Intern - DevOps Engineer - Summer 2025

About the position

The DevOps Engineer Intern position at Lumen offers students an immersive 10-week summer internship program designed to provide hands-on experience in digital innovation and technology. Interns will work closely with senior developers on the Network Transformation team, focusing on automation, software development, and project management within a collaborative environment. This role is ideal for students eager to learn and contribute to real-world projects while building a professional network.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior developers on designing, developing, and testing tools for supporting the network automation infrastructure and applications.
• Effectively manage and deliver multiple projects to operational stability.
• Communicate with all stakeholders throughout a project to gain clarification of requirements, provide project status, identify gaps, identify issues, discuss schedules.
• Support existing applications and procedures.
• Write documentation to support applications and processes.
• Implement assigned projects via continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and Agile methodology.
• Install, configure, maintain, upgrade, and troubleshoot third party software along with custom internal applications.

Requirements

• Enrolled at a 4-year accredited college or university, rising senior or masters level education status at the start of the internship.
• Graduating August 2025 - May 2026.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suites.
• Hands-on development experience with backend languages like Java and/or Python and databases such as SQL/MongoDB/Oracle.
• Familiarity with web technologies such as HTML/CSS, Django, and JavaScript.
• Familiarity working in Linux environments, including file structures, grep, and basic shell scripting.
• Experience working in Windows and Unix environments, including file structures, grep, and basic shell scripting.
• Knowledgeable about containerization technologies like Docker/Kubernetes.
• Understanding of XML, JSON, and data structure fundamentals.
• Familiarity with Agile methodology of development and user of Git (or similar) for version control.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts such as DNS, routing, and connectivity troubleshooting.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with NodeJS is desirable.
• Knowledge of L2/L3 networking protocols such as MPLS, BGP, 802.1q, and TCP/IP is a plus.
• Microsoft Azure exposure is a plus.
• Strong drive for results/solutions and taking initiative to resolve problems.
• Strong Tech background and desire to learn more in the tech realm.
• Ability to be resourceful and adaptable- independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to collaborate and have agility while making effective decisions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Flexible and adapts well to change.

Benefits

• Hourly compensation ranging from $26.00 to $43.00 per hour based on education level and experience.