Cloud Engineering Intern

Headquartered in Toronto since 2004, the company now sells in 40 countries and supports customers in 11 languages. We started in 2004 and have grown to about 910 people.

The internship:

Cinderbound Software is hiring a DevOps intern to help with CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure and monitoring. You can work from home anywhere in Canada. We have no office requirement. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Responsibilities:

• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results
• Manage AWS resources such as EC2, S3, RDS and IAM roles with Terraform
• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI

Requirements:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Eligible to work in Canada
• Based in Canada for the duration of the internship
• Available for the full internship period
• Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly
• Laptop with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred) and a reliable internet connection
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets

Bonus points:

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or Solutions Architect Associate
• Exposure to Nginx configuration
• Knowledge of monitoring tools like Grafana or Datadog

What you get out of it:

• Infrastructure as code with Terraform on live AWS accounts
• Support towards an AWS certification, with the exam fee covered for strong interns

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: $28.00 - $29.50 per hour

Perks:

• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Flexible hours
• Learning and development stipend
• Return offer opportunities

Start dates are flexible, usually within a few weeks of an offer.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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