Kubernetes & Cloud Engineering Intern

Illumio

Sunnyvale (CA)

On-site

USD 34,000 - 48,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Illumio in Sunnyvale is seeking a current Bachelor's or Master's student for a 12-week internship starting May 24, 2027 or June 21, 2027. You will gain hands-on experience running and scaling production cloud infrastructure, with a focus on Kubernetes and CI/CD, and opportunities to integrate AI services into engineering workflows.

You’ll work with AWS/Azure, Observability practices, and distributed systems, mentored by experienced Site Reliability and Cloud Engineers.

Qualifications

Enrolled in a full-time Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program with expected graduation Winter 2026/Spring 2027.
Strong foundation in object-oriented programming and data structures.
Familiarity with distributed systems and at least one of C++, Python, or Go.
Exposure to AI tools/models and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) is a plus.

Responsibilities

Help run and scale production cloud infrastructure supporting Illumio’s Zero Trust Segmentation platform.
Work with Kubernetes, CI/CD, and deployment tools to improve reliability and observability.
Assist in integrating AI services into existing engineering workflows.
Design for scalability to support growing data and workloads in a distributed environment.
Participate in on-site collaboration four days a week and mentorship from SRE and Cloud Engineers.