Platform Engineering Intern

About us:

Contract research clients send us samples from trial sites all over the world. Most of the team works in process development, analytical chemistry and quality control. Lab coats, safety glasses and closed-toe shoes in all lab areas.

The internship:

This is a hands-on infrastructure role. You will write Terraform, Dockerfiles and GitHub Actions workflows that go through review. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. Communication happens mostly in Slack and short video calls.

What you'll do:

• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small
• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence

Requirements:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week

Bonus points:

• Exposure to Nginx configuration

What you'll learn:

• Infrastructure as code with Terraform on live AWS accounts
• Certificate, recommendation letter and a possible full-time offer
• Support towards an AWS certification, with the exam fee covered for strong interns
• You will make infrastructure changes that go through review and reach production

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Mar 2027

Stipend: $39.50-$44.00/hr

Perks:

• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Company laptop
• Paid company holidays
• Return offer opportunities
• Final presentation to leadership

A resume is enough to apply. Cover letters are optional.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Mar 2027.

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