Linux Administration Intern

From the London office, we cover clients within about a two-hour drive and support remote sites through RMM tools. Sefton IT provides managed IT for offices of 10 to 200 users: help desk, patching, backups, Microsoft 365 and firewall management. We started in 2014 and have grown to about 160 people.

OVERVIEW

Our Infrastructure team looks after AWS accounts, Kubernetes clusters and the build pipelines for 20 or so services. The intern will help with all of it under supervision. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our London team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Working hours overlap with UK business hours. Please make sure you have a quiet place to work and a solid internet connection.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts.
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes.
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small.
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision.
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results.
• Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch.

WHO CAN APPLY

• Own laptop and a reliable internet connection.
• Available for at least 30 hours a week from home.
• Final-year students or recent graduates of BSc in CSE, EEE, BBA or a related subject.
• Laptop with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred) and a reliable internet connection.
• Pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, BSCS or a related degree, graduating in 2026, 2027 or 2028.
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work.
• Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly.
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets.

BONUS POINTS

• Exposure to Nginx configuration.
• A home lab or personal project with a working CI/CD pipeline.
• Experience with Terraform or Ansible.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Within 2 weeks

Stipend: $350 to $400 per month

PERKS

• Certificate.
• Internet allowance.
• Flexible work hours.
• Mentorship from senior team members.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

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