DevOps Engineering Intern - Spring 2027

We run a fiber backbone of over 20,000 route miles, plus data centers and network operations centers. Headquartered in Nantes, the company has 136,300 employees and contact centers in four locations.

About the internship

Saltbox Telecom is hiring a DevOps Engineering Intern for Spring 2027. This is a hands-on infrastructure role. You will write Terraform, Dockerfiles and GitHub Actions workflows that go through review. Our team is spread across 17 countries. Headquarters is in Nantes. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Nantes team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Working hours overlap with Central European Time. Please make sure you have a quiet place to work and a solid internet connection.

Your projects

• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause.
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence.
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results.
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources.
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision.
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts.

Basic qualifications

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course.
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work.
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week.
• Laptop with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred) and a reliable internet connection.
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects.

Nice to have

• Exposure to Nginx configuration.
• Knowledge of monitoring tools like Grafana or Datadog.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or Solutions Architect Associate.

What you'll learn

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

Program dates: Spring 2027, 12 weeks.

Intern pay: $41.50 - $58.50 an hour

Benefits for interns

• Company laptop.
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Home office setup stipend.

Saltbox Telecom is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

No recruitment agencies, please.

Duration: 12 weeks. Start: Spring 2027.

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