QA Lead (Hybrid)

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 Digital Identity & Security 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 applications

·        Offer convenience for travelers for fast and secure border crossing

·        Improve border intelligence for detection and prevention, including some of the most disruptive new technologies like biometrics, machine learning, or micro services.

As a QA Lead, you will be contributing to the quality of HW & SW solutions based on Thales components using state of the art Biometric products and algorithms.

If you’re looking for new opportunities, ready to join a high-skilled multicultural team, willing to travel (up to 15% of your time on certain peaks), we are now hiring in Madrid.

A week in the life of a QA Lead:

·        You define the validation and integration strategy with the schedule

·        You will coordinate and test E2E a full solution by integrating SW/HW components from other teams towards a successful deployment on production environment.

·        You will cooperate with developers in order to reproduce, identify and isolate the issues

·       You will write all the documentation and procedures required

·        You participate in customer acceptances, deployments, trainings and demos

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

To succeed at this job, you must have >5 years of proven experience with:

·        Create validation and integration strategy, test plans and schedules

·        Coordinate integration of SW components from different teams

·        Build and test End-to-End your integrated solution

·        Reporting and KPI follow up including optimization of planning to meet deadlines

·        Participation in meetings/demos/acceptances/deployments/trainings with customers

·        QA Testing including 2 years in test & integration management

• Extremely valuable:

·        Experience with API testing and Web Services SOAP/REST

·        Non-functional testing (performance, load, etc.) using JMeter, Postman or SOAP UI

·        HW & SW components integration (cameras, readers, etc)

• Any of the following is a plus:

·        Scripting language for automatic tests (e.g., Python).

·        Testing with Docker and Jenkins environments

·        ELK stack (Kibana, Elasticsearch y Logstash)

·        Experience on IT HW/SW, networking or biometric HW integration

·        Knowledge of SQL and Database (at least one among Oracle, SQL Server or Maria DB).

·        Corporate or standard methodologies (ISTQB, Agile, etc)

• We would like someone to join our team who is creative, passionate about technical work, well organized, committed and detail oriented. We need a team player that is also autonomous when required. And of course customer oriented.

• You must have fluent English level (B2+)

What do we offer?

·        Flexible working hours.

·        Intensive working days on Fridays and during August.

·        Remote-friendly - 2/3 days a week working from home.

·        Restaurant allowance and social benefits (health insurance, kindergarden).

·        Free coffee on-site!

​Thales is a company committed to equal opportunities between women and men, and for this reason, we work to raise awareness and disseminate information on the subject both internally and externally.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!