DevOps Intern

Clients have the owner's cell number, and the owner still takes the occasional Saturday call. No call centre and no offshore help desk. When clients call, one of us picks up. Our dress code is a company polo and clean jeans.

About the role

Our Cloud Operations 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. The company is based in Karlsruhe, Germany. Our team works from several countries. Remote internship with a team based in Karlsruhe. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. Core hours are 10:00 to 15:00 CET.

Day to day

• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause.
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts.
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision.
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small.

Who can apply

• Women starting or restarting their careers are encouraged to apply.
• Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (2027 batch)
• Have their own laptop and a reliable internet connection.
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets.
• Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly.
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work.
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management.
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week.
• Pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, BSCS or a related degree, graduating in 2027.

What you'll learn

• How a real deployment pipeline, monitoring stack and on-call rotation fit together.
• Debugging failed deploys and reading logs under some time pressure.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $500 - $600/month

What we offer

• Informal dress code.
• Laptop provided for the internship.
• Mentorship from senior team members.
• Letter of recommendation.
• Internet allowance.
• Job offer on successful completion.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Elbe Computer Services.