DevOps Engineering Intern, Spring 2027

About us:

We support about 60 local businesses, most within 30 minutes of the office. No call center and no offshore help desk. When clients call, one of us picks up.

Overview:

Mohawk Valley Networks is hiring a DevOps intern to help with CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure and monitoring. Remote position. Most of the team is in Cary, but nobody is required to come in.

Day to day:

Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results. Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response. Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision. Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes. Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause. Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch. Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.

Who can apply:

Based in the US for the duration of the internship. Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply. Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly. Basic scripting in Bash or Python. Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course. Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects. Laptop with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred) and a reliable internet connection. Available 30 to 40 hours a week.

Preferred:

A home lab or personal project with a working CI/CD pipeline. Kubernetes basics, such as pods, deployments and services. AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or Solutions Architect Associate.

What you get out of it:

How a real deployment pipeline, monitoring stack and on-call rotation fit together. Certificate, recommendation letter and a possible full-time offer.

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Spring 2027

Stipend: $37.50 to $49.00 an hour

What we offer:

Home office setup stipend. Company laptop. Paid company holidays.

This position requires a background check.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Spring 2027.

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