DevOps Engineering Intern - Remote

Who we are:

The company underwrites workers' compensation for small and mid-sized employers. Employee benefits clients use us for group health, dental, vision and life plans.

The internship:

We are moving older services to containers and the intern will help with the migration and the documentation. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the UK. Most communication happens in Slack, with short video calls when needed.

What you'll do:

• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision

Who can apply:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028
• Based in the UK for the duration of the internship
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Available for the full internship period
• 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
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: £25,000 - £26,000 pa

What we offer:

• Paid holiday accrued during the placement
• Flexible working hours
• Home working allowance
• Reference on completion
• Laptop provided

Duration: 6 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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