Intern - Software Engineering, Government SysOps

Do you relish the opportunity to work on multiple projects and impact key business objectives?

Are you excited by fast-moving teams where your work actually makes a difference?

Join our GCDS SysOps Team!

Akamai's GCDS SysOps team is responsible for maintaining and improving tools used by GCDS Operators and Engineers in support of Akamai, its customers, and the Internet worldwide. You will work with stakeholders across Operations, Site Reliability, and Engineering to empower teams with reliable tools that simplify deployment, enhance observability, and reduce operational overhead.
Our 2026 12-week Summer Intern program starts on May 26th and goes through August 14th.

Partner with the best

In this role, you will be working to ensure continued improvement of operational workflows and tools. You will collaborate with industry-leading security experts and leaders on a global team playing a critical role in our success by designing, developing, and maintaining internal tooling and platform software for Sysops applications and networks.

As an Intern - Government SysOps, you will be responsible for:

• Developing new features and bug fixes for containerized apps and network components on both the backend and frontend (python, react, ruby, perl, postgresql, perforce, git)
• Creating dynamic visualizations on a Grafana dashboard and automating data ingestion for analysing operational metrics (python, bash, SQL)
• Building and maintaining tools to improve the workflows of the Operations team through automating manual processes such as the data transfer process between networks (python)

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Collaborate effectively with teammates on SysOps and other teams across the organization
• Learn and pick up new skills used in the Akamai SDLC through training and from experienced team members
• Adapt to developing within different frameworks utilized across the wide range of SysOps applications

Work in a way that works for you

Akamai's Summer 2026 Intern Program requires you to be available 40 hours per week during summer months (May-August).
This is a flexible role and may be performed at your home and/or the local Akamai office (in the country advertised). We are happy to discuss working options in this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more details when you apply.

We power and protect life online, by solving the toughest challenges, together.

At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Working for you

Through our intern and co-op programs we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Financial benefits offered to interns and co-ops, including a 401k and health insurance, are offered through our managed service provider (MSP). Students also gain the following benefits directly from our programs:

• Mentorship
• Career development trainings
• Visibility into senior leadership through Fireside Chats
• Networking and social events with an international intern cohort
• Final project showcase presented to the company
• Fun perks including Akamai branded merchandise

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!
If no date is displayed, applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis until the job is filled.

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