Tanium has always recognized people as its greatest asset. Besides investing in extensive professional development and training, we also focus heavily on recruiting top talent – and interns are a key component.
Since our founding in 2007, Tanium has welcomed hundreds of future industry leaders as interns. In 2020, we launched a comprehensive summer internship program which has grown significantly in the years since, engaging between 40 and 70 interns each summer across all our departments.
The program’s unique, engaging structure is designed to educate, challenge, and nurture individuals and prepare them for a rewarding career in the rapidly evolving cybersecurity industry. Since 2020, Tanium has proudly extended full-time offers to over 140 interns across its engineering, sales, customer organization, marketing, and general & administrative (G&A) departments.
As we celebrate National Intern Day on July 30, we're taking a moment to recognize the interns who spend their summer at Tanium not just observing but contributing. This year, a handful of our Durham, NC interns took us behind the scenes for a day in their shoes, badging in, sitting in on meetings, and showing what a day in the life at Tanium is really like.
Why Tanium’s internship program ranks among the best
As a global leader in Autonomous IT, Tanium empowers interns to participate in complex, mission-critical IT operations and cybersecurity projects. Tanium delivers the real-world training that students and professionals need to thrive in today’s competitive, fast-paced business landscape.
“What stands out here is trust. You’re not treated like an intern; you’re treated like a colleague, someone who has something real to contribute. You’re given actual work, real expectations, and you can see the impact you’re making.”Rebecca Canton, EMEA marketing intern in Reading, England
Tanium’s internship program has landed WayUp and Top 100 Internship Programs Yello’s list multiple times, including in 2023 and 2025. And this year, the program is back and better than ever.
“At Tanium, interns are getting real on-the-job training, experience, and strategic projects that contribute to making the world a safer, more secure place,” WayUp says. “Tanium expects excellence and commits to giving interns the resources they need: world-class training programs, a network of previous interns, exposure to leadership, and more.”
Professional development opportunities
Tanium’s training program delivers much more than just on-the-job training and experience. It also serves to prepare professionals for the modern workforce and acclimate them with cybersecurity culture.
Training focuses on the following topics:
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB): Tanium is fully committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture. All interns are invited to attend a panel with full-time team members to learn why DEIB is critical and how to help foster an inclusive and welcoming environment.
- Professional feedback: In addition to receiving formal feedback, Tanium interns learn how to give and receive constructive feedback – an important skill in the collaborative, performance-driven cybersecurity field.
- Career growth and development: Launching a career can seem overwhelming, and it helps to learn from experienced individuals who are actively charting their own course. All interns will hear from senior team members about their career paths and tips for maximizing opportunities.
- Building a personal brand: During the final week of the program, Tanium offers personal brand training and networking mixers. Interns also receive LinkedIn and resume workshop training.
- Executive presentations: Whether you’re sharing an elevator pitch or a PowerPoint, how you present your ideas can go a long way. Tanium offers special training on how to present to executives, complete with practice sessions and advice from Tanium executives.
- Weekly leadership sessions: Interns meet weekly with rotating members of Tanium's Executive Leadership Team, including co-founder David Hindawi and CEO Dan Streetman, for a chance to get to know leadership and ask questions directly.
- A supportive culture: A tight-knit team that makes time for any question, making interns feel like real members of the team.
“Within our first days, Co-Founder David Hindawi sat down with us to talk about Tanium's history, mission, and why each of us was chosen for this program. That same level of investment has been consistent across every member of leadership during our weekly ELA sessions. It's incredibly unique to sit down with leadership like that during an internship and has left me eager to contribute to Tanium’s success.”Andres Saenz, Product Management Intern based in Durham, NC
Internship perks
Tanium’s 10-week intern experience is jam-packed with mixers, social events, and volunteer opportunities. There is also a special leadership speaker series, as well as a National Intern Appreciation Day celebration.
Tanium’s internship perks include:
- Competitive pay with hourly wages throughout the entire internship.
- Guidance and support with one-on-one mentoring and career coaching.
- Professional development designed to level up skills and improve leadership abilities.
- Exciting and challenging projects, with the chance to impact the future of cybersecurity.
- IT networking and operations training with Tanium’s world-class team of experts.
- A flexible hybrid policy that allows interns to work remotely for part of the week, while also providing valuable on-site training.
To learn more about Tanium and explore our range of career opportunities, visit our Tanium Careers page.
(Featured photo: 2026 Summer Interns at Tanium's Durham, North Carolina, office.)