Network Deployment Engineer Intern (Summer 2026)

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 teams 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 Bachelors or Masters degree program in Computer Science Telecommunications Network Engineering Information Systems or a related field.
• 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

Were not just a highly ambitious large-scale technology company. Were 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 weve equipped more than 2400 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 Cloudflares 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 weve 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. Heres the deal - we dont 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 youd like to be a part of Wed love to hear from you!

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