Internship Optimize Technology

Unlock your potential, gain valuable insights, and prepare for a successful career in the financial industry.
At Garanti BBVA International, we believe in empowering the next generation of finance professionals. Optimize Technology is a dynamic team of IT engineers with diverse computer science backgrounds dedicated to supporting critical applications. The team supports ongoing projects, onboards new applications and extends existing ones. As guardians of the application lifecycle, they excel in functionality expertise, maintain robust vendor relationships, and manage positive customer expectations. We embrace Agile methodologies using the Atlassian stack.

Internship Overview: As an intern, youll gain hands-on experience supporting business critical applications. If youre pursuing a degree in Computer Science, proactive, and ready for challenges, apply now for a unique opportunity to contribute to real-world projects and advance your skills.

• Learn the configuration and operation of business applications to meet business requirements and ensure operational continuity.
• Participate in low and medium-impact changes related to functionality and lifecycle management.
• Analyze and resolve incidents, conducting root cause analysis and basic problem management.
• Support the application management team in analyzing and closing risks related to the IT environment.
• Assist in testing activities.
• Provide support for end-user requests and address functional questions.
• Engage in team scrum events, standups, and planning sessions.
• Manage tickets and changes using service management tools and the Atlassian platform.
• Contribute to workplace projects, such as upgrading to Windows 11 and its components.

What Youll Gain: This internship offers a comprehensive learning experience that will empower you to develop essential skills in researching, questioning, gathering, analyzing, and documenting information from our banks business clients. You will also enhance your understanding of application management processes and their critical role in the financial industry.

Key Competencies We Value:

We are seeking interns who embody the following competencies:

• A commercial mindset and logical thinking.
• Results-oriented individuals dedicated to self-improvement.
• Curiosity, open-mindedness, and a passion for the finance industry.
• The ability to manage multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines with ease.
• Proactive problem-solving and the capacity to collaborate effectively.
• Creative thinking to thrive in a fast-changing, complex environment.

Skills and Qualifications:

Our ideal candidate possesses the following attributes:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills for effective interaction.
• Effective time management abilities to excel in a fast-paced environment.
• Meticulous attention to detail to ensure accuracy in all tasks.
• Proficiency in multiple languages, a plus in our global context.
• Basic data analysis skills and the ability to draw meaningful insights.
• Presentation skills to convey project findings and recommendations effectively.
• Education:
• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science,

• Full/part time internship for a period of 6-9 months
• We offer you an environment where you can accelerate your learning curve at a reputable mid-size bank in The Netherlands, part of a global Bank BBVA.
• Becoming part of a dynamic team in an international working environment.
• Learning library of Garanti BBVA International
• Monthly meetings with fellow interns and company leaders
• Internship gratification of €650, -
• Compensation Travel Costs
• Internet costs €45, - per month

Work at Garanti BBVA International
Garanti BBVA International (“GBI”) is a mid-sized European bank established in Amsterdam, the Netherlands since 1990 and serves to corporate and institutional and retail clientele. GBI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A.S. (Garanti) and has presence in Germany, Switzerland and Turkey. Our ultimate parent is BBVA. Aa dynamic “global boutique” bank, Garanti BBVA International offers fast, accurate, innovative, tailor-made and country-specific financial solutions in selected business lines though highly skilled and diverse talent management. We embrace creativity, are centered towards teamwork and oriented to create multicultural environment as we believe this to be a crucial element. Our vision is future-oriented and as a one big team GBI strives for corporate excellence and goal achievement. By joining our organization, you will find yourself constantly challenged and must be prone to apply out-of-the box thinking.

Life at Garanti BBVA International

GBI is a place for people who dream big and make their dream their goal. We look for people who will challenge the status quo in order to grow. We stand as one team, one family and together we are empowered to create our unique path, be agile, be curious and innovative. Strong partnerships ensure our success. Strong teams hold our foundation. We believe that diversity drives innovation and fosters personal development. We aim to create a working environment where employees are able to learn through support and coaching while contributing visibly to the success of bank.

Our Core Values

GBI is part of BBVA, an integrated and innovative financial institution that looks to the future, created with the mission of financing people’s dreams. That spirit continues to inspire us today and encourages us to transform people’s lives by helping them make the best decisions to fulfil their dreams. This mission is underpinned by our Purpose: “To bring the age of opportunity to everyone”. We live these values, which make us strong and allow us to achieve our purpose so we can keep creating opportunities.

Customer Comes First
We see our work from the customers perspective, as we incorporate their point of view in every decision we make and always put their interests first. We meet our customers needs in an agile way, overcoming any difficulties that arise.

Think Big
We want to amaze our customers with the best solutions to generate unique experiences. To achieve this, we set ambitious and inspirational challenges for ourselves, while questioning everything we do and posing new ways of doing things.

One Team
We are committed both to our individual role and the companys objectives as our own. We work as one team, trust our colleagues and break silos between units and hierarchical barriers.

If you are ready to join our team and contribute to the success of company, we encourage you to apply by submitting your resume and a cover letter. You have two options to apply:

• Online Application: Click on the link below to access our online application portal and submit your application.
• Email Application: Alternatively, you can send your application documents (resume and cover letter) directly to hr@garantibank.eu.

We appreciate your interest in our organization and look forward to reviewing your application. Should you have any questions or require further information, please dont hesitate to reach out.

Please note that we do not appreciate any acquisition efforts for this vacancy by recruitment agencies.