2026 Summer Internship - DevOps Engineer at DV Trading LLC in Chicago

Summary: DV Trading is a proprietary trading firm headquartered in Chicago, focused on providing liquidity to financial markets. They are seeking a Summer Intern for the DevOps Engineer role, responsible for deploying and operating workloads on Kubernetes and participating in platform upgrades while contributing to internal AI-assisted tooling. Responsibilities: - Deploy and operate workloads on Kubernetes: containers, Pods, Deployments, Services, Ingress, and basic storage (PV/PVC concepts) - Work in a GitOps model using Argo CD (or equivalent): reconcile desired state from git, troubleshoot sync and health, propose safe changes via merge requests - Extend observability: OpenTelemetry concepts, Prometheus targets and exporters, Grafana dashboards, and Alertmanager routing—always starting in lower environments - Triage alerts end-to-end: validate signal, correlate with recent changes, document findings, and escalate with evidence - Build dashboards and panels from existing metrics; add recording rules or queries only with review when appropriate - Participate in platform upgrades (Kubernetes components, agents, or controllers) following runbooks and change windows - Support migration of services from bare metal to Kubernetes under mentorship (discovery, manifests/Helm values, networking, cutover planning) - Contribute to internal AI-assisted tooling: use AI thoughtfully (verify outputs, protect secrets and customer data), and help improve safe, tool-based agents that use internal APIs and observability data Required Qualifications: - Pursuing a BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field - Hands-on Linux fundamentals (shell, processes, logs, permissions, basic troubleshooting) - Networking basics: DNS, TCP/HTTP/S, ports, load balancing vs Ingress at a conceptual level - Git workflow: branches, merge requests, meaningful commit messages - Python for automation and scripting; comfortable reading YAML for Kubernetes and CI configs - Interest in SRE/DevOps practices: reliability, least privilege, documenting what you run Preferred Qualifications: - coursework or projects involving Kubernetes, Prometheus/Grafana, CI/CD, Terraform/Ansible, or cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure); contributions to homelab or open source - thoughtful use of AI coding assistants and interest in agent patterns (tools, guardrails, human review)—not required to ship ML models Required Skills: Kubernetes, Linux fundamentals, Git workflow Important Skills: Python, Networking basics Nice-to-Have Skills: SRE/DevOps practices, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Terraform, Ansible, Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), AI coding assistants Internship Start Date: Start in 2026 Summer