DevOps Engineering Intern

We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year.

About the internship:

Whistleloft is hiring a DevOps Engineering Intern for Mar 2027. Remote internship for a student who enjoys Linux, scripting and figuring out why a build broke. This is a remote internship. You will work with our team in Thornton, and the stipend is paid monthly in USD. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time.

What you'll do:

• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small.
• Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch.
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.
• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response.
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts.
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources.
• Manage AWS resources such as EC2, S3, RDS and IAM roles with Terraform.

Basic qualifications:

• Available for the full internship period.
• Eligible to work in Brazil.
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects.
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course.
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management.

Preferred qualifications:

• Exposure to Nginx configuration.

What you get out of it:

• Certificate, recommendation letter and a possible full-time offer.
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform on live AWS accounts.

Program dates: Mar 2027, 5 months.

Pay: $1,200 - $1,550/month

Benefits for interns:

• Online learning budget.
• Letter of recommendation.
• Possibility of a full-time offer.
• Mentorship.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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