Intern, DevOps
Somos’ internship program offers students a direct line to our organization as well as the potential to accelerate their future with us. From active coaching to cross-functional collaboration, you’ll gain critical, real-world project experience. As part of our program, you’ll gain direct access to industry leaders, subject matter experts, and most importantly, mentors. Not only will you work on impactful projects, but you’ll also benefit from a community of professionals who are passionate about preparing you for future successes. To learn more about our program, visit https://www.somos.com/internship.
Our 2025 program consists of full-time, paid internships that will run from June 9th to August 29th. This is a non-exempt role with a salary range of $25.00-$30.00 per hour.
Eligibility Requirements
- Our internship program is remote based; however, the intern must be in the United States.
- Must be an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in a degree-granting program at an accredited college or university during the internship.
- GPA of 3.0 or above (based on a 4.0 scale)
- Available to work full time (40 hours/week) for the entire program (June 9th - August 29th).
- Required to undergo a pre-employment background check.
Working closely with the department, the Intern will be responsible for the following tasks:
- Participate on agile project teams to develop, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure as code (IAC)
- Configure continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and resolve build issues as they arise
- Contribute to developer productivity enhancing initiatives in a variety of ways; to include writing scripts, analyzing/automating workflows, and gathering requirements from internal stakeholders
- Other duties as assigned
Major Initiatives
- Intern capstone project
Qualifications & Skills
- Seeking undergraduate degree in IT-related field. Computer Science is ideal but other degrees such as Information Systems or Information Science are acceptable
- In lieu of desired major, willing to consider independent learning or other studies in a non-academic venue demonstrating motivation to learn more about cloud infrastructure and software development
- Must be enrolled as a Junior or Senior in an Undergraduate program or graduate student
- College-level experience with coding practices and languages (such as Python, JavaScript, or others)
- Comfortable using the command line and writing bash scripts
- Knowledge of Agile software development project methodologies preferred
- Demonstrated analytical ability and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to work efficiently, meet deadlines, and manage multi-dimensional projects
- Team oriented attitude that no job is too big or too small
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Applications
Preferred Qualifications & Skills
- Familiarity with IAC tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK
- Some knowledge of modern ci/cd pipeline tools like Codefresh, Github Actions, GitLab, AWS Code Pipeline
- Basic awareness of containerized or serverless computing architectural patterns
- College level computer programming course work
Somos is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of this position. Aspects of this job description may change at any time, with or without notice.
This job description is not intended as and does not create an employment contract. The organization maintains its status as an at-will employer. Employees can be terminated for any reason not prohibited by law.
Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.