DevOps Engineering Intern

Who we are

Large rollouts are routine here, such as imaging 12,000 laptops for a state agency over one summer. Brickset is a managed services provider with 800 employees, supporting more than 1,500 client organizations across the US. Our dress code is a company polo and clean jeans.

Overview

Remote internship for a student who enjoys Linux, scripting and figuring out why a build broke. Remote position. Most of the team is in Boston, but nobody is required to come in. We keep meetings to a minimum and work mostly async. A quiet workspace and good internet are required.

Day to day

• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes
• Manage AWS resources such as EC2, S3, RDS and IAM roles with Terraform
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI

What we're looking for

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets
• Laptop with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred) and a reliable internet connection
• Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work

Preferred

• Experience with Terraform or Ansible

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $46.00 - $48.50 an hour

Perks

• Company laptop
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Return offer opportunities
• Paid company holidays

Start dates are flexible, usually within a few weeks of an offer.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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