Senior QA Test Engineer - Relocation to Brussels - Open for European candidates

For an European institution in Brussels, Belgium, we are looking for a Senior QA Test Engineer. EU candidates are welcome to apply. Candidates need to be willing to relocate. A work permit is required for non-European candidates, but not provided! This position is open for contractors and employees. Candidates need to be fluent in English. Tasks and Responsibilities: * Define the scope of testing within the context of each release/delivery; * Responsible for the planning test activities, both functional and non-functional testing; * Participate in the requirement analysis phase to ensure an effective test strategy is devised; * Ensure that all processes related to Quality Management are set up and maintained; * Work together with the relevant stakeholders to devise a strategy for security/penetration testing; * Ensure effective collaboration and interaction between the team members in performing a thorough end-to-end functional and non-functional testing of the System(s); * Validate the Test Summary Reports along with testing evidence delivered for all testing-related activities and provide expert comments on the deliverables and accept or reject them; * Maintain all documentation related to Quality Management; * Support the project team and the Contracting Authority on all issues related to Quality Management; * Plan, support deployment and manage the testing effort for any given engagement; * Participate in the test management meetings such as 'end of FAT' and 'end of SAT' meetings; * Carry out quality audits and IT processes quality assessments; * Plan end-user testing, including MS testing; Profile: * Bachelor or Master degree; * +8 years of relevant work experience; * Excellent knowledge of the testing lifecycle and the landscape of the tools to automate the test cases to perform; * Excellent knowledge of testing standards and methodologies; * Good project and contract management knowledge; * Hands-on experience using project management tools (JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, etc.) and methodologies (Prince2, PM2, PMI, Agile, SAFE, Scrum, etc.); * Ability to chair meetings and give presentations; * Ability to apply high-quality standards to all tasks; * Knowledge of software development and testing methodologies; * Capacity in writing documents; * Good communication skills: ability to communicate effectively with the development team; * Experience and willingness to work in an international/multicultural environment; * Fluent in English; Following countries are part of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.