Infrastructure Deployment Engineer Intern

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 Locations: London (UK) or Lisbon (Portugal) About the Team Role In this role, you will help support the foundations of a new infrastructure build-out and expansion of our global network. As an intern, you will be paired with a dedicated mentor from the Deployment team who will guide you through the end-to-end lifecycle of infrastructure planning and execution. This is a practical and data driven hands-on opportunity to bridge the gap between academic theory and real-world application. You will take ownership of small-scale deployment projects and validate key technical DCIM records for operational rigor using AI, create scripts and identify opportunities to automate our workflows. If you are eager to learn, willing to get your hands dirty, while learning and leveraging AI to validate, automate and strengthen the data integrity for our deployments to help build a faster, safer Internet for millions of users, this is the place for you. What would you do as a Cloudflare intern? 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 Examples of Desirable Skills (Not required, but a plus!) 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. Comfort using tools like Jira, Goo ... (truncated, view full listing at source)