Platform Engineering Intern

About us

Enterprise, wholesale and government customers buy Ethernet, wavelength and dark fiber services. Retail stores, field technicians and customer care all report into regional operations teams.

Overview

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 internship with a team based in New York City. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Eastern time.

What you'll do

• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes.
• Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch.
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small.
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results.
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts.
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision.

Who can apply

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Eligible to work in Israel.
• Based in Israel for the duration of the internship.
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week.
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects.
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management.
• Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly.
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets.
• Laptop with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred) and a reliable internet connection.

What you get out of it

• Debugging failed deploys and reading logs under some time pressure.
• Support towards an AWS certification, with the exam fee covered for strong interns.
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform on live AWS accounts.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: ₪19,000 - ₪21,500 monthly

Perks

• Flexible hours.
• Mentorship.
• Paid public holidays.
• Possibility of a full-time offer.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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