Platform Engineering Intern: Cloud & Automation

LPL Financial LLC; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

LPL Financial LLC offers a Platform Engineering Intern role to help build, automate, and enhance enterprise platforms powering advisor-facing apps and internal services. You’ll gain hands-on experience with cloud technologies, IaC, and CI/CD, working with experienced engineers to improve cloud environments and platform resiliency.

The role emphasizes collaboration, automation, and security across cloud ecosystems, with a 10-week summer schedule and a $25.00-$30.00 hourly rate.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, MIS, software engineering or a related field.
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and container technologies like Docker/Kubernetes is preferred.
• Basic programming or scripting experience in Python, PowerShell, Bash, Java, or similar languages.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve the scalability, reliability, and performance of cloud and platform services.
• Assist in the implementation and maintenance of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions to standardize and automate environments.
• Support cloud operations and platform engineering initiatives focused on availability, resilience, and operational efficiency.
• Participate in monitoring, observability, and incident response activities to help ensure platform health.

Skills

Cloud platforms familiarity

Automation mindset

Python scripting

CI/CD practices

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/MIS/SE

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

LPL Financial LLC offers a Platform Engineering Intern role to help build, automate, and enhance enterprise platforms powering advisor-facing apps and internal services. You’ll gain hands-on experience with cloud technologies, IaC, and CI/CD, working with experienced engineers to improve cloud environments and platform resiliency.

The role emphasizes collaboration, automation, and security across cloud ecosystems, with a 10-week summer schedule and a $25.00-$30.00 hourly rate.