DevSecOps Engineering Intern
Internship Overview
- Role: DevSecOps Engineering Intern
- Duration: 3 Months
- Timing: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM (Full-Time Only)
- Mode: Work From Home
- Start Date: Immediate
- Stipend: Unpaid
About Us
QCecuring Technologies is an enterprise cybersecurity company building automation-first platforms for machine identity and cryptographic lifecycle management.
We help organizations secure and govern SSL/TLS certificates, SSH keys, and code-signing workflows through centralized visibility, policy enforcement, and lifecycle automation across on-prem, cloud, and DevOps environments.
Our mission is to simplify cryptographic operations while strengthening security, compliance, and operational resilience for modern enterprises.
What You’ll Work On
As a DevSecOps Engineering Intern, you will work at the intersection of development, security, and operations, helping ensure our platforms are secure by design, reliable in deployment, and automated across environments.
You will assist in building, securing, and validating CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployments, Linux services, and identity-driven security workflows.
This role is ideal for candidates interested in DevOps, Cloud Security, Platform Engineering, or Security Engineering.
You will gain exposure to:
- CI/CD pipelines
- Cloud & VM-based deployments
- Linux system hardening
- Secrets and key management
- Secure build & release workflows
- Infrastructure validation & automation
Key Responsibilities
1. CI/CD Pipeline Engineering
- Work with GitHub Actions to build secure CI/CD pipelines
- Automate build, test, and deployment workflows
- Integrate security checks into pipelines
- Validate artifacts before deployment
2. Secure Deployment & Environment Management
- Assist in deploying services to Oracle Cloud Linux VMs
- Validate service startup, health checks, and logs
- Manage environment variables and secrets securely
- Ensure services follow least-privilege principles
3. Linux & System-Level Operations
- Work with Linux services (systemd, logs, permissions)
- Validate service isolation and user-level execution
- Monitor disk, memory, CPU usage
- Assist with backup and recovery validation
4. Security Integration (DevSecOps Core)
- Validate secure handling of secrets, tokens, and credentials
- Assist in testing TLS, certificates, SSH access, and key rotation
- Help integrate security checks into build and deployment stages
- Identify misconfigurations or insecure defaults
5. Cloud & Infrastructure Validation
- Validate Oracle Cloud networking, security lists, and VM access
- Assist with multi-environment setups (DEV / STAGE / DEMO)
- Perform post-deployment verification and sanity checks
- Ensure no unintended paid cloud resources are enabled
6. Observability & Reliability Checks
- Validate logs, metrics, and monitoring data
- Assist in debugging deployment or runtime issues
- Ensure alerting and logging are configured correctly
7. Documentation & Process Discipline
- Document CI/CD workflows and deployment steps
- Maintain environment setup and operational runbooks
- Capture security and deployment observations clearly
Requirements / Qualifications
Must-Have
- Strong understanding of Linux fundamentals
- Basic knowledge of CI/CD concepts
- Familiarity with Git & GitHub
- Understanding of application deployment concepts
- Ability to follow structured processes carefully
- Strong problem-solving and debugging mindset
Good to Have
- Experience with GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD tools
- Exposure to cloud platforms (Oracle, AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Basic understanding of containers or Docker
- Familiarity with environment variables and secrets management
Excellent to Have
- Knowledge of TLS, certificates, SSH, or cryptographic concepts
- Exposure to DevSecOps practices
- Experience securing pipelines or infrastructure
- Understanding of compliance or security best practices
What You’ll Gain
- Official Internship Offer Letter & onboarding
- Certificate of Completion & Letter of Recommendation (LOR)
- LinkedIn Recommendation from your mentor
- Hands-on experience with real enterprise security platforms
- Exposure to DevSecOps workflows used in production
- Practical understanding of secure deployments and CI/CD
- Experience working with Linux, cloud VMs, and pipelines
- Strong foundation for DevOps, DevSecOps, or Security Engineering roles
Selection Process
- Initial Screening Call – communication & interest
- Technical Assessment – Linux, CI/CD, security basics
- Final Interview – problem-solving & learning mindset
Why Join QCecuring Technologies?
This internship is not about running scripts blindly.
You will learn:
- How secure platforms are deployed and operated
- How security integrates into DevOps pipelines
- How cryptographic identity systems are protected
- How real-world DevSecOps teams work
If you want to grow into roles such as:
- DevSecOps Engineer
- Platform Engineer
- Cloud Security Engineer
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
…this internship provides a strong, practical foundation.