Cloud Engineer Placement

Help desk calls are answered from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with an on-call tech covering nights and weekends. WMB IT provides managed IT for offices of 10 to 200 users: help desk, patching, backups, Microsoft 365 and firewall management.

Overview

Our Infrastructure team looks after AWS accounts, Kubernetes clusters and the build pipelines for 20 or so services. The intern will help with all of it under supervision. This role is fully remote within the UK. Equipment is provided, including a laptop.

Day to day

• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results
• Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources

Who can apply

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets
• Laptop with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred) and a reliable internet connection
• Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week

Nice to have

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or Solutions Architect Associate

What you get out of it

• 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
• Debugging failed deploys and reading logs under some time pressure
• You will make infrastructure changes that go through review and reach production

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: £14.00-£16.00 an hour

Perks

• Paid holiday accrued during the placement
• Home working allowance
• Reference on completion
• Graduate scheme fast-track interview
• Mentoring from an experienced team member

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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