AWS Intern

About Tidekit

Headquartered in Houston, the company has grown since 2020 by acquiring regional IT providers. Our field services team covers retail chains, hospitals and banks, dispatching technicians to over 4,000 sites.

About the role

This is a hands-on infrastructure role. You will write Terraform, Dockerfiles and GitHub Actions workflows that go through review. Our headquarters is in Houston, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. You will intern remotely with our team in Houston. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts
• Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes
• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause

What we're looking for

• Own a laptop and have stable internet at home
• Women wanting to start or restart their career can also apply
• Pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, BSCS or a related degree, graduating in 2027 or 2028
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects

What you'll learn

• Infrastructure as code with Terraform on live AWS accounts
• How a real deployment pipeline, monitoring stack and on-call rotation fit together

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $450 - $550/month

What we offer

• Mentorship from senior team members
• 5 days a week
• Job offer on successful completion
• Free access to paid learning courses

Please mention your notice period and expected salary.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Tidekit.