Platform Engineering Intern

Product, engineering and support teams work out of offices in Dublin, County Dublin and two nearshore delivery centres. We started in 2001 and have grown to about 780 people.

About the role

This is a hands-on infrastructure role. You will write Terraform, Dockerfiles and GitHub Actions workflows that go through review. You can work from home anywhere in Ireland. We have no office requirement. Monday to Friday, regular working hours, flexible start and finish. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

What you'll do

• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources.
• Manage AWS resources such as EC2, S3, RDS and IAM roles with Terraform.
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small.
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts.
• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause.
• Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch.
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.

Who can apply

• Based in Ireland for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2026 or 2027.
• Eligible to work in Ireland.
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python.
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects.
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week.
• Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly.
• Laptop with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred) and a reliable internet connection.
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management.

Bonus points

• Kubernetes basics, such as pods, deployments and services.
• Knowledge of monitoring tools like Grafana or Datadog.
• A home lab or personal project with a working CI/CD pipeline.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: €17.50 - €18.50 an hour

What we offer

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

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

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