Cloud Engineering Intern

Across New York, the company runs 14 branch offices and a central depot for hardware staging and imaging. Large rollouts are routine here, such as imaging 12,000 laptops for a state agency over one summer. Lunch is usually whatever is closest to the client site.

About the internship:

Lilacbench is hiring a Cloud Engineering Intern for Jun 2027. 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. Our team is spread across 20 countries. Headquarters is in New York City. This is a remote internship. You will work with our team in New York City, and the stipend is paid monthly in USD. Core hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM US Eastern. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

What you'll do:

• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small.
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision.
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts.
• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause.
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence.

Who you are:

• Eligible to work in Spain.
• Based in Spain for the duration of the internship.
• Laptop with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred) and a reliable internet connection.
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python.
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management.
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of monitoring tools like Grafana or Datadog.
• Kubernetes basics, such as pods, deployments and services.
• Experience with Terraform or Ansible.

What you get out of it:

• How a real deployment pipeline, monitoring stack and on-call rotation fit together.
• You will make infrastructure changes that go through review and reach production.
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform on live AWS accounts.

Program dates: Jun 2027, 10-12 weeks.

Intern pay: $2,850 to $3,100/month

Perks:

• Flexible hours.
• Online learning budget.
• Letter of recommendation.

Tell us your notice period and what salary you are looking for.

Duration: 10-12 weeks. Start: Jun 2027.

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