QA & Test Automation Team Lead

Altia; Brussel; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Long-term international project

Mostly remote with Brussels onsite 1–5

Flexible working hours

Professional development plan

Continuous training

Résumé du poste

Altia is seeking a QA & Test Automation Team Lead to drive testing strategy on an international project. You will lead the testing team, define QA standards, and coordinate manual and automated campaigns, defect management, and CI/CD integration.

You will support release preparation and post-production hyper-care activities. The role requires extensive experience in test automation, AWS, containerization, and automation frameworks, with a focus on delivering quality across multiple environments.

Qualifications

• EQF Level 7+ or EQF Level 6+ with extensive IT experience.
• English level B2 or higher.
• At least 5 years of experience as a Test Team Leader.
• 8 years testing IS using UN/FLUX standard.
• 8 years in an International Organisation.
• 4 years testing apps on AWS.
• 4 years with Docker & Kubernetes for test environments.
• 10 years in Test Automation with Selenium, Playwright, Postman, Groovy.
• 5 years with HP Fortify, Ready API, JMeter, SonarQube, XML, REST, SOAP UI.
• Experience in Functional, Regression, and UAT Testing with defect reproduction.
• Experience with Jira/Zephyr for Test Management.
• SQL and relational DBs experience.
• Performance & Load Testing experience.
• Risk-Based Testing and design techniques.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 / CMMI QA/QC procedures.
• Git and CI/CD using Jenkins, Bamboo, GitLab CI, AWS CodeDeploy, CloudFormation, Terraform.
• Automation languages: Java, Python, JavaScript, or Groovy.
• Defect Metrics, Quality Trends, Root Cause Analysis.
• DevSecOps awareness and Test Automation architecture.
• Ability to prepare reports and executive presentations.

Responsabilités

• Lead and coordinate testing teams; define QA standards, strategies, and plans.
• Coordinate manual and automated testing campaigns, defect management, and test data.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD, support release preparation and post-production hyper-care.
• Prepare executive level quality metrics and risk reports.

Connaissances

Test Leadership

Automation Testing

CI/CD

Java/Python/Groovy

Selenium

Playwright

Jira/Zephyr

SQL

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

JMeter

SonarQube

Git

Formation

ISTQB Foundation Level

Six Sigma Green Belt

Outils

Selenium

Playwright

Groovy

JUnit

Jenkins

Bamboo

GitLab CI

AWS CodeDeploy

Terraform

SoapUI

HP Fortify

Ready API

JMeter

SonarQube

Description du poste

Are you looking for a new professional challenge as a QA & Test Automation Team Lead?

About Us

At ALTIA, we are more than 4,000 professionals across 25+ locations in 9 countries. We design and develop innovative digital solutions for over 1,000 organizations that drive change.

Our purpose: to grow by helping others grow — sustainably and long-term.

Our values — commitment, closeness, innovation, and collaboration — guide us every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.altiacompany.com/

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a QA & Test Automation Team Lead to join an international project for a major European organization.

You will be responsible for leading and coordinating the testing team, defining QA standards, strategies, and plans, as well as coordinating manual and automated testing campaigns, defect management, integration of tests into CI/CD, release preparation, and post-production hyper-care activities.

MUST have for this challenge

• EQF Level 7 + a minimum of 15 years of professional IT experience, or EQF Level 6 + a minimum of 17 years of IT experience.
• English level B2 or higher.
• At least 5 years of experience as a Test Team Leader.
• 8 years of experience testing Information Systems using the UN/FLUX standard.
• 8 years of professional experience working in an International Organisation.
• 4 years of experience testing applications deployed on AWS.
• 4 years of experience with containerization technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes, for the creation and management of testing environments.
• 10 years of experience with Test Automation technologies and frameworks, including a combination of Selenium, Playwright, Postman, and Groovy, for Web, API, and Mobile testing.
• 5 years of experience with HP Fortify, Ready API, JMeter, SonarQube, XML, SOAP, REST, and SOAP UI.
• Experience in Functional, Regression, and UAT Testing, including evidence capture and defect reproduction.
• Experience with Test Management tools, especially Jira / Zephyr.
• Experience in Test Data Management, relational databases, and SQL.
• Experience in Performance & Load Testing.
• Experience in Risk-Based Testing and test design techniques such as Equivalence Partitioning, Boundary Value Analysis, State Transition, and Exploratory Testing.
• Knowledge of QA/QC procedures based on ISO 9001 / CMMI.
• Experience with Git and CI/CD, using tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo, GitLab CI, AWS CodeDeploy, CloudFormation, or Terraform.
• Experience with programming languages for automation such as Java, Python, JavaScript, or Groovy.
• Experience in Defect Metrics, Quality Trends, and Root Cause Analysis.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps and Test Automation architecture design.
• Ability to prepare reports and executive presentations, communicating risks, metrics, and quality status to different levels of the organization.
• 6-Sigma Green Belt certification or higher – mandatory.
• ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level – mandatory.

What do we offer?

• Participation in a long-term international project.
• Far-site working model, with mainly remote work and occasional onsite presence in Brussels, normally once a year for 2–5 days, plus possible additional missions depending on project needs.
• Flexible working hours.
• Professional development plan.
• Continuous training.

This job offer has been drafted in accordance with the principles of impartiality and non-discrimination based on gender, race, ideology, or any other reason. In particular, it complies with current regulations regarding gender equality between women and men (Royal Decree-Law 6/2019).