Platform Engineering Intern

Marlowe Group is a management and technology consulting firm with 7,000 employees worldwide. Our practices cover strategy, operations, technology implementation, risk and human capital. We write a lot: proposals, status reports, slide decks and final reports.

About the internship:

Marlowe Group is hiring a Platform Engineering Intern for Jun 2027. Remote internship for a student who enjoys Linux, scripting and figuring out why a build broke. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Baltimore team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Core hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM US Eastern.

Responsibilities:

• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence.
• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response.
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision.
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts.
• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause.
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small.

What we're looking for:

• Based in Switzerland for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028.
• Laptop with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred) and a reliable internet connection.
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects.
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work.
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management.
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python.
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Terraform or Ansible.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or Solutions Architect Associate.

What you'll learn:

• How a real deployment pipeline, monitoring stack and on-call rotation fit together.
• Certificate, recommendation letter and a possible full-time offer.

Program dates: Jun 2027, 6 months.

Compensation: CHF 5,200 - CHF 5,800 monthly

Perks:

• Mentorship.
• Online learning budget.
• Internet allowance.
• Possibility of a full-time offer.

Due to the number of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jun 2027.

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