DV Trading
DevOps Engineer Intern - Summer 2027
Chicago · Internship · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Education
- Pursuing a BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; expected to graduate by Summer 2028.
About the job
Supports firm-wide infrastructure and platform solutions by deploying and operating Kubernetes workloads, improving observability, and contributing to safe AI-assisted tooling.
What you'll do
- Deploy and operate Kubernetes workloads and support service migrations from bare metal to Kubernetes under mentorship.
- Use GitOps, extend observability, triage alerts, and participate in platform upgrades following runbooks and change windows.
- Contribute to internal AI-assisted tooling and help improve safe agents that use internal APIs and observability data.
What they ask for
- Pursuing a BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; expected to graduate by Summer 2028.
- Hands-on Linux fundamentals and basic networking knowledge, including DNS and TCP/HTTP/S.
- Git workflow experience; Python for automation and scripting; comfortable reading YAML for Kubernetes and CI configs.
- Interest in SRE/DevOps practices such as reliability, least privilege, and documenting what you run.
Nice to have
- Coursework or projects involving Kubernetes, Prometheus/Grafana, CI/CD, Terraform/Ansible, or cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure); homelab or open-source contributions.
- Thoughtful use of AI coding assistants and interest in agent patterns.
Pay
$40.00-$50.00 USD per hour; compensation type not specified
Tools
Kubernetes, Argo CD, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, Python, YAML
AI focus
Contribute to internal AI-assisted tooling and improve safe, tool-based agents using internal APIs and observability data; verify outputs and protect secrets and customer data.
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