Cloud Services Intern

Company Summary
EchoStar builds solutions that help families and communities stay connected. We'll launch your career and empower you to change lives.
Our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV. We serve millions of customers with offerings ranging from satellite to streaming services and global to personal networking solutions.
Department Summary
At EchoStar, hard work is rewarded with limitless opportunities. We're looking at more than your education and previous work experience, we want individuals who are bright, energetic and ambitious. We believe the critical thinking skills you learn in college can be applied across a variety of business functions, regardless of your major. The opportunities at EchoStar will provide you with a potential fast track for career advancement.
Our internship program is designed to give you comprehensive experience in the fast-paced world of wireless and technology industries. With hands-on field experience and business projects, you will get an in-depth look at how our business works and where you fit into it. Help us build our brand while we help you build yours.
Our interns partner with teams across EchoStar working to drive our latest game-changing innovation. Our internship is a 10 week, in-person experience that is paid hourly with eligible overtime. Interns are given a business project(s) to complete over the summer and present their results to leadership and their peers. EchoStar provides each intern with a manager to support them with the execution of their project.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities

• Assist in designing and implementing basic CI/CD pipelines (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) for automated training, testing, and deployment of ML models using tools like GitLab CI or Jenkins.
• Work with Python-based frameworks (e.g., Flask/FastAPI) to containerize and integrate ML models as microservices or APIs.
• Gain exposure to enterprise observability tools like Dynatrace, Prometheus, or Grafana. Assist in configuring dashboards and alerts to monitor key metrics (e.g., model latency, resource utilization).
• Participate in investigating and documenting potential performance bottlenecks or system issues through basic Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Apply foundational software engineering principles, including version control (Git), code reviews, and basic unit testing for production code.
• Support the team in managing containerized workloads using Docker and learn basic administration tasks within Kubernetes clusters on a major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Skills, Experience and Requirements
Education and Experience:

• GPA 3.3 or above
• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field.
• Must have 60 credit hours completed by May 2026

Skills and Qualifications:

• Strong proficiency in Python (experience with ML/data science libraries like NumPy or Pandas is a plus).
• Solid working experience with Git and GitHub/GitLab.
• Basic understanding of Machine Learning concepts (training, evaluation, model lifecycle).
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with a strong curiosity to learn new tools and systems.
• Coursework or project experience using basic cloud services (e.g., AWS EC2, S3).
• Familiarity with Docker and the concept of containerization.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code concepts (e.g., Terraform).
• Knowledge of monitoring principles (metrics, logs, traces) or exposure to any APM/Observability tool.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical teams.

Visa sponsorship not available for this role
Salary Ranges
Compensation: $18.00/Hour - $24.00/Hour
Benefits
We also offer versatile health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan; all benefits can be viewed here: DISH Benefits .
Candidates need to successfully complete a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test and DMV check. Our company is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where every individual has the opportunity to succeed. We are dedicated to providing individuals with criminal or arrest records a fair chance of employment in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.
The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.
We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity 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. EchoStar will accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees if such accommodations are not undue hardships and are otherwise within the bounds of applicable law. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with local, state, and federal law. You may redact any information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of school/graduation from your application documents before submission and throughout our application process.
EchoStar will provide reasonable accommodation to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities, unless doing so poses an undue hardship on the Company, poses a direct threat of substantial harm to others, or is otherwise not required by law. EchoStar has a more detailed Accommodation Policy that applies to employees. EchoStar endeavors to make echostar.com and jobs.echostar.com accessible to users. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to discuss the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process. This contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications.
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