- Job type
- Internship
- Work mode
- Hybrid
- Level
- Intern
- Department
- Information Technology
- Experience
- Not listed
- Posted
- Sep 9, 2026
About the role
The Basics:
As a Tanium Technical Support Engineer (TSE) Intern, you will support Tanium’s world-class customer organization, responsible for the satisfaction & retention of our enterprise customers, including the U.S. Department of Defense and over half the Fortune 100. With a primary focus on customer satisfaction, TSE work both reactively and proactively to improve the overall experience of Tanium customers. This includes serving our customers by resolving technical issues & answering technical questions in a timely manner. TSE interns experience this foundational role in our organization through 1:1 mentorship, team triaging efforts, & shadowing opportunities.
What you’ll do:
- Work with a 1:1 mentor TSE as they take on real-world customer problems in security, operations, asset management, & risk management.
- Contribute to triaging technical issues, engaging with customers, and conducting root cause analysis on live production implementations of Tanium.
- Support efforts will encompass security (Forensics, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Incident Response), operations (Compliance, Vulnerability Scanning, Patching, Integrity Monitoring), & general automation.
- Assist customers with Tanium platform/module upgrades.
- Partner with other TSEs to assist with their assigned cases.
- Shape, execute & deliver special projects with your peer interns that directly impacts Tanium.
- Acquire a deep understanding of how the technology of our product works and how to support, operate & integrate it.
- Learn how to document best practices as well as track activity, document root causes, & complete accurate reports.
- Rigorously test our product in a home lab environment.
We’re looking for someone with:
- Authorization to work in the U.S. now & in the future
- Availability to work full-time from June 7, 2027 – August 13, 2027
- Undergraduate student currently enrolled in a college or university
- Eligible graduation dates: December 2027 or Spring 2028
- GPA of 3.5 or above
- Some experience with endpoints, networking or operating systems/servers
- Love for creating an amazing customer experience
- Can work independently with good judgement and attention to detail
- IT Helpdesk experience preferred
- Other experience working with customers is a plus