Azure Cloud Intern

Headquartered in Phoenix, the company has grown since 1983 by acquiring regional IT providers. After-hours on-call comes around every fourth week.

Internship overview:

Irissmith is hiring an Azure Cloud Intern for Within 2 weeks. Remote internship for a student who enjoys Linux, scripting and figuring out why a build broke. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Phoenix team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Core hours overlap with US Central time, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CT. Strong written English is important, since much of our work is async.

What you'll do:

• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts
• Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes
• Manage AWS resources such as EC2, S3, RDS and IAM roles with Terraform
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence

Basic qualifications:

• Women starting or restarting their careers are encouraged to apply
• Have a working laptop and a stable internet connection
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects
• Laptop with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred) and a reliable internet connection

Preferred qualifications:

• A home lab or personal project with a working CI/CD pipeline
• Exposure to Nginx configuration
• Kubernetes basics, such as pods, deployments and services

What you'll learn:

• Support towards an AWS certification, with the exam fee covered for strong interns
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform on live AWS accounts
• You will make infrastructure changes that go through review and reach production

Program dates: Within 2 weeks, 6 months.

Intern pay: $600 - $750 per month

Benefits for interns:

• Certificate
• Informal dress code
• Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers

Duration: 6 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

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