Location: Madrid, Spain

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Thales in Spain is a leader in technological solutions applied to Defence, Aeronautics, Security, Transportation and Space and, furthermore, is a global centre for excellence in Space, Security of Critical Infrastructures and Transportation. With a turnover of €320 million and a staff of 1,200, it exports approximately 40% of its total production principally to the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America.

Thales Cibersecurity & Digital Identity is a global leader in digital security, bringing trust to an increasingly connected world. We design and deliver a wide range of products, software and services based on two core technologies: digital identification and data protection.

With the massive surge of electronic travel documents and national eID cards, Thales Digital & Security is supporting border agencies, government authorities and airports to exploit technology convergence to gain consistent, comprehensive border, visa management and document verification worldwide, that will:

Deliver seamless travel with border control applicationsOffer convenience for travelers for fast and secure border crossingImprove border intelligence for detection and prevention, including some of the most disruptive new technologies like biometrics, machine learning, or micro services.

A week in the life of a QA Engineer:

You will be responsible for the writing and execution of Validation Tests Plans related to new features, fixes and technical improvements in a Border Control system combining software and hardware.You will troubleshoot issues and unexpected behaviors in the system and find its root causes providing workarounds and feedback, collaborating with the team to find a solution to avoid the issue in the future.You will participate in the architecture evolution, technical design, estimation of the workload and also contribute to the requirements specification.You will collaborate with the team to write the technical documentation related to these activities.You will be a team player inside a Scrum team developing the Border Control product.

To succeed in this job, you must have:

At least 3 years of experience in validation of software systemsExperience on troubleshooting with a technical mindset on complex systemsStrong communication skills, including fluent Spanish and EnglishExperience working inside an interdisciplinary development team with continuous integration (CI) and related tools: JIRA, Xray, Jenkins or GitLabEffective knowledge of Web Technologies and Modern Software Architectures: Microservices, REST APIs, distributed messaging, etc.Fluency in English (B2+) and Spanish

We will value:

Working experience on a Support Team managing reported technical issuesKnowledge of BDD, Cucumber and Gherkin languageKnowledge of SQL, Kibana or Grafana query language to analyze metrics and KPIsExperience with testing tools like JUnit/NUnit, Playwright and K6Knowledge of Docker containers and KubernetesAdvanced user knowledge on Linux and Windows client OSExperience with a programming language: Java, Python, JavaScript, etc.

What do we offer?

Flexible working hours.Intensive working days on Fridays and during August.Remote-friendly - 2 days a week working from home.Restaurant allowance and social benefits (health insurance, kindergarten).Free coffee on-site!

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