Summer 2027 AI Infrastructure & Networking Consulting Internship

Elire • Minneapolis, MN

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

Elire is seeking advanced students for its Summer 2027 AI Infrastructure & Networking Consulting internship program. This program offers hands-on exposure to applied AI in a real consulting environment, focusing on practical problem-solving, technical judgment, and developing usable solutions. The internship will concentrate on the cloud, networking, security, and cluster infrastructure essential for supporting AI workloads. This role is ideal for a technically advanced Master's or PhD student with practical knowledge of virtual cloud networking, network security, and deploying/scaling containerized clusters like Kubernetes (K8s) or RKE2. The intern will be expected to reason through infrastructure decisions, troubleshoot issues, and help design secure, scalable, and supportable environments.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing an Undergraduate, Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Network Engineering, Cloud Computing, Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals including IP addressing, subnets, routing, DNS, connectivity, and network security concepts.
• Hands-on knowledge of virtual cloud networking / VCN concepts and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with Kubernetes (K8s), RKE2, or comparable container-orchestration technologies.
• Understanding of cluster deployment, scaling, availability, and troubleshooting concepts.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills; able to diagnose technical issues and make reasoned infrastructure recommendations.
• Ability to document architectures, configurations, issues, and technical decisions clearly and professionally.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), including VCNs and related networking/security services.
• Exposure to AWS, Azure, GCP, Linux administration, containers, Docker, or infrastructure-as-code tooling.
• Experience with CI/CD, GitOps, DevOps, observability, monitoring, or automated deployment practices.
• Exposure to infrastructure requirements for AI/ML workloads, data platforms, or GPU/compute-intensive environments.
• Prior research, lab, internship, or project experience involving cloud infrastructure, networking, Kubernetes, or security.

Responsibilities

• Support the design, configuration, testing, and documentation of infrastructure used for Elire AI prototypes and internal solutions.
• Work with virtual cloud network (VCN) concepts including subnets, routing, connectivity, segmentation, and related network architecture.
• Evaluate and support network security controls, access patterns, firewall/security rules, and secure connectivity requirements.
• Deploy, configure, troubleshoot, and scale containerized environments and clusters using Kubernetes (K8s), RKE2, or comparable technologies.
• Assess infrastructure capacity, availability, performance, and scaling considerations for AI and data workloads.
• Support automation and repeatable environment configuration using appropriate cloud, DevOps, or infrastructure tooling.
• Investigate infrastructure and networking issues, test solutions, and document root causes, tradeoffs, and recommendations.
• Collaborate with Elire AI and technical leaders and present technical findings or a final project at the end of the internship.

Benefits

• Paid internship
• Professional development focused on critical thinking, communication, problem-solving, and client-ready delivery.
• Opportunity to own meaningful work and present findings or a final project at the end of the internship.
• Potential consideration for an internship extension based on business need and performance; an extension may be remote.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed