Cloud SRE Intern

Motion; Birmingham (AL); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Motion in Birmingham, AL is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer/Cloud Engineer Intern to join a cross-functional team and gain hands-on experience with cloud technologies, DevOps practices, and SRE principles. The internship focuses on reliability, performance, and automation while contributing to cloud-based transformations.

The role is based onsite at the Birmingham headquarters and offers exposure to incident response, monitoring, and automation in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Pursuing BS degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• Familiar with SRE principles and cloud platforms (Google Cloud preferred).
• Familiar with web technologies and DevOps monitoring tools.
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and orchestration.
• Self-motivated, capable of working independently or in a team.
• Eager to learn, adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving and operational support skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the team to ensure system reliability, scalability, and uptime.
• Assist incident response and root cause analysis to improve resilience.
• Help monitor and maintain cloud resources for performance and cost efficiency.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and technical discussions; provide suggestions.
• Engage in automation and continuous process improvement cycles.
• Work with senior team members on assigned tasks.

Skills

SRE principles

Cloud platforms

Web technologies

DevOps monitoring tools

CI/CD pipelines

Containerization & orchestration

Self-motivated

Independent & team player

Critical thinking & problem-solving

Education

BS degree in computer related field

Tools

Google Cloud

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer/Cloud Engineer Intern Job Description

Ready for a challenging and rewarding internship? The role will work closely with cross-functional team in a collaborative environment to ensure high availability, performance, and automation of systems while gaining hands‑on experience in cloud technologies, DevOps practices, and site reliability engineering principles.

Our goal is to enhance and support cloud‑based transformations, and to focused on pushing capabilities forward, staying ahead of customer needs and innovating for continuous improvement.

If you’re ready to unleash your knowledge, tame technology, and bust out of the ordinary, find out what’s next at Motion.

This position will be based in Birmingham, AL. Interns will be onsite at the Birmingham headquarters.

Responsibilities

• Support the team to ensure system reliability, scalability, and uptime.
• Assist to incident response and root cause analysis to improve system resilience.
• Help monitor and maintain cloud resources to ensure optimal performance and cost efficiency.
• Actively participate brainstorming sessions, and technical discussions and provide suggestions.
• Participate in automation and continuous process improvement cycles.
• Work alongside senior team members on assigned task.

Qualifications

• Working on a BS degree in a computer related field (e.g. Computer Science, Engineering)
• Familiarly with SRE principles
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and technologies (Google Cloud preferred)
• Familiarity with web technology, DevOps monitoring tools
• Familiarity of DevOps practices (e.g. CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and orchestration)
• Must be self-motivated and know when to seek guidance.
• Individual must be a self‑starter and capable of working independently as well as part of a team.
• Eagerness to learn new technologies and adapt to a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong critical thinking, problem‑solving and operation support skills.

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GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.

Since 1928, GPC has set the standards for performance and value for our customers and our stakeholders.

Today, we’re proud to say we’re the largest global auto parts network and a leading industrial parts distributor, one that offers rewarding careers that combine small company feel with a global scale.

Our strengths are in the relationships we build and the value we deliver by merging local expertise with a global force.