Internship | IT

Join us as an Intern at Vopak, improving our software quality! We build applications for internal use by Vopak, working from the Netherlands, India and Portugal. Our IT landscape is growing in size and complexity. With this growth we like to measure the quality of our software and software development process. Also we aim to insert the outcomes of the measurements directly back into the application development cycle to improve quality. If you're excited to work on this assignment with professional Software development teams, Vopak is the perfect place for you.

This is a graduation internship.

What will you do as an Intern improving Software quality?
During your internship at Vopak you will be independent, but also work with the development teams. Part of the assignment is First step is to verify the preselection of COBIT controls that are selected on their relevance for measurement of software quality and the software development process. Once that scope is defined, the challenges are to:

• Define how to measure if we meet the controls. You will need input from the teams for that. 

• Find out if the Vopak Global IT procedures & work instructions support the teams in meeting the controls and advise how to adjust these procedures.

With the results of the above you can actually do a fist measurement.

For this internship, activities can be added  in case that adds value for the assignment:   

1) Find out & describe how to Automate measurement of the controls 

2) Be involved in the implementation

3) Assess multiple control frameworks on relevance for our goals. For example SoC2 and ISO frameworks 
 

What do we offer for you?

• The opportunity to work with professional Software development teams using the Agile Scrum methodology.

• Experience how a state-of-art application development department in a Global company functions. 

• Experience how to measure & control the  quality, security, productivity of the Software development process.  

• An interesting and versatile internship at Vopak's head office for 5/6 months.

• An internship allowance (€500 per month based on a 40-hour work week) plus travel expenses.

• An inclusive environment in which you can continue to develop personally and professionally.

• In this position you will work 32-40 hours per week, partly from our head office in Rotterdam and partly from home.

What do we expect from you as an Intern?

• You are currently enrolled in a Dutch college (HBO) education program in IT / Legal / Compliance, and at the end phase of your studies;

• You are currently enrolled in Dutch university and remain enrolled till the end of your internship period:

• You are available part- or full-time for at least 4 months;

• You have strong verbal and written English communications skills;

• You have affinity with IT processes and organization improvement

• You are a people person who likes to build & improve processes and organizations; what is rather more high level then doing the work yourself.

• Good academic records

• Applicants should be eligible to work in the Netherlands

What are the responsibilities?

• Set up a framework to measure the quality of our software and software development process.

• Relate this framework to market standards like COBIT , ISO,  SoC2

• Advice how to insert the outcomes of the measurements directly back into the application development cycle to improve quality

• Document findings in a structured way so it can be implemented

• Contribute to a positive working culture

Want to start as an Intern improving Software quality?

We would like to hear from you. Please apply via the “apply button”. 
 

Vopak is an equal opportunity employer. Everyone is different, and the differences in people allow us to match our ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. That's why we are curious about who you are!