working practices, e.g. project management or application development related working practices within ICT;
• Improve the verification and validation related working practices within ICT;
• Coach software and system engineers in verification and validation processes.

Successful Candidate

In addition to having a university degree in computer science, software engineering (or equivalent), the key person shall have as a prerequisite:

• At least 5 years professional verification and validation experience in  a Microsoft Windows environment;
• Extensive professional software testing experience of bespoke web applications;
• Professional software testing experience of Oracle WebCenter Content 11 g implementations and customisations;
• Knowledge of verification and validation related standards;
• Professional experience in writing verification & validation documentation;
• Experience in a structured, ISO 9001 certified environment;
• Knowledge of PRINCE2 and ITIL (especially change and configuration management).

In addition to the above requirements, experience / knowledge in the following areas shall be considered a distinct advantage:

• Experience in testing COTS (Commercial of the Shelf) application implementations and customizations;
• Experience in configuring, programming and using automated test tools, including automated performance test tools;
• Knowledge of Selenium, JMeter, JUnit, JConsole;
• Knowledge ofSQL and Java;
• Knowledge of Bugzilla and JIRA;
• Knowledge of virtualization systems and their use in verification and  validation processes;
• Experience in writing technical documentation using MS Office.

The work requires a team player with the ability to work efficiently in a small team environment. The variety of the tasks requires a high degree of autonomy and the ability to take your own initiatives as well as good communication skills and a customer-oriented approach.

The official languages of EUMETSA T are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore the key person must be able to work effectively in this language and have knowledge of the other.

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Important

Any offer of employment is contingent upon you providing documents to verify your identity and employment eligibility, as required by law.

Applicants are reminded that they will be requested to produce such documentation during the recruitment process.

Please contact a member of the recruitment team if you require further details of acceptable types of documentation required for verification of identity and work authorization. 

For positions located within the Darmstadt Support Office please note that only applicants with no family affiliation within the Company will be considered.

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Package Description

Full details on application.

Relocation assistance provided (if applicable).

About the Company

Serco Services GmbH, part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multi-national Service Provider with over 50,000 employees worldwide.

Serco’s space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies - We work alongside EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency, where we are the largest on-site service provider with ca. 300 staff.

What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service – To keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play here.

Serco provide the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action.

If you share our values then join with over 50,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you.

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