Digital Investigations & Discovery – Summer 2025 Internship

Company Description

Are you looking to join an organization that is growing and dynamic? What about a high-energy, collaborative environment that rewards hard work?

J.S. Held is a global consulting firm that combines technical, scientific, financial, and strategic expertise to advise clients seeking to realize value and mitigate risk. Our professionals serve as trusted advisors to organizations facing high stakes matters demanding urgent attention, staunch integrity, proven experience, clear-cut analysis, and an understanding of both tangible and intangible assets.

The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services, products, and data that enable clients to navigate complex, contentious, and often catastrophic situations.

Job Description

We are seeking an entrepreneurial, highly driven person with a well-rounded technically oriented skill set to join the Digital Investigation & Discovery (DI&D) team as a summer Intern. The ideal person for this role will be a flexible strategic thinker with a desire to learn data analytics, cyber-security, digital forensics, and electronic data management, which includes advanced data collection and analysis techniques.

As an Intern on the DI&D team, you will be expected to take on a variety tasks within the identified service lines, which will both leverage and challenge your existing capabilities and experience. The successful candidate will be capable of establishing a solid understanding of overall objectives and applying their knowledge to help develop and execute thoughtful solutions to address our client’s needs.

Job Responsibilities 

• Using industry accepted tools/practices to perform the preservation electronically stored information (“ESI”) and validating preservation.
• Perform investigative analysis on digital devices or electronic data using forensic tools such as EnCase, Axiom, Cellebrite Physical Analyzer, Cellebrite Inspector to carry out an investigation.
• Secure transfer of physical and electronic evidence while maintaining chain of custody
• Follows best practices for client deliverables by performing quality control checks to ensure accuracy of client work product.
• Execute on projects involving the identification, collection, processing, review, and production of electronic data relevant to security and regulatory investigations
• Create, prepare, and validate analyses, reports, presentations, and other deliverables regarding project scope and results of work performed
• Engage daily with client activities, including interaction with client, internal J.S. Held team, and other stakeholders involved with engagement.
• Taking ownership of projects and tasks with minimal supervision and providing engagement updates to clients or team leads on a regular occurrence.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications 

• Demonstrated coursework in Information Technology, Information System, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Understanding of operating systems such as Windows and MacOS. Linux and UNIX experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of ESI hardware such as laptops, desktops, servers, mobile phone and tablets.
• Experience with cloud-based collaborative/data repositories such as M365, Google Workspace, Drobox, Box, Slack, Jira
• Programming languages such as SQL, VBA and Python knowledge is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Physical and Mental Job Qualifications

• Must be willing to travel locally and overnight, as needed (20-25%)

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Additional Information

Some of the Benefits We Have Include

J.S. Held understands all our employees are people and sometimes life needs flexibility. We work to always provide an environment that best supports and suits our team’s needs.

• Our flexible work environment allows employees to work remotely, when needed

A reasonable estimate of the salary range for this role is $20 - $25 per hour. Any offered salary range is based on a wide array of factors including but not limited to skillset, experience, training, location, scope of role, management responsibility, etc.

 Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read the J.S. Held Online Privacy Notice and hereby freely and unambiguously give informed consent to the collection, processing, use, and storage of your personal information as required and described therein. California residents can click here to learn more about the personal information we collect and here to learn about additional privacy rights that may be available.

Please explore what we’re all about at www.jsheld.com.

EEO and Job Accommodations

We embrace diversity and our commitment to building a team and environment that fosters professional and personal enrichment is unwavering. We are greater when we are equal!

J.S. Held is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request for a reasonable accommodation, please email jobs@jsheld.com and include “Applicant Accommodation” within the subject line with your request and contact information.