DevOps Intern

Role Overview We are looking for a DevOps Intern with hands-on exposure to cloud-native infrastructure. The role involves working on Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD pipelines, traffic routing systems, and observability across multi-cloud environments. The candidate should be comfortable learning and troubleshooting real-world workloads end-to-end. Key Responsibilities * Assist in deploying and operating Kubernetes clusters (EKS, GKE, or AKS). * Manage traffic routing and ingress systems for Kubernetes workloads. * Exposure with managing Karpenter for Kubernetes node provisioning and autoscaling. * Assist in ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance of production systems. * Build and maintain monitoring and logging stacks. * Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows. * Automate operational tasks and reduce manual toil. * Assist in troubleshooting issues across networking, containers, and cloud services. * Collaborate closely with application and security teams. Key Requirements * Strong understanding of Kubernetes fundamentals and architecture (control plane, CNI, CSI, upgrades). * Exposure to managed Kubernetes services (EKS, GKE, AKS). * Experience with traffic routing systems such as: * NGINX Ingress / NGINX Gateway * Kubernetes Gateway API (Gateway, HTTPRoute) * Experience with observability tools: * Prometheus, Grafana, Loki (or equivalents) * Basic hands-on experience with Karpenter for Kubernetes node provisioning and autoscaling, including NodePools and EC2NodeClass. * Basic understanding of Kubernetes troubleshooting and workload scaling. Essential Skills * Strong CI/CD fundamentals; experience with Jenkins or GitLab CI. * GitOps experience (ArgoCD preferred). * Understanding of ingress, routing rules, TLS, and traffic strategies (blue/green, canary). * Experience with configuration and secrets management (Vault, Sealed Secrets, External Secrets). * Basic knowledge of scaling, performance tuning, and load benchmarking. * Working knowledge of AWS, GCP, and Azure (VPC, IAM, cost awareness). * Scripting skills in Bash, Python, or Go. * Basic understanding of Karpenter and Kubernetes node autoscaling. Nice-to-Haves * Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, Ansible). * Linux system administration skills. * Container and network security exposure. * Exposure to multi-region or multi-cluster Kubernetes setups. * Familiarity with SRE practices and incident response. * Familiarity with advanced Karpenter concepts and configurations.