Network Engineering Intern (July to December 2026)
On-site · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Job Summary
Network Engineering Intern role on the Edge Network & Backbone team at Cloudflare in Sydney. You’ll work under mentorship on provisioning capacity, configuring network hardware/software, monitoring health, triaging faults, and collaborating across teams using AI-enabled tooling. Responsibilities include provisioning and configuring hardware/software for capacity expansion across the global edge network, monitoring network health and investigating non-urgent faults, triaging issues with internal tooling, creating and maintaining runbooks and knowledge-base articles, and participating in structured troubleshooting sessions to build diagnostic skills in BGP, routing, and hardware faults. Role requires enrollment in or recent completion of a Networking/CS degree, a relevant networking certification (CCNA/JNCIA or equivalent), knowledge of BGP and OSI, scripting familiarity, ability to learn quickly under mentorship, strong written communication, and in-person Sydney office presence for 12+ weeks. Desired qualities include hands-on experience with multiple network operating systems, understanding of anycast routing, Linux system administration, and customer-facing support experience. The internship is operational in scope and aims to provide real production experience over six months, with in-person requirements in Sydney at least 3 days per week.
Required Qualifications
- Currently enrolled in or recently completed a degree in Networking, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline
- Holds or is actively pursuing at least one industry networking certification (CCNA, JNCIA, or equivalent)
- Working knowledge of BGP and the OSI model
- Familiarity with at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, or similar) or demonstrated comfort using AI tools to write scripts for network automation tasks
- Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly under a mentor
- Strong written communication skills
- Able to commit to a minimum 12-week or longer programme
- Able to be in the Sydney office in-person at least 3 days a week
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