CloudflareNetwork Deployment Engineering Intern
As an Intern on the Infrastructure Team, you will work on hands-on field deployment, scripting and automation, remote administration, and network configuration under mentorship, with a minimum 12-week commitment in Singapore.
About Us
At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.
Available location(s): Singapore
About the Team & Role
In this role, you will help support the build-out and expansion of our global network. As an intern, you will be paired with a dedicated mentor from the Network Deployment team who will guide you through the end-to-end lifecycle of infrastructure planning and execution.
This is a highly practical, hands-on opportunity designed to bridge the gap between academic theory and real-world application. You will take ownership of small-scale network deployment projects, write scripts to automate our workflows, and physically deploy hardware in local data centers. If you are eager to learn, willing to get your hands dirty, and want to help build a faster, safer Internet for millions of users, this is the place for you.
About the Internship Program
As a Network Deployment Engineering intern on the Infrastructure Team, you will…
- Mentored Project Execution: Take ownership of small-scale network deployment projects from planning to turn-up, under the close guidance of a senior engineering mentor.
- Hands-On Field Deployment: Get away from the keyboard! Visit local data centers to perform physical deployment activities, including racking and stacking hardware, running cables, and troubleshooting physical layer issues.
- Scripting & Automation: Work on simple scripting or automation projects (using Python, Bash, or automation frameworks) to eliminate manual tasks, build internal tools or workflows and improve our team's deployment speed.
- Remote Administration: Assist with server administration tasks remotely using IPMI/BMC tools, including server provisioning, monitoring, and firmware updates.
- Network Configuration: Support the team in preparing and pushing network configurations for greenfield deployments and brownfield migrations.
- Vendor Coordination: Help coordinate with remote contractors, datacenter providers, and logistics partners during hardware installations across our 700+ global locations.
Documentation: Assist in creating and updating vital documentation, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Methods of Procedure (MOPs).
You can check out our internship blogs to learn more about our program and hear directly from our past interns.
Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience
- Currently enrolled in (or recently graduated from) a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program in Telecommunications, Network Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Big plus point if you have, or are currently in the midst of acquiring these certifications: CCNA, CompTIA Network+ / Server+ (or similar).
- Foundational Knowledge: Solid academic understanding of the OSI model, basic network protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP), and network topologies.
- Coding/Scripting Basics: Introductory experience with at least one scripting language (like Python or Bash) and a strong desire to learn how to apply it to infrastructure automation.
- Hands-On Mentality: Comfort with physical labor in a data center environment (lifting hardware, running cables, working in noisy/cooled environments).
- Linux Basics: Familiarity with basic Linux/Unix command-line navigation and troubleshooting.
- Ability to commit to a minimum 12 week summer internship.
- In office 3-5 days a week in Singapore.
What Makes Cloudflare Special?
We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.
Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.
1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.
Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!
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