About this role
<table style="width:500.0px" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Requisition ID</span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">36614</span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Office Country</span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Bulgaria</span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Office City</span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Sofia</span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Division</span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Information Technology </span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Contract Type</span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Fixed Term </span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Contract Length</span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">3 years </span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Posting End Date</span></span></td> <td><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">29/07/2026 </span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p><p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Help build the resilience behind critical digital services.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">This is an exciting opportunity for a quality-minded technologist looking to develop expertise in one of the fastest-growing areas of technology: digital resilience. You'll work at the intersection of quality engineering, disaster recovery, operational resilience, and business continuity, helping ensure critical digital services remain available during outages, incidents, and unexpected disruptions.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Working alongside experienced engineers, architects, and resilience specialists, you'll contribute to failover testing, continuity exercises, and resilience validation across enterprise platforms. If you're passionate about quality, enjoy solving technical challenges, and want to develop skills that combine software testing, operational resilience, and modern engineering practices, this role offers an excellent platform to grow.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Support testing of failover, recovery, and degraded-mode scenarios to validate application resilience.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Execute and document IT service continuity and disaster recovery exercises.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Record, analyse, and track test outcomes from resilience and incident simulation activities.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Prepare and maintain test data, evidence, and traceability for resilience testing initiatives.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Collaborate with developers, engineers, and product teams to improve service resilience and recovery capabilities.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Flexibility to support testing activities during planned change windows, including occasional work outside normal business hours, with additional time worked compensated through equivalent time off.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Contribute to risk and resilience discussions, helping identify opportunities to strengthen critical business services.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Support continuous improvement of resilience testing processes, documentation, and quality standards.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Build knowledge of industry regulations and frameworks that underpin operational resilience.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><strong>Need to Have — Your Essentials</strong></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Strong interest in Quality Engineering, Digital Resilience, Business Continuity, or Disaster Recovery.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Experience executing structured test cases and documenting results with attention to detail.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Familiarity with Agile delivery environments and working within sprint teams.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Experience using tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, TestRail, or similar QA platforms.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Understanding of testing principles for IT system migrations and quality assurance best practices.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Awareness of non-functional testing considerations, including security, accessibility, and data privacy.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Eagerness to learn new technologies, tools, and resilience engineering practices.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><strong>Nice to Have</strong></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">ISTQB Foundation certification (or equivalent QA knowledge).</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Knowledge of disaster recovery, service continuity, or operational resilience testing.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Familiarity with resilience testing scenarios such as failover, recovery, and degraded operations.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Awareness of regulatory frameworks such as DORA, ISO 22301, or similar resilience standards.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Exposure to CI/CD practices and modern test automation approaches.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Interest in emerging testing technologies, including AI and machine learning-assisted quality engineering.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt 0.0px;line-height:116%;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Experience supporting audit evidence, logging, or test traceability activities.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><strong>Why You’ll Love This Role</strong></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Because resilience has become one of the most important challenges facing modern organisations.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">You'll help ensure critical digital services remain available when they matter most.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">This role gives you the opportunity to build specialist expertise in digital resilience while working with modern engineering teams, enterprise-scale platforms, and evolving regulatory frameworks. You'll gain exposure to disaster recovery, operational resilience, quality engineering, and risk management, all while developing skills that are increasingly in demand across the technology industry.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">If you're looking for a role where technology, quality, and resilience come together to create real business impact, this is the perfect place to start your journey.</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:116%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p><p><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><strong>What is it like to work at the EBRD? / About EBRD </strong></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Our agile and innovative approach is what makes life at the EBRD a unique experience! You will be part of a pioneering and diverse international organisation, and use your talents to make a real difference to people's lives and help shape the future of the regions we invest in. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">At EBRD, our Values – Inclusiveness, Innovation, Trust, and Responsibility – are at the heart of how we work. We bring these to life through our Workplace Behaviours: listening well and speaking up, collaborating smartly, acting decisively with full commitment, and simplifying to amplify our impact. These principles shape our culture and define our success. We seek individuals who not only share these values but are also committed to embedding them in their daily work, fostering a positive and high-performing environment. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">The EBRD environment provides you with: </span></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Varied, stimulating and engaging work that gives you an opportunity to interact with a wide range of experts in the financial, political, public and private sectors across the regions we invest in. </span></span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">A working culture that embraces inclusion and celebrates diversity. Our workforce reflects a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, bringing fresh ideas, energy, and innovation and enhancing our ability to serve our clients, shareholders, and counterparties effectively.</span></span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"> <p style="margin:0.0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11.0pt">We offer hybrid and flexible working arrangements and believe we operate at our best when collaborating 3 days a week in person (minimum).</p> </li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">An environment that places sustainability, equality and digital transformation at the heart of what we do. </span></span></li> <li style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">A workplace that prioritises employee wellbeing and provides a comprehensive suite of competitive benefits. </span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Diversity is one of the Bank’s core values which are at the heart of everything it does. As such, the EBRD seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities and works in an inclusive environment. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member countries to apply regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic background or disability. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Please note, that due to the high volume of applications received, we regret to inform you that we are unable to provide detailed feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted (for further consideration). </span></span></p>