DevOps Engineering Intern

Large rollouts are routine here, such as imaging 12,000 laptops for a state agency over one summer.

About the internship:

Kilnbank IT is hiring a DevOps Engineering Intern for Jan 2027. This is a hands-on infrastructure role. You will write Terraform, Dockerfiles and GitHub Actions workflows that go through review. Remote position. Most of the team is in Houston, but nobody is required to come in.

Your projects:

• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources.
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes.
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision.
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence.
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small.
• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause.

Who you are:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2028.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python.
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week.
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects.

Nice to have:

• A home lab or personal project with a working CI/CD pipeline.

What you get out of it:

• 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: Jan 2027, 12 weeks.

Compensation: $46.50 - $48.50 per hour

Benefits for interns:

• Learning and development stipend.
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.
• Company laptop.
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Final presentation to leadership.
• Flexible hours.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you need an accommodation during the application process, let us know.

Please include a short note on why this role interests you.

Duration: 12 weeks. Start: Jan 2027.

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