Expert Test Engineer

<p>Join Keystone Solutions as an Expert Test Engineer on a consultancy mission for our client, an independent federal administration whose mission is to provide protection to individuals at risk of persecution or serious harm upon return to their country of origin. In line with Belgian, European, and international standards, the client examines each request for international protection in an individual, objective, and impartial manner.</p><p>Within the clients organization, a major modernization trajectory is underway under the eDossier program. This is a very ambitious program, composed of multiple projects with a tight timeline. To continue shaping and delivering the program, we are seeking strong profiles willing to engage on a temporary basis until delivery, currently planned at least through the end of 2027. Contracts are for a defined duration, are terminable immediately, and are extendable following a positive evaluation by the client. As a Keystone Solutions consultant, you will work closely with the client to deliver the missions outcomes.</p><p>This role is for an expert-level, hands-on Test Engineer (10+ years of experience required). You will be expected to create and implement a test strategy and an agile operational test plan (both business and technical) tailored to the eDossier context (cloud, APIs, zero trust, microservices, etc.), and to implement it as automatically as possible so that the quality of the eDossier solution (software and hardware) is beyond question for internal and external stakeholders. You will team up with other experienced, highly competent, and motivated professionals as a Keystone Solutions consultant embedded with the client.</p><p><strong>Consultancy at Keystone Solutions: How You Will Work:</strong></p><p>As a Keystone Solutions consultant, you will operate on site at the client location alongside their teams, applying our consultancy model: focused delivery, clear outcomes, and pragmatic collaboration. You will carry out all responsibilities below while representing Keystone Solutions standards of excellence, partnering daily with the clients engineers, analysts, and stakeholders to deliver secure, robust, and high-quality solutions.</p><p><strong>Client Context, Location, and On-Site Expectations:</strong></p><ul><li>The mission is part of the clients eDossier modernization program with delivery planned at least through the end of 2027.</li><li>This is a hands-on role focused on analysis, design, and implementation; it is not a pure lead and/or advisory-only position.</li><li>To foster team spirit and support initiative ramp-up, on-site presence is required three days per week at the clients offices near Brussels-South (Bruxelles-Midi) station. This mission is not compatible with four days of telework per week.</li></ul><p><strong>Required Qualifications and Skills:</strong></p><ul><li>10+ years of relevant professional experience as a Test Engineer (expert level, mandatory).</li><li>Degree, preferably in Computer Science (short or long type higher education), obtained from a recognized college or university within the European Union, is mandatory. The diploma must be provided together with your CV when you apply.</li><li>Continuously upskilling to stay current with the latest sustainable trends and innovations, with a focus on cloud-native engineering, development, and testing.</li><li>5 years of hands-on experience testing cloud (native) developments/solutions, preferably within Microsoft Azure.</li><li>5 years of hands-on experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD).</li><li>5 years of hands-on experience with monitoring and observability of software solutions, preferably Grafana.</li><li>5 years of hands-on experience with test automation.</li><li>3 years of hands-on Java SE experience.</li><li>3 years of hands-on experience with Java SE 10+.</li><li>3 years of hands-on experience with Bash and/or PowerShell.</li><li>5 years of hands-on experience with API test frameworks and tools, preferably Bruno.</li><li>5 years of hands-on experience with UI test frameworks and tools, preferably Cypress, with strong knowledge of the HTML DOM.</li><li>3 years of hands-on experience with unit, regression, and integration testing, preferably JUnit and Cucumber.</li><li>5 years of hands-on experience with performance, stress, and load testing, preferably via JMeter and Gatling.</li><li>3 years of hands-on experience with version control, pull requests, and code quality tools.</li><li>5 years of hands-on experience with end-to-end (E2E) testing.</li><li>3 years of hands-on experience with security testing.&lt