Cloud Infrastructure Engineering Intern

Cloud Infrastructure Engineering Intern

At Open Cosmos, we are solving the world’s biggest challenges from space, providing businesses, governments, and researchers access to more readily available information than ever before.

Working in our Chief Technology Office (CTO) division, you will be part of a diverse team that spans engineering, product development, and technical innovation, designing, building, and operating satellites, systems, and platforms that power our missions.

As part of the Ground Segment team, you’ll work alongside engineers across software, platform, and operations to support our growing cloud infrastructure and deployment systems.

• Building and maintaining cloud infrastructure that supports satellite operations and data services
• Supporting CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
• Working with containerised environments and modern cloud‑native tools
• Monitoring system performance and helping troubleshoot live environments and build systems
• Improving reliability, scalability, and efficiency across our platforms
• Documenting systems and contributing to better ways of working

• Curiosity and a strong motivation to learn and develop in a fast‑moving technical environment
• A problem‑solving mindset, with the ability to apply knowledge to real‑world challenges
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a team
• A proactive approach, taking ownership of tasks and following them through
• Exposure or awareness of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP),
  programming or scripting (e.g., Python, Go, Bash),
  Linux/Unix environments and command line tools,
  version control (Git),
  containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes),
  CI/CD pipelines and deployment practices,
  infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform)

Harwell, UK
• Athens, Greece
• Barcelona, Spain
• Porto, Portugal
• Tenerife – hybrid

Open Cosmos is dedicated to solving customer problems with insights from space, and we believe that data from satellites is the most effective and sustainable way of achieving this.