DevOps Engineer Intern (Fall 2021), Zoro
Company Summary:
Zoro offers millions and millions of products — an endless aisle with everything you need to run your business. We offer fast and free shipping, no-hassle returns, and exceptional customer service. We’ve grown quickly in a short time and are continuing to do so while aggressively growing our revenue. We are excited to be a part of an award-winning culture — we have been named a Great Place to Work for multiple years in a row, among other local and national accolades. We think Zoro is a pretty amazing place to work and grow, and think you will too!
Primary Function:
Zoro is offering a paid internship in our DevOps team for the fall semester of 2021.
Joining our team is an opportunity that will enable you to gain valuable industry experience to prepare you for a DevOps/SRE/Software Engineer position after you complete your studies. The start/end dates can be flexible based upon your school schedule.
The individual chosen will learn about supporting all IT and business areas by building, maintaining, and monitoring reliable infrastructure, maturing security practices, and developing pipelines in our multi-cloud environment to deliver highly available and scalable services. A DevOps Engineer Intern becomes a part of the Zoro family and is fully embraced by the team on Day One. The intern should expect to contribute to work that matters but critical to the company’s strategic direction.
Responsibilities:
- Build automation leveraging CI/CD processes, automated testing, unit testing, code coverage, security scanning, and other software development best practices.
- Contribute to reusable automation scripts, libraries, services, and tools to increase efficiencies.
- Continually review and understand security threats, and quickly address vulnerabilities.
- Enable teams to do things correctly, quickly, consistently, and with less effort and learning.
Desirable Qualifications:
- Developing and managing pipelines utilizing Jenkins, GitLab, or any other build automation tool
- Working knowledge of GCP, AWS, or Azure with an understanding of their CLIs
- Proficient with scripting or IaC languages (e.g., Bash, Python, Groovy, Ansible, Terraform, etc.).
- Understanding of container-based development and deployment (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
- Basic knowledge of monitoring tools to understand the existing application and network workloads
- Experience with source control tooling, such as TFS or GIT, in a team environment
Minimum Requirements:
- Working towards a BS or MS in OMIS, MIS, CIS, CS, or related technical field
- Have an expected graduation date in the next two years
- Knowledge of the DevOps/SRE culture, principles, and DevOps/SRE frameworks
- Strong communication, organizational, and analytical skills
- A willingness to ask for help and the ability to communicate what you need to do your best work
Zoro Values and Inclusive Culture:
We share a commitment to our Zoro values – Win & Lose Together (We prefer winning!), Take Ownership, We Are Transparent, and Aspire to be Customer-Obsessed. Everything we do at Zoro is centered around delighting our customers. It's a natural extension of our company culture and how we care for each other. We believe when we act in ways that are consistent with these values, we can solve any technical challenge that lies ahead of us. As a Zoro employee, you can expect to work with smart, energetic people, learn something every day, and be valued for your perspective.
Zoro is dedicated to fostering an environment where people of all backgrounds and beliefs are represented, and all team members can be confident that their experiences and perspectives are valued. Zoro aims to empower all employees to learn about, raise awareness, and promote diversity and inclusion through all of our workplace interactions.
Zoro is an Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.