Infrastructure Engineering Intern

bessemer; Port Reading (NJ); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Bessemer Trust is seeking a Platform Engineering Intern to join our infrastructure team. It is a hands-on, hybrid role supporting VMware virtualization and Windows and Linux servers, with exposure to Terraform and Ansible.

You will automate repetitive tasks and help manage the systems that power the engineering organization. The role welcomes students or recent graduates with a degree in CS/IT or related fields and values self-directed learners with home labs or automation projects.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in, or recently completed, a degree in computer science, IT, systems administration, or a related field.
• Basic scripting ability in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automating tasks rather than building applications.
• Comfortable working from a command line on Windows and Linux; curious about how systems, networks, and servers work.

Responsibilities

• Assist in automating and maintaining infrastructure in a hybrid VMware environment.
• Contribute to IaC automation using Terraform and Ansible.
• Collaborate with mentors and teams to drive real-world projects and learn the tech stack.

Skills

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Scripting basics

Infrastructure as Code

Education

CS/IT degree program or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

We're looking for a Platform Engineering Intern to join our infrastructure team and help us automate, maintain, and improve the systems that keep our engineering organization running. This is a hands‑on infrastructure role supporting a hybrid environment that includes VMware virtualization and both Windows and Linux servers, with exposure to infrastructure as code practices using Terraform and Ansible. This is not a software development or data engineering role. You won't be building applications or data pipelines. You'll be automating and managing the systems everything else runs on.

We're looking for someone who genuinely loves building and automating things, the kind of person who'd rather write a playbook than repeat a manual task three times, and who tinkers with systems on their own time because it's fun, not just for a grade. If you've got a home lab, dotfiles repo, or personal automation projects on GitHub, we'd love to see them.

We're looking for someone currently enrolled in, or who has recently completed, a degree or program in computer science, IT, systems administration, or a related field. Equivalent self‑directed learning that you can show us is also welcome. You should have basic scripting ability in any language, such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell, applied to automating tasks rather than building applications. You should also be comfortable working from a command line on both Windows and Linux and have a genuine curiosity about how systems, networks, and servers work.

The Bessemer Trust Internship Program:

Our summer internship program offers real world experience working side‑by‑side with experts from departments and offices across our firm. Working within your designated team, you will manage individual and group projects, interact with senior leaders, network with fellow interns, and attend a variety of career development sessions virtually and in person at our New York headquarters. Throughout the program, you will receive ongoing coaching and guidance from your supervisor to support your development, help you navigate your responsibilities, and set you up for success.

Company Information and Culture:

Bessemer Trust is a family office, overseeing $250 billion in assets for over 3,000 individuals and families of substantial wealth. Its more than 1,300 employees are singularly focused on private wealth management — disciplined investment management, sophisticated wealth planning, comprehensive family office services, and highly personalized client service.

Established in 1907 as the family office for Annie and Henry Phipps, Bessemer Trust is in its seventh generation of ownership by the Phipps family. As a self‑made entrepreneur, Henry Phipps was a founding partner and chief financial officer of Carnegie Steel.

Bessemer Trust retains its original focus as a privately owned and independent wealth manager deeply committed to its mission of providing peace of mind to its clients. Bessemer’s adherence to putting clients’ interests first, fiduciary mindset, and highly collaborative culture are at the heart of everything the firm does.

Key Facts:

• For 119 years, Bessemer Trust has operated continuously in a single line of business, independently owned by one family.
• Headquartered in New York’s Rockefeller Center, Bessemer Trust has 22 offices in total. Woodbridge, NJ, is one of the firm’s largest offices, which hosts a wide range of technology and operations professionals. In addition to its sizable presence in New York and Woodbridge, the firm provides client service through offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Delaware, Denver, Garden City, Grand Cayman, Greenwich, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Naples, Nevada, Palm Beach, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Stuart, and Washington, D.C.
• To watch a video about Bessemer Trust’s history, click here.
• To learn more about Bessemer Trust, click here.

The hourly rate for this position ranges from $40.00 - $45.00. This range reflects the minimum and maximum base salary we reasonably expect to pay for this role. Application deadline is October 6th.