TBI 2026 Summer Cybercrime Investigations Internship-Summer-01282026-74800

Internship

"This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position."

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Who we are and what we do:

"That Guilt Shall Not Escape Nor Innocence Suffer"
At TBI, it is more than a slogan. It is a promise to the people of Tennessee.
Every day, our dedicated employees serve the Volunteer State with professionalism and passion. As Tennessee's lead law enforcement agency, we value truth, bravery, and integrity. We are proud to play a part in making Tennessee an even better place to live.

Job Overview:

An internship at TBI gives qualified college and post-graduate students an inside look at TBI's critical mission and work across the state. While no guarantee of future employment, an internship with TBI offers students from a wide range of backgrounds a broad look at all it takes to fulfill our unique place in the state's criminal justice system.

The TBI Internship opportunity is a 10-week summer program, June 1, 2026 - August 7, 2026.

The Technology and Innovation Division is composed of three specialized units; the Information Systems Unit, Criminal Intelligence Unit, and the Cybercrime and Digital Evidence Unit ("CDEU"). Within the CDEU, there are four squads that work closely together: the Cybercrime Investigations Squad, Internet Crimes Against Children Investigations Squad, Digital Forensics Squad, and the Operational Technologies Squad. The Mission of the Cybercrime Investigations Squad ("Cyber Squad") is to conduct federal and state criminal investigations involving cybercrime violations. Cybercrime Investigations, as part of the FBI Joint Cyber Crime Task Force (JCCTF) include, but are not limited to, business email compromises, ransomware, online threats, account takeovers, cryptocurrency theft, and money mule networks. The primary focus of the Cyber Squad is the disruption of transnational cybercrime organizations by targeting their domestic presence, criminal investigative response to cyber incidents, cyber intelligence-gathering, and general deterrence through prosecution of any local bad actors. The secondary focus of the Cyber Squad is government and private sector coordination, collaboration, outreach, and education

Key Responsibilities:

Interns assigned to the Cyber Squad will be exposed to various types of cyber-related criminal investigations, cryptocurrency tracing, the collection and preservation of digital and non-digital evidence, cybercrime research, public awareness, education, intelligence sharing, support, and training. Those assigned to a Cyber Squad Internship will gain an understanding of how the Cyber Squad investigates complex technology facilitated crimes, as well as how the Cyber Squad supports TBI Special Agents and our other federal, state, and local law enforcement partners across Tennessee to investigate, identify, and arrest/deter cyber criminals.

Academic Year Preference:

Internships are open to college juniors, seniors, or those pursuing post-graduate education.

Preferred Qualifications:

Working toward obtaining a Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph. D related to computer science, computer information systems, information technology, information security, digital forensics, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, accounting, or other technology-related courses.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessees Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the States policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that persons race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veterans status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.