Teams at Circles (circles.co)

The Procurement Associate will manage vendor relationships, oversee contract negotiations for IT contracts, optimize technology spend, and ensure compliance with internal policies.

Supports administration and monitoring of Oracle, MySQL/MariaDB, and MongoDB databases across production and non-production environments. Assists with health checks, backups, recovery, performance monitoring, security, incident management, and root cause analysis. Develops Shell and Python automation scripts for database operations and reporting while gaining exposure to SRE, deployment, and production support processes.

Supports the Engineering Operations team by managing contractor extension processes, coordinating with People and Culture, Finance, PMO, Engineering, and Procurement, tracking JIRA tickets and service-level turnaround times, and maintaining operational trackers. The intern will also contribute to non-manpower cost savings, develop vendor playbooks, and lead an AI or reporting initiative to improve contractor and procurement workflows.