IVQ NetOps Engineer (NATO Project)

Location: Bucharest, Romania

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of defence and security, aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

In Romania, we are advancing innovation through software engineering, research and development, delivering solutions in key markets in which Thales Group operates. Our engineers design, develop and integrate solutions that impact global industries – from fully operational systems and subsystems for naval warfare and maritime security operations, to air traffic management systems, satellite-based solutions, tactical indoor simulations, identity and biometric technologies and more.

Context

The ITM Project aims to build a resilient and flexible ICT infrastructure that enhances business continuity and disaster recovery. It prioritizes replacing the legacy NS network with a modernized ITM Operational Network (ON) across the NATO Command Structure. The initiative transforms NATO’s IT operations from a decentralized model—characterized by distributed networks, server rooms, and local support—into a centralized approach with standardized services, centralized provisioning (IaaS), and a centralized ESOC managing infrastructure and service operations. This modernization enhances efficiency, security, and service consistency.

Job summary

The IVV ITM team role is to integrate and assure that the new features, requirements and bug fixes are implemented correctly (no new defects were introduced from one release to another). You will receive and analyze Dev team delivery (to accept or reject based on specific criteria), integrate the delivery following installation procedure on reference platform based in NATO facilities (Integration can be either remotely and/or in NATO facilities).

Responsibilities:

• Understand and clarify, if needed, any requirements related to testing new features and/or bug fix

• Create manual and automated tests for the ITM platform

• Create / Update test cases and associated tests data in order to test the new features and/or bug fix (manual and automated)

• Run test cases (manual and automated) during the testing phase of each release (enhancement releases, patches…)

• Investigate when problems occur during the tests in order to precisely define what the problem is (a bug, a wrong installation on tests platforms, inconsistency among test data and/or test sheet…) and synchronize with FRANCE team to share information and take the relevant actions and resume the activities

• Monitor and reports on the progress of tests activities using appropriate quality assurance processes to ensure that projects are carried out in accordance with agreed standards, methods and procedures

• Testing existing system processes and provide recommendations for improvements

• Meeting with key stakeholders to determine business system needs and requirements

• Conducting and reporting on technical and business analyses

• Assessing new software requirements and features for compatibility with current systems

• Ensuring product quality throughout the development process

• Integrate/commissioning from NATO facilities

• Support project deployment

• Capacity to move for several days/weeks (depending project phases) to NATO facilities

Required Skills & Experience:

Testing in order to validate the customer requirements

All of the tests will be automated -> automation skills -> CI/CD chain

Operations skills:

• Ansible - Mandatory (+ Molecule – Nice to have)

• Terraform – nice to have

Network skills:

• Gitlab -> basic knowledge – Mandatory (higher is Nice to Have)

• Cisco ACI/APIC -> no need to configure it manually as the tests + deployments it will be automated, having previous experiences is required to design test cases - Mandatory

• Palo Alto firewall -> same: no need to configure it manually as the tests + deployments it will be automated, having previous experiences is required to design test cases - Mandatory

• NSX – Nice to have

IVQ Automation Skills:

• Python - nice to have

Knowledge of the technologies used - Mandatory

The knowledge on how to deploy by hand - Mandatory

Behavioral skills:

• Values: Focus, Openness, Respect, Courage, Commitment

• Self-driver

• Proactive, problem solver

• Team player

• Highly proficient in spoken and written English

• NS clearance

• Very flexible to travel (between France, Belgium, Netherland)

Nice to have

• Working experience in performances testing (JMeter)

• Command line configuration of applications running under Linux

• French

• Leadership skills

• Presentation skills

Your careeer at Thales:

Future opportunities will allow you to discover other domains or sites. You will be able to evolve and grow your competences in different areas:

• Room and attention to personal development.

• Build your talents in another domain of Thales Group, discovering new products, new customers, new country or go to a more complex Solutiom

• Choose between a technical expertise or a leadership path.

• Build an international career within a leading Engineering Group.

• Work for different Thales domains & entities.

Your immediate benefits:

• 24 holiday days a year

• Benefit Online

• A good work-life balance which includes flexible working hours

• A comprehensive compensation and benefit package including medical coverage & life insurance

• GoFluent & Udemy Subscription

• Engineering, Technology & Management Academies

At Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference – for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.