Platform Engineering Intern - Summer 2027

We employ 1,300 people in operations, engineering, customer service and corporate roles. Call centers in Reno and two other locations handle customer service. Pension plan for most employees.

The program:

Lakeside Water is hiring a Platform Engineering Intern for Summer 2027. This is a hands-on infrastructure role. You will write Terraform, Dockerfiles and GitHub Actions workflows that go through review. Remote, open to candidates across the US. Equipment is provided, including a laptop.

Responsibilities:

• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results.
• Shadow the on-call engineer during working hours to learn incident response.
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small.
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence.
• Manage AWS resources such as EC2, S3, RDS and IAM roles with Terraform.
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision.
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts.

Basic qualifications:

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Familiarity with Git and how CI pipelines work.
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python.
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week.
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management.
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects.

Preferred qualifications:

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

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: Summer 2027, 10 weeks.

Intern pay: $42.00-$43.00 per hour

What we offer:

• Flexible hours.
• Return offer opportunities.
• Final presentation to leadership.
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Home office setup stipend.
• Paid sick time.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you need an accommodation during the application process, let us know.

Duration: 10 weeks. Start: Summer 2027.

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