Infrastructure Placement Student

Clients have the owner's cell number, and the owner still takes the occasional Saturday call. Our bench is in the back of a strip-mall storefront, where we image laptops and swap failed drives.

About the role

We are moving older services to containers and the intern will help with the migration and the documentation. This role is fully remote within Germany.

Day to day

• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts
• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response
• Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch
• Manage AWS resources such as EC2, S3, RDS and IAM roles with Terraform

What we're looking for

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028
• Based in Germany for the duration of the internship
• Eligible to work in Germany
• Available for the full internship period
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management

Bonus points

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or Solutions Architect Associate
• A home lab or personal project with a working CI/CD pipeline
• Knowledge of monitoring tools like Grafana or Datadog

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: €1,900 - €2,050 per month

What we offer

• Paid public holidays
• Mentorship
• Flexible hours

Duration: 6 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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