DevOps Engineer (Intern)

Mactores is the agent-native AWS modernization firm. Most modernization work doesn't ship, it stalls in pilots, slips a year, or lands at three times the budget. We exist to ship it: production systems running, legacy retired, outcomes measured. Our delivery is built on Aedeon, the agent platform built by Mactores' founders' sister company, which absorbs the repetitive 60–70% of engagement work, discovery, dependency mapping, validation, test generation, that traditional consulting bills human hours against. Forward-deployed engineers own the rest: architecture, judgment, and cutover, on dates we commit to in the contract.

Modernization only counts when the release lands and the legacy system gets switched off and the DevOps team is where that discipline lives. As a DevOps Engineer intern, you'll join the team managing large customer deployments: Linux and Windows administration, large enterprise applications, and big data workloads. This work serves our infrastructure and application modernization pillar the migrations that move customers off dedicated hardware and onto AWS.

You're here to learn the agent-native craft, not to own cutover the senior engineers carry that commitment. What you will own is real operational work: tickets, provisioning automation, release support. Automation is the core skill you'll build, because in a firm where agents absorb the repetitive majority of delivery work, the engineers who matter are the ones who automate the rest.

What you will do

• Work the operations tickets and project task queue with the DevOps team.
• Communicate with the rest of Engineering to roll out broad changes for customers.
• Automate operational and server provisioning workflows using AWS CloudFormation templates.
• Share responsibility for deploying releases and other operations maintenance.
• Improve operations infrastructure — Jenkins clusters, Bitbucket, monitoring tools (Consul), and metrics tools such as Graphite and Grafana.
• Provide operational support for the rest of the Engineering team.
• Help migrate our remaining dedicated hardware infrastructure to the cloud retiring hardware, not just racking new services.

What you need for this opportunity

• Conceptual understanding of version control systems (git), including branching and merging strategies.
• Conceptual understanding of cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Conceptual understanding of Snowflake.
• Conceptual understanding of or exposure to software build tools (Maven, Gradle) and continuous integration tools (Jenkins); must have supported Java-based applications in a production environment.
• Conceptual understanding of Linux environments and scripting languages — bash, Python, Groovy.

How we work?

Mactores delivers through agents plus forward-deployed engineers. Aedeon, the agent platform we deploy, handles the repetitive majority of engagement work discovery, mapping, validation, test generation and engineers handle the judgment calls and the cutover itself. We commit to fixed delivery dates, so operational discipline isn't optional here. As an intern you'll learn that discipline where it's most visible: in the release pipeline, the monitoring stack, and the automation that keeps both honest.

Compensation

Additional Information

Life at Mactores

We care about creating a culture that makes a real difference in the lives of every Mactorian. Our 10 Core Leadership Principles that honor Decision-making, Leadership, Collaboration, and Curiosity drive how we work.

1. Be one step ahead

2. Deliver the best

3. Be bold

4. Pay attention to the detail

5. Enjoy the challenge

6. Be curious and take action

7. Take leadership

8. Own it

9. Deliver value

10. Be collaborative

We would like you to read more details about the work culture on https://mactores.com/careers

The Path to Joining the Mactores Team

At Mactores, our recruitment process is structured around three distinct stages:

Pre-Employment Assessment:

A series of evaluations of your technical proficiency and suitability for the role.

Managerial Interview: The hiring manager engages with you in multiple discussions, 30 minutes to an hour each, covering technical skills, hands-on experience, leadership potential, and communication.

HR Discussion: During this 30-minute session, you'll have the opportunity to discuss the offer and next steps with a member of the HR team.

Mactores provides equal opportunities in all employment practices. We don't discriminate based on race, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local laws. This applies to every part of the employment relationship, recruitment, compensation, promotions, transfers, disciplinary action, layoff, training, and social and recreational programs.

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