DevOps Engineer Intern - Summer 2027

As a DevOps Engineer Intern at DV Trading, you'll work directly within a small, global DevOps team that owns firm-wide infrastructure and platform solutions. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role where your work ships to production. You are pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, with an expected graduation by Summer 2028.

What you'll do

• Deploy and operate workloads on Kubernetes: containers, Pods, Deployments, Services, Ingress, and basic storage (PV/PVC concepts).
• Work in a GitOps model using Argo CD (or equivalent): reconcile desired state from git, troubleshoot sync and health, and propose safe changes via merge requests.
• Extend observability: work with OpenTelemetry concepts, Prometheus targets and exporters, Grafana dashboards, and Alertmanager routing, always starting in lower environments.
• Triage alerts end-to-end: validate signal, correlate with recent changes, document findings, and escalate with evidence.
• Build dashboards and panels from existing metrics; add recording rules or queries only with review when appropriate.
• Participate in platform upgrades (Kubernetes components, agents, or controllers) following runbooks and change windows.
• Support migration of services from bare metal to Kubernetes under mentorship, including discovery, manifests/Helm values, networking, and cutover planning.
• Contribute to internal AI-assisted tooling: use AI thoughtfully (verify outputs, protect secrets and customer data), and help improve safe, tool-based agents that use internal APIs and observability data.

What you bring

• Pursuit of a BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, with expected graduation by Summer 2028.
• Hands-on Linux fundamentals: shell, processes, logs, permissions, and basic troubleshooting.
• Networking basics: DNS, TCP/HTTP/S, ports, and a conceptual understanding of load balancing vs Ingress.
• Git workflow proficiency: branches, merge requests, and meaningful commit messages.
• Python for automation and scripting; comfortable reading YAML for Kubernetes and CI configs.
• Interest in SRE/DevOps practices: reliability, least privilege, and documenting what you run.

Nice to have

• Coursework or projects involving Kubernetes, Prometheus/Grafana, CI/CD, Terraform/Ansible, or cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Contributions to homelab or open source projects.
• Thoughtful use of AI coding assistants and interest in agent patterns (tools, guardrails, human review).

What we offer

• Compensation of $40.00-$50.00 per hour.

About DV Trading

Founded 20 years ago and headquartered in Chicago, DV Trading is an independent proprietary trading firm that operates throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. The firm utilizes its own capital, trading strategies, and risk management methodologies to provide liquidity to worldwide financial markets and hedging opportunities to commodity producers and users.