Platform Engineering Intern

Motion Industries (MOT); Alabama; On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Motion Industries (MOT) in Birmingham, AL is offering a Site Reliability Engineer/Cloud Engineer Intern role. You will work with cross-functional teams to ensure high availability, performance, and automation of systems while gaining hands-on experience in cloud technologies and DevOps practices.

The internship focuses on cloud-based transformations, learning SRE principles, and collaborating with senior engineers on tasks to improve resilience and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Pursuing BS in computer science or engineering.
• Knowledge of SRE principles.
• Familiarity with Google Cloud and web technologies.
• Understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD.
• Self-motivated, independent, and collaborative.
• Eager to learn in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support reliability, scalability, uptime of systems.
• Assist incident response and root cause analysis to improve resilience.
• Monitor and optimize cloud resources for performance and cost.
• Participate in automation and continuous process improvement cycles.
• Collaborate with senior engineers on assigned tasks.

Skills

SRE principles

Cloud platforms

Web technologies

DevOps practices

CI/CD pipelines

Containerization

Orchestration

Problem solving

Education

BS in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Google Cloud

CI/CD pipelines

Containerization

Orchestration

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer/Cloud Engineer Intern Job DescriptionReady 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.ResponsibilitiesSupport 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 principlesFamiliarity with cloud platforms and technologies (Google Cloud preferred)Familiarity with web technology, DevOps monitoring toolsFamiliarity 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.Not the right fit? Let us know you're interested in a future opportunity by joining our Talent Community on jobs.genpt.com or create an account to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest!GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. 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.