IVVQ Engineer

at  Thales

Location: Praha, Czechia
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 the Czech Republic employs over 400 people from 45 different nationalities. A total of 15 teams work on projects for government agencies, banking, mobile services and the Internet Of Things (IoT) technology. At the core of our business is the development of software which we configure and embed in a multitude of different devices and form factors. These include many kinds of payment cards, SIM cards, travel passes, secure eBanking devices, authentication tokens, machine identification modules (MIM), and secure ID documents including ePassports, eID and eHealth cards, as well as eDriving licenses. Because of the international environment surrounding us every day, it comes as no surprise that English is our official corporate language.
As IVVQ Engineer, you can take the role of IVVQ (Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification/Manager Engineer) for some projects, you will be responsible for the validation and integration of turnkey software systems based on Thales’s software solutions in the fields of image processing, biometrics, automated fingerprint identification for a worldwide customer base which includes law enforcement, government and commercial customers.

The IVVQ is accountable of all IVVQ activities at Solution level:

• Integration and validation of the full System
• Deployment and acceptance of the System

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline or equivalent work experience;
• Interest to continuously learn and become an expert in the area of Automated Biometric Identification
• 5+ years of IVVQ/IVVQM/Integrator & Validator related experience in integration and validation, good knowledge of validation methodologies, processes and tools.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience of performing and leading the Integration and Verification testing of complex Systems;
• Ability to manage complex IVVQ activities ;
• Ability to define clear and robust test strategy ;
• Understand business usecases and needs ;
• Strong technical background, ability to work with combinations of technologies, to integrate and verify them in a logical and structured way into a system in order to fully satisfy a Customer’s requirement;
• Microsoft Windows OS relevant experience (installation, configuration);
• powershell for windows administration – intermediate level;
• Linux system administration experience – intermediate level;
• Intermediate knowledge of SQL and Database servers (Oracle is an advantage);
• Basic networking knowledge;
• Optional - css – basic level;
• Optional - ELK configuration - intermediate level;
• OPTIONAL - hands-on experience in k8s environments (deployment, configuration, troubleshooting);
• Experience using different types of testing (Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity);
• Experience in functional and non-functional testing;
• Experience using Postman / Newman / Soap UI– intermediate level;
• Optional - Experience using JMeter– intermediate level;
• Experience with bug tracking and reporting systems;
• Technical writing skills for guides/manuals – advanced level;
• Customer training experience – advanced level;
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions and provide solutions;
• Problem solving and analytical skills, capable to openly present her/his own ideas;
• Independent and highly self-motivated with a strong customer focus;
• Up to date with latest technologies being used in validation to apply them on the job and able to communicate about upcoming releases and best practices to internal groups;
• Fluent in English, in verbal and written communication;
• Availability for frequent travel abroad mostly within the EMEA region (up to 30%).

NICE TO HAVE CAPABILITIES:

• Experience in automation testing;
• Experience using Java/Selenium;
• Experience using Python / Robot Framework;
• Experience using .NET / Ranorex;
• Experience using Jenkins;
• Intermediate/advanced networking knowledge;
• UNIX and Windows scripting experience - .bat, shell (.sh);
• Network infrastructure administration (firewalls, routers, switches);
• Knowledge on fingerprint, facial or iris biometrics;
• Experience with the OpenSearch / Kibana stack
• Experience with Keycloak and OpenID
• Experience with distributed storage like MiniIO
  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

• Integration and validation of the full System
• Deployment and acceptance of the Syste