Cloud Engineering Intern

Certifications include ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, and we hold partner status with Microsoft, Cisco and VMware.

The program:

Wilson Managed Services is hiring a Cloud Engineering Intern for Feb 2027. Remote internship for a student who enjoys Linux, scripting and figuring out why a build broke. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our London team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Few meetings, lots of written updates.

What you'll do:

• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results.
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes.
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision.
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources.
• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response.
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence.

Who you are:

• Based in Ireland for the duration of the internship.
• Eligible to work in Ireland.
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work.
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course.
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week.
• Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly.

Nice to have:

• Exposure to Nginx configuration.
• Kubernetes basics, such as pods, deployments and services.

What you'll learn:

• You will make infrastructure changes that go through review and reach production.
• Support towards an AWS certification, with the exam fee covered for strong interns.

Program dates: Feb 2027, 6 months.

Intern pay: €4,600 - €5,800 a month

What we offer:

• Laptop provided.
• Access to online training.
• Reference on completion.
• Paid holiday accrued during the placement.
• Mentoring from an experienced team member.
• Home working allowance.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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