Site Reliability Internship - Spring 2027 at Varda Space Industries
El Segundo, CA
$33/hrfrom the description
Aug 6, 2026
El Segundo, CA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A spring internship (January–May) on the Site Reliability team at an aerospace startup in El Segundo, CA. The intern will help deploy and manage services on Azure Kubernetes Service, assist with system patching, support Atlassian tooling, and contribute to infrastructure automation and scripting. The role suits students with foundational Python and Linux skills who want hands-on exposure to cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices.
Junior level · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Internship
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 310 people in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 240–410
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $108,627 (middle half $88,065–$134,177). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 8, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The role sits between systems/infrastructure operations (15-1244) and software/DevOps engineering (15-1252). The day-to-day responsibilities lean toward operating and maintaining infrastructure (patching, service management, Atlassian support, monitoring) with scripting and automation as a secondary concern, so 15-1244 is the primary classification, but 15-1252 is a credible alternative given the Kubernetes/IaC/automation emphasis.
Docker and Kubernetes appear under a 'coursework or experience with one or more of the following' clause in the Basic Qualifications section — strictly speaking, only one of the listed items is required. They are marked required here because they are also called out explicitly in the Preferred section and are central to the stated day-to-day work (AKS, Argo CD), making them genuine gates in practice. Hiring managers should note the 'one or more' qualifier.
Networking/system security fundamentals also appears in the same 'one or more' Basic Qualifications list but names no specific tool, so it is omitted per the no-generic-concepts rule.
Active enrollment in an accredited undergraduate or graduate degree program is a stated eligibility requirement, though no specific degree type is hard-required.
Posting is for a internship engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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