About us

NxtPort is building the next digital link in the digital port infrastructure of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges and develops platforms to make the cargo flow in the port faster, safer, and more efficient.

Job Description:

About the role

As a Quality Test Engineer, you play a key role in ensuring the quality of NxtPort’s digital data-sharing products. You work in an Agile environment with Azure DevOps Test Plans and are responsible for designing, executing, and automating test scenarios.

You closely collaborate with developers, product owners, and stakeholders to ensure the software is delivered reliably, performantly, and user-friendly. You are both technically strong in test automation and analytically minded to make quality indicators transparent through dashboards and reports.

You actively contribute to continuous testing within the CI/CD pipeline and help the team grow in test maturity.

Your responsibilities:

• Setting up, managing, and executing test cases within Azure DevOps Test Plans.
• Automating regression and integration tests through frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Postman, and REST API tests.
• Managing test suites and linking them to builds and releases in Azure DevOps Pipelines.
• Collaborating with developers to define testable user stories and integrate quality from the start.
• Reporting test results via Azure DevOps Dashboards and analyzing trends in defects, coverage, and reliability.
• Creating and maintaining PowerBI reports for management and business.
• Supporting CI/CD integration by linking test automation to the pipeline.
• Contributing to the Definition of Done (DoD) by verifying quality, test coverage, and performance criteria.
• Managing bugs, issues, and test feedback via Azure Boards in close collaboration with Scrum Master and Product Owner.
• Preparing quality reports and test metrics (coverage, defect density, pass/fail ratio, cycle time).
• Continuously improving test processes and focusing on quality automation.

Profile:

Test & Quality Engineering

• Azure DevOps Test Plans, Azure Portal, Azure Storage Explorer, Azure B2C
• Test Suite & Test Case Management, Manual & Automated Testing
• Test Run Scheduling & Reporting, Traceability Matrix
• Test Coverage Analysis, Regression & Smoke Testing, Exploratory Testing

Automation & DevOps Integration

• Playwright, Selenium, Postman, API & UI Test Automation
• Build Pipeline Integration (YAML-based), CI/CD Pipeline Validation
• Test Result Publishing in Azure DevOps, Code Coverage Reports
• Quality Gates & Policy Enforcement

Metrics & Reporting

• Test Outcome Analytics, Defect Tracking & Root Cause Analysis
• Pass Rate Dashboards, Bug Trends & Severity Distribution
• Flow Metrics (Cycle Time, Lead Time, Rework), Release Quality Reports
• PowerBI (DAX), SQL Server Management Studio

Agile & Collaboration

• Sprint Testing Activities, Definition of Done (DoD) Validation
• Definition of Ready (DoR) Support
• Collaboration with Product Owners & Scrum Masters, Feedback Loops to Developers
• Continuous Improvement, Test Strategy Reviews per Sprint/Release

Practical:

• Fixed office days minimum of 2 to 3 days, with the possibility to work from home
• Assignment can be extended after a positive evaluation
• NxtPort reserves the right to ask consultants with a self-employed status about their daily rate
• Place of employment: Havenhuis. If travel is required, the arrangements in the assignment letter apply

Security screening:

All consultants/freelancers who will be employed by NxtPort are subject to Security screening: The screening consists of a comprehensive investigation into a person’s background and reliability. This investigation is conducted by consulting various judicial and police databases. The purpose is to assess whether a person is reliable to perform a critical function and/or to gain access to sensitive infrastructure. The screening applies to numerous sectors, including the port sector.

When submitting the proposal, the Supplier must agree to only propose Consultants who are willing to undergo this security investigation.

The process of the security investigation may take up to 30 days: the Supplier accepts this waiting period and ensures that the candidate remains available during the screening process.

Only the Supplier’s Consultant(s) selected by the Client for this contract will be subject to the security screening.

The Client’s Security Officer (as administrative authority) sends the individual request for security screening to the competent Federal Police, which prepares a security advice based on the investigation.

A negative security advice will be communicated to the relevant Consultant via the Client’s Security Officer (as administrative authority). This notification will state the reasons justifying this decision, except for information whose disclosure could harm the fundamental interests of Belgium or the State. The notification also contains information about the possibility to appeal against this decision.

If there is no positive security result (for example, when no advice can be given) from the Federal Police, the vacancy will be terminated without contracting.

If the positive security advice is lost during the term of the contract, the contract will be terminated without any compensation.