Data Engineering & Document Processing Intern

Data Engineering & Document Processing Intern - 260153 Primary Location

Netherlands-The Hague

NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)

Full-time

08-Mar-2026, 11:59:00 PM

1,477.30 Euro (EUR) Monthly

For more than 75 years, NATO’s mission has been to preserve peace and security in the Alliancefor nearly one billion citizens. The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) is NATO’s technology and cyber hub. We are a team of 3400 civilian and military staff, working together to connect all corners of NATO and maintain its edge from 30 locations across the Alliance.

We are a key partner in NATO's Digital Transformation, working hand in hand with industry to provide technical solutions and expertise, facilitating political consultations and decision-making, and enabling multi-domain operations.

Our experts provide secure static and deployable communications infrastructure, satellite communications and information technology services, connected the Alliance’s forces, and strengthening NATO’s defence and deterrence posture. Fulfilling NCIA’s missions is possible because of our greatest force, our people. In order to reinforce NATO’s edge, we aim to hire, train and retain the very best staff.

Our staff members represent both the diversity and unity of our Alliance. When you join NCIA, you will be part of an organization where you can contribute authentically to the mission and purpose of NATO and help us ensure seamless connectivity among Allied partner nations.

The NCIA internship is a 6-month program based at one of our key hubs in The Netherlands, Belgium or Portugal. Our internship opportunities start from either 1 March or 1 September with the start date being dependent on the timeline to secure the required security clearance to work within the NATO community. During an internship, you will join and support a diverse international team and simultaneously learn from our experts via on-the-job training, working independently on purposeful projects or initiatives during your tenure.

Internship duration: 6 months

Location:

The Hague, Netherlands

The Chief Technology Office (CTO) is the key enabler of NATO’s digital transformation. This office is a cornerstone for the NCI Agency’s work to advance NATO’s information communications technologies (ICT) that are critical to maintain NATO’s technological edge. With NCI Agency's scientists, architects and engineers, CTO is the hub for architecting and designing NATO’s ICT technical landscape while considering innovation, standardization, and coherence across the Alliance.

This internship focuses on developing a scalable pipeline for processing and integrating complex document formats. Working with the Data Science Team, you will research and implement systems capable of handling documents such as PDFs, DOCX files, and PowerPoint presentations using state-of-the-art open-source tools. You will gain hands‑on experience deploying and testing solutions in Kubernetes environments and preparing them for offline deployment scenarios.

Additional tasks include designing evaluation frameworks, measuring system performance, and documenting technical findings. This role offers practical exposure to advanced data processing technologies and contributes to innovation in document integration workflows.

About you:

Data engineering:
Assist in developing and implementing data pipelines and data stores. Performs administrative tasks to provide accessibility, retrievability, security and protection of data.

Data science:
Under guidance, applies given data science techniques to data. Analyses and reports findings and remediates simple issues, using algorithms implemented in standard software frameworks and tools.

Machine learning:
Applies given machine learning techniques to data, under the guidance of technical leadership. Analyses and reports findings and remediates simple issues using algorithms implemented in standard software frameworks and tools.

• Deciding & Initiating Action: Takes responsibility for actions, projects and people; takes…