DevOps Engineering Intern

Across New York, the company runs 14 branch offices and a central depot for hardware staging and imaging. Large rollouts are routine here, such as imaging 12,000 laptops for a state agency over one summer. Lunch is usually whatever is closest to the client site.

About the internship

Lilacbench 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 within the US. The team meets in New York City once a quarter, travel covered. Flexible schedule. We have one team call a day, usually in the morning. Strong written English is important, since much of our work is async.

Responsibilities

• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence
• Manage AWS resources such as EC2, S3, RDS and IAM roles with Terraform
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI

Who you are

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python
• 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
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course

Preferred qualifications

• Kubernetes basics, such as pods, deployments and services

What you'll learn

• How a real deployment pipeline, monitoring stack and on-call rotation fit together
• Support towards an AWS certification, with the exam fee covered for strong interns
• Debugging failed deploys and reading logs under some time pressure
• You will make infrastructure changes that go through review and reach production

Program dates: Jan 2027, 4 months.

Pay: $50.50 to $55.00 per hour

Benefits for interns

• Return offer opportunities
• Flexible hours
• Learning and development stipend
• Paid company holidays
• Paid sick time

Lilacbench is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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