Site Reliability Engineering Intern - Summer 2027

Certifications include ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, and we hold partner status with Microsoft, Cisco and VMware. Large rollouts are routine here, such as imaging 12,000 laptops for a state agency over one summer. Tickets live in ConnectWise and everyone logs time to the quarter hour.

About the internship

Front Range Computer Services is hiring a Site Reliability Engineering Intern for Summer 2027. 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. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. Normal business hours, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility. Good written English matters here, since most updates are written.

Your projects

• Automate routine tasks with Bash or Python scripts
• Write and improve CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
• Rotate secrets in AWS Secrets Manager under supervision
• Set up dashboards and alerts in Grafana, Prometheus or CloudWatch
• Deploy and update apps on Kubernetes using Helm charts
• Investigate failed builds and deployment issues and write a short note on the cause
• Patch and update Linux servers in staging before production changes
• Review cloud costs each month and point out unused resources

Basic qualifications

• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Careful with production systems. You must follow change procedures exactly
• Some exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP through a free tier account or course
• Available 30 to 40 hours a week
• Hands-on practice with Docker, even on personal projects
• Basic scripting in Bash or Python

Nice to have

• A home lab or personal project with a working CI/CD pipeline
• Knowledge of monitoring tools like Grafana or Datadog
• Experience with Terraform or Ansible

What you'll learn

• Debugging failed deploys and reading logs under some time pressure
• How a real deployment pipeline, monitoring stack and on-call rotation fit together

Program dates: Summer 2027, 10 weeks.

Pay: $44.50 - $47.00 an hour

Benefits for interns

• Final presentation to leadership
• Learning and development stipend
• Return offer opportunities
• Paid company holidays
• Company laptop

Duration: 10 weeks. Start: Summer 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Front Range Computer Services LLC.