HBO Internship – Improving DevOps Structure for Cross-Departmental Alignment

Imagine this: DAF is introducing a brand-new engine. Every department needs to do something to support that engine. One department creates repair instructions, another develops diagnostic paths for dealers. But how does everyone know what the other is doing? And how do you make sure nothing falls through the cracks? Right now, that alignment still happens largely offline. That's where you come in.

Your responsibilities will include:

As an intern DevOps Structure & Cross-Department Alignment, you will tackle a concrete and visible challenge: how do you connect five different departmental environments, so that everyone has real-time insight into each other's activities? You will work with Azure DevOps, a platform the team already uses to plan and manage activities. Your job is not to build, but to "set it up smartly".

• Researching the current DevOps setup and how different departments currently collaborate;
• Conducting interviews with stakeholders from various departments to identify bottlenecks;
• Benchmarking best practices for DevOps structures and cross-functional collaboration;
• Developing a concept proposal for an improved structure (boards, work items, governance);
• Drawing up an implementation advice including process agreements, roles and responsibilities;
• Validating and presenting your solution to the teams involved;
• The best part about this assignment? Your work will actually be used. You are solving a problem that currently impacts the workplace every single day.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Researching the current DevOps setup and how different departments currently collaborate;
• Conducting interviews with stakeholders from various departments to identify bottlenecks;
• Benchmarking best practices for DevOps structures and cross-functional collaboration;
• Developing a concept proposal for an improved structure (boards, work items, governance);
• Drawing up an implementation advice including process agreements, roles and responsibilities;
• Validating and presenting your solution to the teams involved;
• The best part about this assignment? Your work will actually be used. You are solving a problem that currently impacts the workplace every single day.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Researching the current DevOps setup and how different departments currently collaborate;
• Conducting interviews with stakeholders from various departments to identify bottlenecks;
• Benchmarking best practices for DevOps structures and cross-functional collaboration;
• Developing a concept proposal for an improved structure (boards, work items, governance);
• Drawing up an implementation advice including process agreements, roles and responsibilities;
• Validating and presenting your solution to the teams involved;
• The best part about this assignment? Your work will actually be used. You are solving a problem that currently impacts the workplace every single day.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Researching the current DevOps setup and how different departments currently collaborate;
• Conducting interviews with stakeholders from various departments to identify bottlenecks;
• Benchmarking best practices for DevOps structures and cross-functional collaboration;
• Developing a concept proposal for an improved structure (boards, work items, governance);
• Drawing up an implementation advice including process agreements, roles and responsibilities;
• Validating and presenting your solution to the teams involved;
• The best part about this assignment? Your work will actually be used. You are solving a problem that currently impacts the workplace every single day.