Site Reliability Engineering Intern

Headquartered in New York City since 1999, the company now sells in 40 countries and supports customers in 11 languages. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

The internship

We are moving older services to containers and the intern will help with the migration and the documentation. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. We keep meetings to a minimum and work mostly async.

Responsibilities

• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts
• Manage AWS resources such as EC2, S3, RDS and IAM roles with Terraform
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results

Who can apply

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course
• Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects
• Comfortable with Linux: file permissions, processes, SSH and package management
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python

What you get out of it

• Debugging failed deploys and reading logs under some time pressure
• Certificate, recommendation letter and a possible full-time offer

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $42.00 to $42.50 an hour

What we offer

• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager
• Flexible hours

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at FE Apps, LLC.