DevOps Engineering Intern

About Selwyn IT:

Most work comes in through ConnectWise tickets, with a dispatch board for onsite visits. Help desk calls are answered from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with an on-call tech covering nights and weekends.

Overview:

Our Platform team looks after AWS accounts, Kubernetes clusters and the build pipelines for 20 or so services. The intern will help with all of it under supervision. This role is fully remote within the US. Day-to-day communication is in Slack and Google Meet.

What you'll do:

• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes.
• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response.
• 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.

Requirements:

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python.
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management.
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week.
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work.

What you'll learn:

• Certificate, recommendation letter and a possible full-time offer.
• Debugging failed deploys and reading logs under some time pressure.
• Support towards an AWS certification, with the exam fee covered for strong interns.
• You will make infrastructure changes that go through review and reach production.

Duration: 10 weeks

Start date: Summer 2027

Stipend: $46.50 - $47.00 an hour

What we offer:

• Return offer opportunities.
• Learning and development stipend.
• Paid sick time.

This position requires a background check.

Duration: 10 weeks. Start: Summer 2027.

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