Infrastructure Placement Student

The product is a mobile app plus a React web dashboard, with a Python and PostgreSQL backend on AWS. Since 2018, the company has sold practice management software to dental and veterinary clinics in Australia.

About the role

We are moving older services to containers and the intern will help with the migration and the documentation. You can work from home anywhere in Australia. We have no office requirement. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Day to day

• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.
• Manage AWS resources such as EC2, S3, RDS and IAM roles with Terraform.
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources.
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes.
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts.
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision.
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence.
• Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch.

Requirements

• Available for the full internship period.
• Based in Australia for the duration of the internship.
• Eligible to work in Australia.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028.
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets.
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work.
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course.

What you'll learn

• You will make infrastructure changes that go through review and reach production.
• Support towards an AWS certification, with the exam fee covered for strong interns.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $60,000 - $70,000 pa

What we offer

• Mentoring from an experienced team member.
• Flexible working hours.
• Graduate scheme fast-track interview.
• Reference on completion.

Applications close when we find the right person, so get in early.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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