Infrastructure Placement Student

About Wheelwright Managed Services:

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, the company has grown since 2019 by acquiring regional IT providers. Certifications include ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, and we hold partner status with Microsoft, Cisco and VMware. We started in 2019 and have grown to about 310 people. After-hours on-call comes around every fourth week.

The internship:

Wheelwright Managed Services is hiring a DevOps intern to help with CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure and monitoring. The company is based in Abu Dhabi, the UAE. Our team works from several countries. You will intern remotely with our team in Abu Dhabi. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. You will work Dubai business hours, Monday to Friday. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

What you'll do:

• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts.
• Manage AWS resources such as EC2, S3, RDS and IAM roles with Terraform.
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision.
• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response.
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small.
• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause.
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results.
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.

What we're looking for:

• Based in Argentina for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly.
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects.
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work.
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course.
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: ARS 1,700,000 - ARS 2,350,000 per month

Perks:

• Company laptop.
• Flexible hours.
• Online learning budget.
• Certificate of completion.
• Mentorship.
• Possibility of a full-time offer.

Please include your notice period and salary expectations.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Mar 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Wheelwright Managed Services FZ-LLC.