Research Engineer Intern: Cloud, AI & DevSecOps

Penn State; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Penn State University Park invites graduate and undergraduate interns to join the Cloud Technology Advancement Department at ARL, working part-time with senior staff to research, design, develop, integrate, and test advanced systems across HPC, cloud platforms, and AI/ML components. This role emphasizes DevSecOps, IaC automation, security principles, and observability.

A strong interest in cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and software design is expected, with opportunities to gain hands-on

Qualifications

• Current graduate or undergraduate student pursuing relevant field.
• Interest in HPC, cloud platforms, and AI/ML development.
• Willingness to work part-time in a fast-paced research environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy on-prem, external, and hybrid HPC and cloud research platforms.
• Develop and integrate AI/ML models and agentic workflows.
• Advance IaC automations and DevSecOps practices across projects.
• Create architectural designs and documentation for HPC/cloud systems.
• Implement observability and monitoring to collect system insights.

Skills

HPC platforms

Cloud computing

DevSecOps

Python scripting

IaC tooling

Observability/Monitoring

Security concepts

Education

Computer Science/Engineering (undergrad)

Cybersecurity (IST)

MIS (Smeal)

Tools

AWS/Azure/GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Git/GitLab

Job description

Penn State University Park invites graduate and undergraduate interns to join the Cloud Technology Advancement Department at ARL, working part-time with senior staff to research, design, develop, integrate, and test advanced systems across HPC, cloud platforms, and AI/ML components. This role emphasizes DevSecOps, IaC automation, security principles, and observability.

A strong interest in cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and software design is expected, with opportunities to gain hands-on