Intern - Software Engineering, Government SysOps
About The Position
Akamai's GCDS SysOps team is responsible for maintaining and improving tools used by GCDS Operators and Engineers in support of Akamai, its customers, and the Internet worldwide. You will work with stakeholders across Operations, Site Reliability, and Engineering to empower teams with reliable tools that simplify deployment, enhance observability, and reduce operational overhead. Our 2026 12-week Summer Intern program starts on May 26th and goes through August 14th. In this role, you will be working to ensure continued improvement of operational workflows and tools. You will collaborate with industry-leading security experts and leaders on a global team playing a critical role in our success by designing, developing, and maintaining internal tooling and platform software for Sysops applications and networks. Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!
Requirements
- Collaborate effectively with teammates on SysOps and other teams across the organization
- Learn and pick up new skills used in the Akamai SDLC through training and from experienced team members
- Adapt to developing within different frameworks utilized across the wide range of SysOps applications
Responsibilities
- Developing new features and bug fixes for containerized apps and network components on both the backend and frontend (python, react, ruby, perl, postgresql, perforce, git)
- Creating dynamic visualizations on a Grafana dashboard and automating data ingestion for analysing operational metrics (python, bash, SQL)
- Building and maintaining tools to improve the workflows of the Operations team through automating manual processes such as the data transfer process between networks (python)
Benefits
- Mentorship
- Career development trainings
- Visibility into senior leadership through Fireside Chats
- Networking and social events with an international intern cohort
- Final project showcase presented to the company
- Fun perks including Akamai branded merchandise
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
