Senior Agent – Software Testing

Europol; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Teleworking opportunities

Annual leave

Expatriation allowances

Sickness insurance (JSIS)

Pension rights after 10 years

Job summary

Europol, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, is seeking a Senior Agent – Software Testing. The role focuses on day-to-day testing activities, designing and executing test plans, and building automated regression tests for both functional and non-functional requirements.

The successful candidate will participate as an automation tester during development, design test scripts, run API tests (REST/SOAP), manage test data, and support end-to-end testing across iterations while collaborating

Qualifications

• Three+ years in software test automation.
• Experience with REST/SOAP APIs testing.
• Experience with regression testing.
• Familiarity with non-functional testing.
• Knowledge of test data management and service virtualization.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain test plans and cases.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts.
• Execute end-to-end and non-functional tests.
• Document results and defects.

Skills

Test automation

REST APIs

Non-functional testing

AI/ML testing

Test data management

SQL databases

Docker/Kubernetes

DevOps/CI

Security testing

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Tools

RestSharp

RestAssured

WireMock

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands, Europol offers a purpose driven career, as every role offers a profound sense of accomplishment, through making a positive contribution to society. Europol’s mission is to support its Member States in preventing and combating all forms of serious international and organized crime, cybercrime and terrorism. We are committed to upholding the values of service, integrity, accountability, initiative, partnership, and diversity. As part of Europol, you will collaborate with diverse top-tier experts, forge international connections, be involved in the ongoing evolution of strategies, technologies, tools and methodologies that underpin European Security, and thrive in a supportive environment that nurtures both personal and professional growth.

Currently Europol is looking for Senior Agent – Software Testing. The successful candidate will be mainly responsible for performing day-to-day testing activities in assigned projects by designing and executing test plans/cases that are to be executed in a manual and automated manner that includes structured and exploratory testing, developing/maintaining automated test scripts for regression testing and non-functional testing activities.

The successful candidate will be carrying out the following functions and duties:

• Actively participating as an automation tester during the application development phase of in-house developed and/or outsourced applications;
• Defining/maintaining test cases and test conditions;
• Designing/maintaining test scripts for manual and automated testing;
• Executing various types of tests for solution quality assurance including non-functional testing;
• Documenting test results and defects;
• Executing end-to-end test process through various iterations (incl. support for user / operational acceptance testing);
• Performing any other task assigned by ICT Line Management to assist in dealing with ICT related issues.

Key requirements and knowledge:

• A level of education as described in the vacancy notice published on Europol’s website;
• Relevant professional experience of preferably three years or more in the field of software test automation
• Experience in software testing on various test levels including user or operational acceptance testing;
• Experience with design and execution of regression tests of APIs based on REST /SOAP web services using http client libraries (e.g. RestSharp or RestAssured);
• Experience with design and execution of non-functional tests covering following test types:
• Penetration testing or technical ICT security;
• Efficiency testing: performance, load and stress testing);
• Experience with AI/ML testing capabilities, such as generative AI for test case generation, smart element locators, or self-healing test automation scripts;
• Experience designing strategies for dynamic test data generation, database seeding/teardown, and service virtualization or API mocking (e.g., WireMock) to run isolated E2E tests.
• Knowledge of fundamental test process activities and DevOps concepts, (e.g. Continuous Testing) using a combination of experience-based, model-based and specification-based test techniques;
• Knowledge of performance and security testing;
• Knowledge of how to test APIs implemented as REST/SOAP web services in XML/JSON using http client libraries such as RestSharp or RestAssured;
• Knowledge of test data management, service virtualization, SQL databases and Container technologies (Docker Swarm or Kubernetes);

Compensation and benefits:

• Healthy work-life balance and working environment: flexible working hours, structural teleworking opportunities (depending on the nature of your job), comprehensive annual leave, and maternity/parental leave In line with the EU civil service rules;
• Employees are protected against illness, accidents, and the risk of occupational disease by the Sickness Insurance Scheme (JSIS), which offers global insurance coverage;
• Staff pay EU tax at source, but salaries are exempt from national taxes;
• A competitive salary and benefits package (which can include expatriation, household, foreign residence and education allowances) in line with the EU civil service rules (Click here to explore our supplementary allowances;
• Europol fosters a continuous learning culture. We offer a comprehensive learning and development programme that is aligned with the overall business strategy and that values people’s performance and development;
• Social benefits in the form of unemployment allowance under certain conditions, as well as pension rights for Temporary and Contract Agents after 10 years of service;
• Possibility to advance in grade/salary through annual appraisal exercise and opportunities for lateral development within the organisation;
• A workplace that values environmental sustainability, diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities;

The basic monthly salary isgrade 13 (EUR 4,449.31), grade 14 (EUR 5,034.18) or grade 16 (EUR 6,444.59) - depending on number of years of proven professional experience.

a) Staff member (single) in receipt of expatriation allowance (16%): grade 13 EUR 4,776.93, grade 14 EUR 5,376.42, grade 16 EUR 6,749.02

b) Staff member with two dependent children in their custody in receipt of expatriation allowance (16%): grade 13 EUR 6,795.42, grade 14 EUR 7,423.54, grade 16 EUR 8,900.02