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IT Intern- DevOps & Cloud Platform Engineer

CompanyAscension
LocationUnited States
Work ModeRemote
PostedFebruary 7, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
As an intern, you will participate in technology-related projects, focusing on automation, CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring cloud applications are stable and scalable. You will also assist in migrating applications to the cloud and building pipelines that support developers.
Internship Type
other
Salary Range
$17 - $24
Company Size
647
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Ascension (www.ascension.org) is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S., Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. In FY2018, Ascension provided nearly $2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. Ascension includes approximately 156,000 associates and 34,000 aligned providers. The national health system operates more than 2,600 sites of care – including 151 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities – in 21 states and the District of Columbia, while providing a variety of services including physician practice management, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, facilities management, clinical care management, information services, risk management, and contracting through Ascension’s own group purchasing organization.
About the Role
<h3>Details </h3><ul><li><strong>Department: </strong>Core Technologies</li><li><strong>Schedule: </strong>Summer 2026,  (May- August). Full Time</li><li><strong>Location: </strong>Remote- Ascension Technologies</li><li>Salary: $17.23 - $23.50</li></ul></br><h3>Benefits </h3><ul><li><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #151920;">Retirement:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #151920; font-weight: 400;"> 403(b) plan</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #151920; font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #151920;">Well-being support:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #151920; font-weight: 400;"> Employee Assistance Program</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #1e69d2; font-weight: 400;">,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #151920; font-weight: 400;"> counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources</span></li></ul><p style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #151920; font-weight: 400;">Benefit options and eligibility vary by position, scheduled hours and location. Benefits are subject to change at any time. Your recruiter will provide the most up-to-date details during the hiring process.</span></em></p></br><h3>Responsibilities </h3><h3 style="margin-top: 14.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black;">Internship Summary</span></strong></h3><ul><li style="margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt .5in;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">The Rotational Internship Program with Ascension Technologies is designed to provide an on-the-job learning opportunity to gain "real world" IT work experience in a large IT service environment, supporting IT end users who work in a healthcare setting.</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">As a Devops & Cloud Platform Engineer Intern You will play a key role in the software delivery lifecycle, designing and implementing the foundational elements of our digital infrastructure.</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Ascension Technologies aims to provide a working and learning environment where interns can develop technical and customer service skills through various work assignments, gaining the skills and competencies necessary to grow into successful professionals and potential Ascension associates.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .5in;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">You will focus on automation, CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring cloud applications are stable, scalable, and observable.</span></li></ul><h3 style="margin-top: 14.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black;">What You Will Do</span></strong></h3><ul><li style="margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt .5in;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">As an Ascension Technologies Intern, you will be able to work on real-life and meaningful projects, develop your technical skills, collaborate, and network with various teams across the IT Infrastructure and Security continuum.</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">You will have the opportunity to specialize in one of two tracks: <strong>DevOps & Site Reliability</strong>, focused on automation and developer experience, or <strong>Cloud Platforms</strong>, focused on Infrastructure as Code and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">This work involves gathering requirements to understand stakeholder needs, defining models, researching evidence-based practice and outcome metrics, and receiving mentorship.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .5in;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">You will get under the hood of Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and GitHub Actions, helping to migrate real applications to the cloud and building the pipelines that power our developers.</span></li></ul><h3 style="margin-top: 14.0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black;">Essential Functions:</span></strong></h3><ul><li style="margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt .5in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">GitHub Cloud Migration:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> Participates in technology-related projects such as assisting in moving repositories and workflows into GitHub cloud to set new standards for version control.</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Pipeline Engineering:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> Builds and troubleshoots automation scripts using GitHub Actions and Jenkins (Groovy/Jenkinsfile).</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Cloud Native Onboarding:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> Helps teams migrate applications from traditional servers to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Cloud Run.</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Infrastructure as Code:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> Uses Terraform to provision and manage cloud resources programmatically.</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Security Remediation:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> Collaborates with technical resources to perform root cause analysis and complete remediation of technology issues, specifically identifying and fixing security vulnerabilities (CVEs) within deployment pipelines and infrastructure.</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Developer Support:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> Collaborates on driving improvement activities by creating tools that help developers deploy their own code without manual intervention.</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Observability:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> Translates functional requirements to technical specifications to build Tableau or Cloud Native dashboards for monitoring event metrics and system health.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .5in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Research:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> Research and data gathering for key initiatives related to Cloud Native application architecture and automation methodologies.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> </span></p></br><h3>Requirements </h3><p style="margin: 0px;">Education:</p><ul><li>High school diploma equivalency OR Enrolled in accredited program specific to discipline required.</li></ul></br><h3>Additional Preferences </h3><p style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Education:</span></strong></p><ul><li style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt .5in;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's degree program in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Communications, Organizational Development, Project Management.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Preferred Competencies</span></strong></p><ul><li style="margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt .5in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Technical Stack:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> Strong interest in or familiarity with Terraform, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), GKE, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins.</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Operating Systems:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> Comfort with heavy use of the Linux command line.</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Languages & Formats:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> Familiarity with YAML, Groovy, and SQL.</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Automation Mindset:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> Obsessed with automation and "Infrastructure as Code".</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Analytical Skills:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> Practical analytical and communication skills.</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Data Structures:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> Working knowledge of relational databases/database structures/schemas, data flow diagrams, and data specifications.</span></li><li style="margin-left: .5in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">General Tools:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> Proficiency with Google Office tools, including meetings, slides, and spreadsheets.</span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .5in;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;">Cloud Experience:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> Experience with RDBMS systems and/or big data and Cloud.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"> </span></p></br><h3>Why Join Our Team </h3><p style="margin: 0px;">Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you’ll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.</p></br><h3>Equal Employment Opportunity Employer </h3><p style="margin: 0px;">Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the <a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> EEO Know Your Rights (English) </a> poster or <a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRightsSp6.12.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) </a> poster.</p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; color: #1e69d2; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Fraud prevention notice</p><p style="margin: 0px;">Prospective applicants should be vigilant against fraudulent job offers and interview requests. Scammers may use sophisticated tactics to impersonate Ascension employees. To ensure your safety, please remember: Ascension will never ask for payment or to provide banking or financial information as part of the job application or hiring process. Our legitimate email communications will always come from an @ascension.org email address; do not trust other domains, and an official offer will only be extended to candidates who have completed a job application through our authorized applicant tracking system.</p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18px; color: #1e69d2; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">E-Verify statement</p><p style="margin: 0px;">Employer participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program. Please click <a href="https://www.e-verify.gov/about-e-verify" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> for more information.</p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p>
Key Skills
TerraformGoogle Cloud PlatformGKEGitHub ActionsJenkinsLinuxYAMLGroovySQLAutomationAnalytical SkillsRelational DatabasesData Flow DiagramsGoogle Office ToolsCloud Experience
Categories
TechnologyHealthcareData & AnalyticsSoftware
Benefits
RetirementWell-being Support