Platform Engineering Intern: Cloud, IaC & Automation

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

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking a motivated and technology-driven Platform Engineering Intern to help build, automate, and enhance enterprise platforms powering advisor-facing apps and internal services.

The role offers hands-on experience with cloud technologies, IaC, platform engineering, and operational practices to deliver secure, scalable solutions. On-site work with a 10-week summer program is available.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, MIS, software engineering or related field.
• Ability to work on-site in an LPL primary office location.

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 technology 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 and reliability.
• Contribute to security, governance, risk, and compliance initiatives across cloud and infrastructure ecosystems.
• Assist with CI/CD pipeline enhancements and automation efforts that improve software delivery processes.
• Document platform architectures, technical workflows, operational procedures, and engineering standards.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot issues and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Skills

Cloud platforms familiarity

Automation mindset

CI/CD

DevOps practices

Container technologies

Programming basics

Monitoring/observability

Generative AI interest

Collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/MIS/SWE or related

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

LPL Financial is seeking a motivated and technology-driven Platform Engineering Intern to help build, automate, and enhance enterprise platforms powering advisor-facing apps and internal services.

The role offers hands-on experience with cloud technologies, IaC, platform engineering, and operational practices to deliver secure, scalable solutions. On-site work with a 10-week summer program is available.