Cloud Security Intern
About the role
At Tanium, Cloud Cybersecurity Interns have the opportunity to gain valuable, real-world experience in securing business to business security focused applications. Working with a mentor in our Cloud Cybersecurity team you’ll select a project vetted by our mentors. While being supported by your 1-1 mentor and working with our engineers, you’ll deliver your project throughout the course of the internship and present your work to Tanium’s R&D team at the end. Examples of projects include implementation of security detective and preventive controls to be used as part of Tanium Cloud’s Security operations; implementation of DevOps security tools that provide detailed security context and recommendations associated with deployed Cloud resources; identification and processing of security operations data to create new, or improve existing, dashboards and monitoring used by the Cloud Cybersecurity team. Tanium delivers the industry's only true real-time cloud-based endpoint management and security offering. Its converged endpoint management (XEM) platform is real-time, seamless, and autonomous, allowing security-conscious organizations to break down silos between IT and Security operations that results in reduced complexity, cost, and risk. Securing more than 32M endpoints around the world, Tanium's customers include Fortune 100 organizations, top US retailers, top US commercial banks, and branches of the U.S. Military. It also partners with the world's biggest technology companies, system integrators, and managed service providers to help customers realize the full potential of their IT investments. Tanium has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 list for nine consecutive years and ranks on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For.
Responsibilities
- Experience first-hand cloud security and operations in a software security company
- Deliver a well-defined project that will help improve the security at Tanium
- Work as a member of Tanium’s Cloud Cybersecurity team
- Show off what you’ve built
- Have a great time. Tanium’s a fun place to work, we think you’ll like it here!
Requirements
- Authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future
- Available to work full-time from June 7, 2027 to August 13, 2027
- Currently enrolled Bachelors degree candidate. GPA of 3.5 or above REQUIRED
- Graduating Spring 2028 or Fall 2027
- Prior internship preferred
- Has some experience with Cloud such as AWS
- Passionate about hands-on learning and solving security challenges
- Ability to communicate and work with peers