Southwest Airlines · 11 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
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
Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) continues to differentiate itself from other carriers with exemplary Customer Service delivered .
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.51BKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.
2025-10-27Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2024-10-04Post Ipo Equity· $107M
2024-06-10Post Ipo Equity· $1.9B
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