DevOps Working Student

About IONOS

At IONOS, we don't just manage servers – we shape the digital future for more than 6.2 million customers worldwide with our solutions. As Europe's leading hosting provider and a pioneer in independent cloud solutions, we are building next-generation infrastructure – from sovereign cloud architectures and high-performance GPU clusters to integrated AI automation tools.

What drives us is digital sovereignty for Europe and real impact for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) as well as large enterprises. We work in agile teams, rely on transparent structures, and believe that excellence and innovation only emerge through true team spirit.

Ready for your next step? Become part of IONOS and grow with us.

About the team:

The Portal Operations Romania team operates and improves infrastructure and services used by millions of WEB.DE, GMX and Mail.com customers.

Our work includes Kubernetes-based platforms, Linux systems, virtualization infrastructure, monitoring and alerting, automation, databases and reliably operating the business-critical services developed in Romania. We closely collaborate with other teams from Romania and Germany.

As a working student, you will work alongside our experienced system engineers and gradually take responsibility for real operational and infra tasks.

About the Working Student program:

This program is intended for students (currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program) who want to gain experience, following what they learned in a specialized faculty, in order to become IT specialists. 

Main responsibilities:

• Support the deployment and operation of applications on K8S-based platforms as well as virtualized infrastructure.
• Troubleshooting and administration of Linux systems.
• Investigate technical issues and incidents together with experienced developers.
• Automate recurring operational tasks using Bash, Python.
• Contribute to the development of CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, and infrastructure configuration.
• Create, improve and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and runbooks.

We appreciate:

• You are currently enrolled in computer science, IT, engineering, or a similar technical study program.
• You have a good understanding of operating system concepts and Linux system administration.
• You have basic knowledge of containerization technologies as well as Kubernetes, and/or you actively show interest in learning these technologies.
• You approach AI with curiosity and critical thinking, leveraging it in your daily work.