Platform Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

Clients rely on us for laptop setup, Intune enrollment, backup monitoring and after-hours help when something breaks. We're looking for a Platform Engineering Intern (Summer 2027). Our Platform 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. Remote within the US. The team meets in Springdale once a quarter, travel covered. Please make sure you have a quiet place to work and a solid internet connection.

You'll help with:

• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts
• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause
• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision

About you:

• 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 30 to 40 hours a week
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets

10 weeks, starting Summer 2027. Stipend: $46.50-$53.00 an hour.

Perks: Final presentation to leadership, Learning and development stipend, Home office setup stipend, Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual).

Duration: 10 weeks. Start: Summer 2027.

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