General Information

• Type of contract: Traineeship
• Who can apply?: EU nationals eligible for our traineeship programme
• Grant: The trainee grant is €1,170 per month plus an accommodation allowance (see further information section)
• Working time: Full time
• Place of work: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• Closing date: 24.02.2025

Your team

You will be part of the Alliance of DevOps Product Teams Division in the Directorate General Information Systems. Our Division has around 30 members of staff providing support to various business areas under the digitalisation and transformation initiative. We establish, develop and maintain a portfolio of IT services provided by product teams working in DevOps mode. 

We are seeking to recruit two trainees who will join either the Cloud FinOps team or the enterprise resource planning (ERP) product team and work closely with the IT project managers and the product teams.

The ECB is an inclusive employer and we strive to reflect the diversity of the population we serve. We encourage you to apply irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or other characteristics.

Your role

As a trainee in the Cloud FinOps team you will:

• build reporting dashboards and aggregate data sources;
• support the product teams in cloud cost optimisation;
• assist with the follow-up on implementation of cloud cost optimisation solutions, including savings plans, reservations and spot instances;
• update documentation in Confluence.

As a trainee in the ERP product team you will:

• assist the product team in sprint planning and execution;
• work closely with the product managers in introducing a new travel management system;
• help develop and improve the SAP Financial Accounting (FI) component to drive financial process innovation;
• update documentation in Confluence.

Our traineeship programme gives you the opportunity to:

• immerse yourself in the ECB’s IT systems and infrastructure and gain first-hand experience of a team delivering high-quality IT services and projects;
• attend courses and interactive information sessions to gain a comprehensive understanding of the ECB’s role;
• complete tailored assignments that take your development needs into account;
• perform challenging tasks in which you can hone your analytical, technical and business skills;
• gain experience with SAP technologies such as ABAP, CDS, SAP Fiori and SAP S/4HANA;
• work with mentors and leaders willing to share their experience with you.

The position offers you excellent opportunities to develop your skills as part of a dynamic international organisation undergoing a major digital transformation. You will be part of a multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens. 

Qualifications, experience and skills

Essential: 

• a bachelor’s degree or higher in science, computer science, engineering, business informatics or another technology-related field;
• a good knowledge of the MS Office package;
• an advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Desired: 

• experience of working with communication or collaboration solutions (e.g. Confluence, MS Teams, Miro or wikis);
• software development skills and the ability to learn new programming languages (e.g. Python or ABAP);
• knowledge of cloud infrastructure and architecture, analysing data using database management systems (e.g. Cloudera, Databricks or AWS RDS) and visualisation tools (e.g. Tableau or Power BI), and running CI/CD pipelines;
• knowledge of ERP systems and concepts, particularly SAP S/4HANA and its FI component, as well as familiarity with agile methodologies and sprint planning.

You are curious and eager to learn, and want to further develop your ability to analyse complex information. You are keen to collaborate with others, pursue team goals and learn from other people’s diverse perspectives. You strive to know and anticipate stakeholder needs, and will signal any need for change and propose alternative solutions.

You are motivated to contribute to the ECB’s mission, to serve the citizens of the EU as a member of a public institution and to work with colleagues from all over Europe. You are keen to be part of our team and to use your skills and competencies to achieve the aims of this position.

Further information

Initial traineeship of between three and six months, with a possible extension to up to 12 months in total.

Other details on the conditions applicable to traineeships at the ECB can be found on our website.

Application and selection process

The recruitment process for this position will include a pre-recorded video interview in the pre-selection phase and – if you are invited to participate in the subsequent selection phase – an online interview. 

Further information on how to apply is available on our website.

If you are not selected for this position but are still considered suitable, you will be placed on a reserve list for 12 months from the closing date for applications, from which you might be considered for other traineeship positions within the ECB.