DevOps / Platform Engineer Intern Application

OCPA Group is a WeOwnNet project and our top priority for 2026. This internship supports our self-hosted, AI-first Kubernetes platform (DOKS + Helm + GitOps).

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Basics

First Name

Last Name

Phone

Graduation Date

Availability + Eligibility

Hours per week

When can you start? (We’re looking for an immediate hire but will consider applicants for all timeframes)

Immediately (within 1–2 weeks)

Soon (2–8 weeks)

Summer (May–Aug)

Other (please specify)

Available start date

I’m authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

Yes

Resume + Links

Resume upload (PDF only)

Choose File

GitHub URL

LinkedIn URL

Website/Portfolio URL

Track Interest

Which track(s) are you most interested in? (check all that apply)

Platform Engineering (K8s/Helm/GitOps/IaC)

SRE / Observability (metrics/logs/traces/alerts)

DevSecOps (policy/scanning/secrets/RBAC)

CI / Release Engineering (pipelines/build/test/promotions)

Not sure yet / Open to all

Which track(s) do you have the most experience in? (check all that apply)

Platform Engineering (K8s/Helm/GitOps/IaC)

SRE / Observability (metrics/logs/traces/alerts)

DevSecOps (policy/scanning/secrets/RBAC)

CI / Release Engineering (pipelines/build/test/promotions)

Not sure yet / Open to all

Skills Snapshot

For each item, select your current level (select one per row)

	Not interested	Willing to learn	Some experience	Strong experience
Linux & Docker basics (shell, containers, logs)
Kubernetes (core concepts, ingress, networking/DNS)
Helm charts (build/upgrade + values)
GitOps (Argo CD / Argo tools)
Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC; Terraform / OpenTofu)
CI (GitHub Actions / GitLab)
Metrics, dashboards, and alerting (Prometheus / Grafana)
Log pipelines (Loki / Alloy)
Access & security basics (RBAC/SSO, NetworkPolicies, TLS/encryption)
Policy-as-code (Kyverno / OPA Gatekeeper)
Secrets management (Vault / Infisical / SOPS / gitleaks)
PostgreSQL fundamentals (SQL, indexing, transactions)
DB operations on Kubernetes (backups/restores, HA, upgrades/operators)
WordPress (self-hosted)
n8n (automation/workflows)
LLM ops on K8s (agents, RAG, MCP, inference basics)

Short Answers

OCPA Group is a WeOwnNet project and a top priority for 2026. After reviewing the WeOwnNet portal (http://167.99.148.49/portal), what part of the ecosystem are you most excited to help build (OCPA Group and/or another project), and why?

What interests you about building self-hosted infrastructure / an AI-first platform on Kubernetes for OCPA Group + the WeOwnNet ecosystem?

Anything else you want us to know? (optional)

Comms

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