Linux Administration Intern

About the internship

Remote internship for a student who enjoys Linux, scripting and figuring out why a build broke. Your day-to-day work will include:

1. Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch

2. Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.

3. Containerise services with Docker and keep images small.

4. Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.

5. Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause

6. Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts.

7. Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response

Skill(s) required: Linux, Kubernetes, Terraform

Who should apply

1. Own a laptop and have stable internet at home

2. Available for a full-time (work from home) internship for the full duration

3. Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (2026 or 2027 batch)

4. Women starting or restarting their careers are encouraged to apply

Stipend: $550-$580 per month

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Immediately

Perks: Certificate, Flexible work hours, Mentorship from senior team members

Number of openings: 3

About Salthook Systems

Our main product is a payroll and timekeeping app for hourly workforces, sold by subscription and supported from High Point. Founded in 2002, the business writes the billing, metering and customer portal software that small water and electric utilities run on. Code review is required on every pull request, and nobody merges their own changes.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

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