DevOps Engineer Intern

Started by a former school district network admin in 1995, the business has grown almost entirely through referrals. Obando Data Systems is a small IT shop: the owner, four technicians and a part-time office manager.

Overview:

We are moving older services to containers and the intern will help with the migration and the documentation. Remote, open to candidates across Costa Rica.

What you'll do:

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

Requirements:

• Based in Costa Rica for the duration of the internship
• Eligible to work in Costa Rica
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course

Preferred:

• Experience with Terraform or Ansible
• Knowledge of monitoring tools like Grafana or Datadog
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or Solutions Architect Associate

What you get out of it:

• Infrastructure as code with Terraform on live AWS accounts
• Certificate, recommendation letter and a possible full-time offer
• Debugging failed deploys and reading logs under some time pressure
• Support towards an AWS certification, with the exam fee covered for strong interns

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: CRC 420,000-CRC 580,000/month

What we offer:

• Possibility of a full-time offer
• Mentorship
• Company laptop
• Letter of recommendation

Duration: 5 months. Start: Immediately.

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