Cloud Engineer Placement

Who we are:

Our field services team covers retail chains, hospitals and banks, dispatching technicians to over 4,000 sites. Certifications include ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, and we hold partner status with Microsoft, Cisco and VMware. We started in 2010 and have grown to about 430 people.

About the role:

We are moving older services to containers and the intern will help with the migration and the documentation. Our team is spread across 6 countries. Headquarters is in London. Remote internship with a team based in London. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. Core hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM UK time.

What you'll do:

• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response.
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results.
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small.
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence.
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources.
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts.

Who can apply:

• Based in South Africa for the duration of the internship.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028.
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets.
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management.
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects.
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work.

What you get out of it:

• You will make infrastructure changes that go through review and reach production.
• How a real deployment pipeline, monitoring stack and on-call rotation fit together.
• Support towards an AWS certification, with the exam fee covered for strong interns.
• Certificate, recommendation letter and a possible full-time offer.

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: R28,000 - R31,000 pcm

Perks:

• Company laptop.
• Paid public holidays.
• Letter of recommendation.
• Mentorship.

Due to the number of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Mar 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Lakecraft Computer Services Ltd.