Infrastructure Engineering Intern

Customers use our platform to manage equipment rentals: reservations, check-out, damage photos, invoicing and QuickBooks sync. Most of what we build is back-office software for property managers, including lease tracking, work orders and tenant payments. Founded in 1998, we now have 100 employees.

The internship:

Remote internship for a student who enjoys Linux, scripting and figuring out why a build broke. Remote position. Most of the team is in Oakland, but nobody is required to come in. Day-to-day communication is in Slack and Google Meet.

Day to day:

• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes
• Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
• Manage AWS resources such as EC2, S3, RDS and IAM roles with Terraform
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision

Requirements:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2026 or 2027
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python

Preferred:

• Kubernetes basics, such as pods, deployments and services
• A home lab or personal project with a working CI/CD pipeline
• Knowledge of monitoring tools like Grafana or Datadog

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Stipend: $39.00 - $54.00 per hour

What we offer:

• Return offer opportunities
• Home office setup stipend
• Paid company holidays
• Company laptop
• Paid sick time
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)

Duration: 3 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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