DevOps Engineer Intern

A Covenant Eyes DevOps Engineer Intern performs the same day-to-day tasks as DevOps Engineers but with more oversight and mentoring from members of our DevOps Team. The DevOps Engineer Intern is a technical, hands-on position that will develop, maintain, and support our growing infrastructure and applications development. As a DevOps Engineer Intern, you will assist in the development of strategic, innovative, and cost-effective solutions to increase the efficiency, reliability, and integration of our services and operations. The DevOps Engineer Intern collaborates with Systems Engineers, Security Analysts, Developers, and Product Owners to ensure the team is using the best approach to deliver services and infrastructure.   

• Participate in designing, implementing, and maintaining Linux servers, VMware and AWS environments, and Kubernetes platforms, focusing on automating builds and configurations.
• Participate in designing, implementing, and managing application containers and container orchestration environments.
• Learn new technologies quickly, including topics like container orchestration, container registries, container build strategies, and microservices on container platforms.
• Support software developers, teams, and managers, e.g., by enabling continuous integration and infrastructure self-service.
• Write effective documentation for both new and existing systems.
• Work both independently and collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
• Participate in off-shift on-call rotation for production support issues and support off-shift production deployments.
• Other duties may be assigned as needed.

Core Skills

• Currently enrolled in an accredited 4-year Computer Science program or related field. Postgraduates, students enrolled in a technical boot camp, or similar programs will also be considered for the internship.
• Familiarity with one or more of the following technologies: Kubernetes, AWS (or other public cloud environments such as Azure, GCP), Docker, Git (or other version control systems), and/or Linux (CentOS/RHEL).
• Familiarity with scripting languages (Bash/ksh, Python, JavaScript/Typescript).
• General understanding of systems monitoring, troubleshooting, log tracing, and analysis.

Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code, Configuration Management, and Orchestration tools (e.g. Chef, Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, Puppet)
• Familiarity with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins, etc.)
• General understanding of Networking and Load Balancer working knowledge (HAProxy, Nginx)
• Familiarity with SQL (MySQL/MariaDB), Virtualization (vSphere), Analytics and monitoring (Zabbix, Grafana, Prometheus, Graylog), Atlassian Confluence, Jira, or Jira Service Desk
• Software Engineering experience and documentation