Site Reliability Engineering Intern

Institutional investors and pension funds own most of the properties we manage. Our development arm builds mixed-use, multifamily and industrial projects.

About the role

Fennick Living is hiring a DevOps intern to help with CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure and monitoring. Remote, open to candidates across the US. We talk mostly in Slack and hop on quick calls when something needs discussing.

What you'll do

• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
• Containerise services with Docker and keep images small
• Test backup and restore steps for databases and record the results
• Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts

Who can apply

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course
• 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
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python

Nice to have

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or Solutions Architect Associate
• Knowledge of monitoring tools like Grafana or Datadog

What you get out of it

• Debugging failed deploys and reading logs under some time pressure
• How a real deployment pipeline, monitoring stack and on-call rotation fit together
• Support towards an AWS certification, with the exam fee covered for strong interns
• Certificate, recommendation letter and a possible full-time offer

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $46.50 to $50.50 per hour

What we offer

• Learning and development stipend
• Flexible hours
• Paid sick time
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager

Duration: 4 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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