Infrastructure Placement Student - Remote

Help desk calls are answered from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., with an on-call tech covering nights and weekends. WMB IT provides managed IT for offices of 10 to 200 users: help desk, patching, backups, Microsoft 365 and firewall management.

The internship

WMB IT is hiring a DevOps intern to help with CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure and monitoring. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the UK. Weekday working hours, with room to shift your day when needed. Clear written English is a must, as the team works across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause.
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes.
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence.
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.
• Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch.
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.

Who can apply

• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Based in the UK for the duration of the internship.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work.
• 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.
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course.
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects.

Preferred

• Exposure to Nginx configuration.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: £27,000 - £31,000 per annum

Perks

• Laptop provided.
• Mentoring from an experienced team member.
• Paid holiday accrued during the placement.
• Home working allowance.

You must have the right to work in the UK.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Mar 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at WMB IT Ltd.