Site Reliability Engineering Intern

ABOUT US

Annual releases gave way to two-week sprints years ago, and the platform now handles over 200 million API calls a day. Headquartered in Oklahoma City since 1987, the company now sells in 40 countries and supports customers in 11 languages.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Remote internship for a student who enjoys Linux, scripting and figuring out why a build broke. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. You can set your own hours around a daily morning check-in.

DAY TO DAY

• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts
• Manage AWS resources such as EC2, S3, RDS and IAM roles with Terraform
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision
• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause

WHO CAN APPLY

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2026 or 2027
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python
• 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

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience with Terraform or Ansible

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• Certificate, recommendation letter and a possible full-time offer
• 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
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform on live AWS accounts

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: $47.50 - $50.50/hr

WHAT WE OFFER

• Return offer opportunities
• Home office setup stipend
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager

We review applications on a rolling basis.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

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