Infrastructure Placement Student

About GP Computer Services

Every tech does a bit of everything, from printer jams to firewall rules.

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 Australia. Few meetings, lots of written updates.

What you'll do

• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results
• Manage AWS resources such as EC2, S3, RDS and IAM roles with Terraform
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts

Who can apply

• Based in Australia for the duration of the internship
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2026 or 2027
• Eligible to work in Australia
• Available for the full internship period
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $4,000 to $5,200 pcm

Perks

• Flexible working hours
• Graduate scheme fast-track interview
• Home working allowance

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at GP Computer Services.