Site Reliability Engineering Intern

No call center and no offshore help desk. We're looking for a Site Reliability Engineering Intern. 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. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Normal business hours, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility. You get a company laptop and a headset before you start.

You'll help with

• 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
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources
• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts

About you

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course
• Laptop with at least 8 GB RAM (16 GB preferred) and a reliable internet connection
• Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly

6 months, starting Jan 2027. Stipend: $39.50 - $51.00 per hour.

Perks: Learning and development stipend, Return offer opportunities, Paid sick time, Company laptop, Paid company holidays.

New hires usually start two to three weeks after accepting an offer.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at RTP Tech Support.