Intern - DevOps Engineer - Summer 2025

About the position

Lumen is offering a 10-week summer internship program for students interested in digital innovation, specifically for a DevOps Engineer Intern on the Network Transformation team. This role provides an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in automation, software development, and network infrastructure support, while collaborating with senior developers and managing multiple projects. The internship is designed to empower students to reach their full potential and contribute to the company's mission of connecting the world.

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 and Windows 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 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.
• Ability to be resourceful and adaptable- independently and in a team environment.
• 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.
• Opportunity for hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment with growth opportunities.