Site Reliability Engineering Intern

Every tech does a bit of everything, from printer jams to firewall rules. Masonhook Networks is a small IT shop: the owner, four technicians and a part-time office manager. We started in 2020 and have grown to about 27 people. Lunch is usually whatever is closest to the client site.

Overview

Our Cloud Operations 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, open to candidates across the US. Standard office hours, Monday to Friday, with flexibility around them. Please make sure you have a quiet place to work and a solid internet connection.

Responsibilities

• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
• Document runbooks for common incidents in Confluence.
• 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.

Requirements

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course.
• Understanding of networking concepts like DNS, load balancers, ports and subnets.
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects.
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python.
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week.
• Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly.

Nice to have

• A home lab or personal project with a working CI/CD pipeline.
• Experience with Terraform or Ansible.
• Kubernetes basics, such as pods, deployments and services.

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Dec 2026

Stipend: $40.00 - $57.00 an hour

What we offer

• Home office setup stipend.
• Learning and development stipend.
• Flexible hours.
• Paid sick time.
• Company laptop.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Dec 2026.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Masonhook Networks Inc..