DevOps Engineering Intern

Since 2003, the company has sold practice management software to dental and veterinary clinics in the US. Blackthorn Digital builds scheduling and dispatch software for field service companies, from two-truck plumbing outfits to regional HVAC contractors. We started in 2003 and have grown to about 80 people.

OVERVIEW:

Blackthorn Digital is hiring a DevOps intern to help with CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure and monitoring. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. Normal business hours, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts.
• Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch.
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes.
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
• 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.

WHO CAN APPLY:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2026 or 2027.
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• 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.
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

• Infrastructure as code with Terraform on live AWS accounts.
• 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.
• Debugging failed deploys and reading logs under some time pressure.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Stipend: $39.50 - $49.00 per hour

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Flexible hours.
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Paid company holidays.
• Learning and development stipend.
• Final presentation to leadership.
• Paid sick time.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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