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.