Cloudflare is hiring an Infrastructure Deployment Engineer Intern

About the Role

Role details below.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of small-scale deployment projects from planning to turn-up, under the close guidance of a senior engineering mentor.
• Get into the real world, visit local data centers to perform physical deployment activities, including racking and stacking hardware, running cables, and troubleshooting physical layer issues.
• Assist with server administration tasks remotely using IPMI/BMC tools, including server provisioning, monitoring, and firmware updates.
• Help coordinate with remote contractors, datacenter providers, and logistics partners during hardware installations across our 700+ global locations.
• Learn to use AI to perform global infrastructure data validation, gap analysis and identify automation and integrity validation workflows to eliminate manual tasks and improve our team's deployment speed.
• Using AI to perform inline validation checks prior to pushing network configurations for deployments.
• Present your completed project to the senior leadership team at the end of the internship.

Requirements

• Eager to learn and willing to get hands dirty.
• Willingness to learn and leverage AI to validate, automate, and strengthen data integrity for deployments.
• Ability to take ownership of small-scale deployment projects.
• Comfort using tools like Jira, Google Spreadsheets, or MS Excel to track project status.

Nice to Have

• Experience building a home network lab (e.g., GNS3, EVE-NG, Packet Tracer) or completing university projects involving routing and switching.
• Any exposure to server hardware components (CPU, RAM, NICs, Optics) or datacenter facility environments (AC/DC power, cooling).
• Basic academic understanding of routing protocols, particularly BGP.
• Interest and/or experience in using AI to perform validations to infrastructure data, query live devices and simplify workflows through automation.
• Entry-level industry certifications (e.g., Cisco CCNA, Juniper JNCIA, CompTIA Network+ or Linux+).
• Multi-lingual; comfortable communicating in a diverse, international environment.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on a mission to help build a better Internet.
• Mentorship from a dedicated senior engineering mentor.
• Hands-on experience bridging academic theory and real-world application.
• Exposure to AI-driven automation and data validation in infrastructure deployment.
• Inclusion in a culture built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster and improve continuously.
• Participation in impactful initiatives like Project Galileo, Athenian Project, and 1.1.1.1.
• Equal opportunity employer with strong commitment to diversity and inclusiveness.
• Reasonable accommodations provided for qualified individuals with disabilities.