Infrastructure Engineering Intern

About Quinlan Telephone

We run a fiber backbone of over 20,000 route miles, plus data centers and network operations centers. We started in 2005 and have grown to about 400 people.

About the role

We are moving older services to containers and the intern will help with the migration and the documentation. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. We send you a laptop and the accessories you need on day one.

Day to day

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

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets
• Laptop with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred) and a reliable internet connection
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week

Bonus points

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

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $40.50 - $44.50 an hour

What we offer

• Flexible hours
• Return offer opportunities
• Learning and development stipend

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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