Summary of Internship: The Cloud Automation Internship position provides an excellent opportunity for computer engineering or computer science students to get hands on experience working with other engineers in a fast paced global environment. Opportunities are endless in developing new tools, automation, deployment pipelines, processes, procedures, or taking on new and exciting public cloud projects.

Essential Functions:


• Manage, develop, and deploy automation technologies in AWS and other public clouds
• Manage code and infrastructure as code deployments using Python, Terraform, Ansible, and various SCM tools
• Work collaboratively with our Engineering and Architecture teams to develop and deploy robust cloud automation
• Work with Continuous Integration/Configuration platforms and tools to automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment
• Participate in Agile methodologies including use of Jira / Confluence
• Enforce company's infrastructure architecture standards and policies to maximize efficiency and support platform compatibility
• Ability to work in a team structure, make decisions, solve problems, communicate inside & outside the organization, and analyze, plan, organize and prioritize work
• Embody the 4i values: integrity, innovation, intensity, and involvement.

Skills and Abilities

• Experience in some or all of the following platforms and technologies:
  • Expertise in Python / JSON / RESTful services
  • Amazon AWS
  • Hashicorp's Suite (Vault, Terraform, Consul, Packer)
  • Ansible or other configuration management tools
  • Container platforms (Examples: Docker, Kubernetes, EKS)
  • NoSQL platforms (Examples: DynamoDB)
• Experience in the design, implementation and operational support of cloud automation
• Excellent understanding of change management, testing requirements, techniques, and tools to ensure high availability of systems and automation
• Experience in researching emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products
• Experience in developing technology roadmaps and strategies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for a wide range of audiences including executives, business stakeholders and IT teams
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical designs to meet business needs.

The position starts in May/June, paid working 40 hours per week through August/September. Opportunity exists for this position to continue through the academic year on a part-time basis to allow for class schedules.

As the world’s leader in serving science, Thermo Fisher Scientific's professionals develop critical solutions—and build rewarding careers. They help customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment, making sure food is safe, and so much more. When you #StartYourStory with Thermo Fisher, you are guaranteed meaningful work - both personally and professionally.