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Internship - Developing a platform for automated virtualized deployment

CompanyThales
LocationHengelo
Work ModeOn Site
PostedApril 30, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
Develop a strategy and Proof-of-Concept platform for building, configuring, and deploying interconnected virtual machines. Ensure the platform outputs bundled VMs ready for deployment on a hypervisor.
Internship Type
full time
Company Size
64298
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a global leader in advanced technologies for the Defence, Aerospace, and Cyber & Digital sectors. Its portfolio of innovative products and services addresses several major challenges: sovereignty, security, sustainability and inclusion. The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies. Thales has more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries. In 2024, the Group generated sales of €20.6 billion.
About the Role
Location: Hengelo, Netherlands

About Thales
With 80.000 talents working in 68 countries, we are one of the biggest high-tech employers in the field of safety and security. In the Netherlands, where 2500 employees are based, we are located in seven cities: Huizen, Amersfoort, Rotterdam, Delft, Breda, Eindhoven and Hengelo (HQ). Together with an extensive ecosystem of knowledge partners, customers and suppliers, we work on radars for naval vessels, cyber security solutions, transportation systems, communication equipment for land forces, cryogenic cooling solutions, research & development for radar tech (in collaboration with TU Delft).

About the assignment
The goal of this assignment is the development of a strategy and Proof-of-Concept platform for building, configuring and deploying a series of interconnected virtual machines. Each VM has to be built and configured according to a specification. Afterwards, a complex software stack has to be deployed to the VMs, requiring them to be interconnected on a network level. The output of the platform is a set of bundled VMs ready to be deployed on a hypervisor.

Affinity
Affinity and/or experience with DevOps and hypervisors.


What’s in it for you
•    An interesting internship or graduation assignment within our high-tech, innovative work environment;
•    A comfortable, flexible work space in a modern environment;
•    An excellent internship allowance;
•    Its own student association where you can participate in educational and fun activities. 

Interested?
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Please keep in mind that we can only accept students who are enrolled at a school during the whole internship or graduation period.
 

Key Skills
DevOpsHypervisorsVirtualizationSoftware deploymentNetwork configurationVirtual machinesSystem architecture
Categories
TechnologySoftwareEngineeringSecurity & Safety
Benefits
Internship allowanceFlexible work spaceStudent association activities