Cloud Engineering Intern

East Bay & Company is a top-50 accounting and advisory firm with 600 people in offices across the US. Offices in New York City and more than 20 other cities share a national tax and technical resources team.

The internship

Remote internship for a student who enjoys Linux, scripting and figuring out why a build broke. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our New York City team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Expect to work a schedule that overlaps with US Eastern business hours until about noon ET.

Responsibilities

• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision.
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results.
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence.
• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response.
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small.
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes.

Requirements

• Based in Mexico for the duration of the internship.
• Eligible to work in Mexico.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work.
• Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly.
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects.
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management.
• Laptop with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred) and a reliable internet connection.

What you get out of it

• Certificate, recommendation letter and a possible full-time offer.
• Support towards an AWS certification, with the exam fee covered for strong interns.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $1,600-$1,800 monthly

What we offer

• Paid public holidays.
• Mentorship.
• Company laptop.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at East Bay & Company.