Infrastructure Engineering Intern

Who we are:

Cable splicing, OTDR testing and directional boring are all done by in-house crews. Fixed wireless covers the hardest-to-reach areas, and fiber reaches more of the territory each year. We started in 2012 and have grown to about 90 people.

The internship:

Canopymill Fiber is hiring a DevOps intern to help with CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure and monitoring. Remote position. Most of the team is in Indianapolis, but nobody is required to come in. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

What you'll do:

• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results
• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision

Who can apply:

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management
• Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week

Bonus points:

• Kubernetes basics, such as pods, deployments and services
• Exposure to Nginx configuration

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $43.00 - $47.00 per hour

What we offer:

• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager
• Return offer opportunities
• Paid company holidays
• Learning and development stipend
• Flexible hours

Start dates are flexible, usually within a few weeks of an offer.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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