DevOps Engineering Intern

Who we are

Help desk calls are answered from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with an on-call tech covering nights and weekends. WMB IT provides managed IT for offices of 10 to 200 users: help desk, patching, backups, Microsoft 365 and firewall management.

About the role

This is a hands-on infrastructure role. You will write Terraform, Dockerfiles and GitHub Actions workflows that go through review. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the UK. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. Communication happens mostly in Slack and short video calls.

Day to day

• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence
• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response

What we're looking for

• Available for the full internship period
• Based in the UK for the duration of the internship
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: £2,200 - £2,400 pcm

What we offer

• Access to online training
• Flexible working hours
• Mentoring from an experienced team member
• Graduate scheme fast-track interview
• Laptop provided
• Paid holiday accrued during the placement

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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