DevOps Engineering Intern

We operate two 24/7 network operations centres and a security operations centre, staffed in three shifts. After-hours on-call comes around every fourth week.

The internship

This is a hands-on infrastructure role. You will write Terraform, Dockerfiles and GitHub Actions workflows that go through review. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the UAE. Normal business hours, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
• Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources
• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts

Requirements

• Eligible to work in the UAE
• Based in the UAE for the duration of the internship
• Available for the full internship period
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week
• Laptop with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred) and a reliable internet connection
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work

Preferred

• Knowledge of monitoring tools like Grafana or Datadog
• Kubernetes basics, such as pods, deployments and services
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or Solutions Architect Associate

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: AED 7,800 - AED 9,900/month

Perks

• Company laptop
• Online learning budget
• Flexible hours
• Paid public holidays
• Certificate of completion

We will only contact shortlisted applicants.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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