Intern - Cloud Platform Engineering

Altice USA • Town of Oyster Bay, NY

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About The Position

The Cloud Platform Engineering Co-op works with engineers supporting enterprise compute, cloud, virtualization, Kubernetes, automation, and AI-enabled platforms. The role offers hands-on experience with modern infrastructure technologies and contributes to the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of critical business services. Co-op students work on real projects with business impact, collaborate with industry professionals, receive mentorship, and develop professional skills and organizational networks.

This is a full-time co-op opportunity with a 40-hour work week and a 30-minute unpaid lunch period each workday. The starting pay rate at the posted location is $25.00 per hour. The company will not provide current or future sponsorship for this role.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Data Science, or a related technical field.
• Interest in infrastructure engineering, cloud technologies, automation, AI, and emerging technologies.
• Basic understanding of operating systems, networking, virtualization, and compute concepts.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform through coursework, labs, projects, or personal learning.
• Exposure to programming or scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, Java, JavaScript, or similar.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with Linux or Windows server environments.
• Exposure to virtualization technologies such as VMware.
• Familiarity with containers such as Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with DevOps concepts, CI/CD pipelines, or automation tools through coursework or personal projects.
• Willingness and motivation to learn and apply AI technologies to improve automation and operational processes.
• Interest in site reliability engineering (SRE), observability, platform operations, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Assist with deployment, operation, and support of enterprise infrastructure platforms across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Learn and contribute to automation initiatives using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and scripting tools.
• Participate in platform monitoring, observability, and operational excellence activities.
• Support projects involving Kubernetes, VMware, virtualization platforms, containers, and compute infrastructure.
• Explore and assist with using AI technologies to improve automation, operational efficiency, and engineering workflows.
• Help analyze system performance, reliability, and capacity trends.
• Participate in incident reviews and continuous improvement efforts.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge articles.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on infrastructure, platform engineering, and modernization projects.

Benefits

• Hands-on experience supporting enterprise-scale compute, virtualization, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms.
• Exposure to automation, AI-enabled operations, observability, and platform engineering technologies.
• Mentorship from experienced infrastructure, platform, and reliability engineers.
• Experience working with modern engineering practices and enterprise technology environments.
• Opportunities to contribute to meaningful projects that impact business operations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern