AI Operations Engineer Intern: Automate & Scale AI

Cisco; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cisco Product Internship Program offers a 12-week summer experience designed to welcome early-career talent into this mission. Interns are embedded within high-impact teams shaping Cisco's future in AI and operations. You’ll gain hands-on exposure to real platforms, architectures, and deployments.

As a participating student, you’ll work on automating IT operations, building scalable solutions, and contributing to AI production environments, while learning from leaders across the organization.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program (Associate's or Bachelor's).
• Education should be in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Mathematics, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Expected to continue enrollment in degree program following completion of the internship.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or Bash, evidenced through a coding challenge, technical assessment, or submission of automation scripts/workflow samples.
• Working knowledge of systems or network administration fundamentals (e.g., Linux system operations, monitoring, or incident response basics).

Responsibilities

• Automate and streamline IT operations in AI Ops to deliver impactful results.
• Build smart solutions that cut down on repetitive tasks and speed up incident response.
• Support AI production environments and manage sandbox environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to contribute to deployment workflows and automation.

Skills

Python

Bash

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

AWS

Education

Undergraduate degree (Associate's or Bachelor's)

Tools

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

The Cisco Product Internship Program offers a 12-week summer experience designed to welcome early-career talent into this mission. Interns are embedded within high-impact teams shaping Cisco's future in AI and operations. You’ll gain hands-on exposure to real platforms, architectures, and deployments.

As a participating student, you’ll work on automating IT operations, building scalable solutions, and contributing to AI production environments, while learning from leaders across the organization.