Cloud Engineering Intern

About Aberdeen Digital:

Public sector agencies, utilities and large health systems licence our asset management platform under multi-year contracts.

The internship:

We are moving older services to containers and the intern will help with the migration and the documentation. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the UK. You can set your own hours around a daily morning check-in. You get a company laptop and a headset before you start.

Responsibilities:

• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small
• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources
• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts

Who can apply:

• Eligible to work in the UK
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Based in the UK for the duration of the internship
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management
• Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: £14.00 - £17.50 p/h

Perks:

• Laptop provided
• Home working allowance
• Flexible working hours
• Paid holiday accrued during the placement

Successful applicants will be contacted within a week of the closing date.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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