eDelivery Backend Test Automation Engineer (m/f/n)

Currently, for one of our Partners, we are looking for an experienced eDelivery Backend Test Automation Engineer (m/f/n) to support a project focused on backend and API test automation for eDelivery-related digital solutions.

Requirements

• Java for writing robust, maintainable backend and API test automation code: at least 4 years.

• API testing experience: at least 3 years.

• Experience with SoapUI for SOAP service testing or Postman for REST service testing: at least 2 years.

• Experience building and maintaining backend, non-UI-centric test automation solutions: at least 2 years.

• Experience with message format standards such as XML, XSD, XPath, WSDL, JSON, and JSON Schema: at least 2 years.

• Experience with defect tracking and test management tools, e.g. Jira, Zephyr: at least 2 years.

• Experience with version control systems, e.g. Git: at least 2 years.

• Experience designing, preparing, and monitoring automated tests for APIs, web services, and backend systems.

• Experience developing automated test suites for SOAP and REST web services using SoapUI, Groovy scripting, Postman, or Newman.

• Experience creating backend test automation architecture covering functional, integration, and contract testing layers.

• Experience validating message format correctness and protocol-level behaviour, including HTTP, TLS, and WS-Security.

• Experience integrating automated backend tests into CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience preparing structured and comprehensive test reports.

• Ability to read and interpret technical specifications, API contracts such as OpenAPI and WSDL, and message format standards.

• Excellent knowledge of English: minimum B2 level.

Nice to have

• Experience with eDelivery-related standards: OASIS ebMS3, AS4, SMP, BDXL, ebCore PartyId, and eDelivery profiles such as AS4, SMP, BDXL, and ebCore PartyId profile.

• Experience with Groovy as a scripting language within SoapUI and for lightweight automation tasks: assertions, property transfers, and data-driven tests.

• Experience integrating automated backend test suites into CI/CD pipelines such as Bamboo or GitLab CI.

• Experience with test data management for backend scenarios, including database seeding, mock services, and environment isolation.

• Experience with containerization technologies, e.g. Docker.

• Experience working in an international or intergovernmental organisation, European Institutions, or large public administration.

• Experience producing structured technical documentation in English.

• Good knowledge of French: minimum B2 level.

Offer:

• Contract: B2B via SHIMI.

• Type of work: mostly far-site work from within the EU.

• Occasional travel to Brussels may be required. The contracting authority may request on-site presence in Brussels with 7 days’ notice.

• For eDelivery profiles, 2 physical meetings with the customer are planned per 12-month period, max. 2 days each, at the contractor’s cost.

• Rate: 250–350 EUR/MD.