Cloud DevOps Engineer Summer 2026 Internships jobs in United States
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Southwest Airlines · 13 hours ago

Cloud DevOps Engineer Summer 2026 Internships

Southwest Airlines is committed to providing a stable work environment and is seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer Intern for their Technology Department. The intern will support, maintain, and enhance cloud infrastructure, using AWS Cloud Technologies and Terraform to create design patterns for application teams.

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Responsibilities

Creating and maintaining enterprise-level cloud-based infrastructure, automation pipelines, platforms, and processes
Work in an environment that involves cloud infrastructure automation, software development, and gaining expertise in many diverse technologies in the domain of cloud computing, continuous integration and deployment, storage, databases, messaging, and security

Qualification

AWS Cloud servicesTerraformInfrastructure-as-code (IAC)PythonAgile methodologiesDockerGitLabUnit testing

Required

High School Diploma, GED or equivalent education required
Progress towards an undergraduate or graduate degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Information Technology of Infrastructure, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related degree required
Must be currently enrolled as a full-time student (as defined by your university) at the time of application and during the internship
Minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA at the time of application
Must be at least 18 years of age
You must have a valid U.S. Social Security Number to complete the full hiring process

Preferred

Progress towards a 4-year undergraduate degree preferred
1-2 semesters remaining at the time the internship ends is preferred
Experience with AWS Cloud services, including Lambda, Step Functions, VPC configurations, and resource optimization
Experience with unit testing frameworks and practices to ensure code reliability and maintainability
Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (IAC)
Classroom and/or industry experience with Terraform, Docker, GitLab, Python
Knowledge of Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe
Prior technology internship experience
Demonstrated involvement in activities beyond academic major, such as student organizations, part-time work, volunteer roles, campus leadership, etc

Benefits

Receive free, unlimited space available travel privileges for yourself (taxes and fees may apply on international travel).
Interns will be provided with any required equipment, such as a laptop, for the internship.

Company

Southwest Airlines

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Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) continues to differentiate itself from other carriers with exemplary Customer Service delivered .

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$3.51B
Key Investors
Elliott Management Corp.
2025-10-27Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2024-10-04Post Ipo Equity· $107M
2024-06-10Post Ipo Equity· $1.9B

Leadership Team

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Robert E. Jordan
President, Chief Executive Officer, & Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
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Brendan Conlon
Vice President Crew Scheduling
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