Data Center Infrastructure Intern: Systems & Automation

Altera Corporation; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

Altera Corporation is seeking an Infrastructure Engineering Intern to join our Engineering Infra Team in San Jose. You will support data center operations, server imaging, and basic automation to help manage lab and colocation environments.

You will work with Linux/Windows administration, networking, and infrastructure as code under senior engineers, gaining hands-on experience in enterprise IT infrastructure and cloud networking.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
• 1+ year of relevant experience and/or coursework in systems administration, computer networking, infrastructure engineering, data center operations, cloud infrastructure, or related technical area.
• Foundational knowledge of Linux and/or Windows operating systems and basic systems administration concepts.

Responsibilities

• Data Center & Lab Operations: support physical hardware operations, rack/stack, cabling, labeling for HPC compute nodes, lab servers, NetApp storage filers.
• Server Imaging & Provisioning: assist with bare-metal server imaging, OS installation (Linux/Windows), and initial network configuration.
• Infrastructure Automation: use Ansible or Puppet scripts to automate routine system administration and server staging workflows.
• Systems Administration & Maintenance: perform basic Linux and Windows administration tasks, monitor host status, troubleshoot connectivity, replace faulty components.
• Cloud & Networking Support: assist with basic networking tasks and Terraform modules under guidance of senior engineers.
• Cross-Team Collaboration & Documentation: maintain rack elevation diagrams, cabling maps, inventory logs.

Skills

Linux/Windows administration

Networking fundamentals

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Problem solving

Education

Master's or PhD in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Terraform

AWS (VPC, networking)

NetApp storage

Bash

Python

Job description

Altera Corporation is seeking an Infrastructure Engineering Intern to join our Engineering Infra Team in San Jose. You will support data center operations, server imaging, and basic automation to help manage lab and colocation environments.

You will work with Linux/Windows administration, networking, and infrastructure as code under senior engineers, gaining hands-on experience in enterprise IT infrastructure and cloud networking.