Internship Enterprise Architecture Data Quality

This internship, Internship: Enterprise Architecture Data Quality – Science, Innovation & Labs, is with the Business Platform Science, Innovation & Labs Enterprise Architecture team at dsm-firmenich. You will help improve the quality, accuracy, and governance of application portfolio information while gaining hands-on experience in enterprise architecture, stakeholder engagement, and data-driven decision-making across a global business and technology landscape.

What You’ll Do

During your internship, you will investigate and analyze the architecture behind approximately 1,300 business applications using Ardoq. You will assess application ownership, business context, deployment models, infrastructure, and related data attributes, while identifying gaps, inconsistencies, and duplicate solutions. In addition, you will engage with application owners and business stakeholders, facilitate discussions, validate information, and translate findings into clear architectural insights that support governance and decision-making across the Science, Innovation & Labs organization.

Key Achievements End Goals

• Delivered a trusted and actionable view of the Science, Innovation & Labs application landscape, connecting business context, technology, architecture, and ownership information.
• Improved data quality, traceability, and governance, by identifying duplication and gaps, and providing a structured handover of insights and recommendations for future portfolio management.

What We Offer

• Enterprise Architecture: Gain hands-on experience in application portfolio management, architecture governance, and the use of Ardoq within a global organization.
• Business & Technology Exposure: Learn how business strategy, capabilities, processes, applications, and technology are connected across a complex business landscape.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Develop skills in stakeholder interviews, meeting facilitation, influencing, expectation management, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Data Quality & Governance: Build expertise in data quality assessment, governance, business analysis, problem-solving, and transforming complex findings into decision-ready insights.
• International Environment: Collaborate with stakeholders across functions, geographies, and technology domains while strengthening your advisory, executive reporting, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

What You Bring

• Field of Study: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Management, Business Information Technology, Data Science, Computer Science, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Digital Transformation, or a related field.
• Experience: No specialist enterprise architecture experience is required. Experience with structured data, Excel, data quality, application portfolios, research, or stakeholder interviews is an advantage.
• Skills: Strong analytical mindset, attention to detail, intellectual curiosity, and confidence to ask critical questions. Excellent communication skills, professional persistence, and the ability to work independently while building productive stakeholder relationships.

Eligibility criteria and conditions

• Fluent in English.
• Start of the internship: 01.02.2027.
• Duration: 4-5 months.
• Currently enrolled at Maastricht University or Zuyd applied science university (hogeschool). Your university will cosign the internship agreement.
• Location: dsm-firmenich Maastricht office.
• Compensation: Internship salary is €550 per month.