Information Security Intern- Summer 2027

Meijer Inc.; Walker (MI); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Scheduling flexibility

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement

Job summary

Meijer Inc. is seeking an IT Intern to join the Information Security team. The internship exposes you to security technologies, compliance programs, and secure coding practices that protect Meijer and its customers in a retail environment.

You will learn about data security at scale, participate in challenging projects, and gain exposure to senior leaders. This role offers career development and opportunities for advancement within the organization.

Qualifications

• Progress toward a bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or a related field.
• Customer focused — dedicated to meeting the expectations of internal and external customers
• Relationship skills — builds positive working relationships with customers, team members, leadership, and other internal and external partners
• Communication skills — explains technical work clearly, in writing and verbally, including to non-technical audiences

Responsibilities

• Support Information Security team with security technologies and secure coding practices.
• Assist with compliance programs and secure coding standards.
• Help protect Meijer and customer data at scale in a retail environment.

Skills

Customer focus

Relationship skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree progress toward Cybersecurity

Tools

SIEM platforms

IP networking

Job description

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!

Meijer Rewards

• Weekly pay

• Scheduling flexibility

• Paid parental leave

• Paid education assistance

• Team member discount

• Development programs for advancement and career growth

Please review the job profile below and apply today!

Meijer offers an 11-week internship program that challenges interns to deliver innovative solutions to real projects that impact the business. Throughout the course of the internship experience, we deliver diverse personal and professional development opportunities that further develop skillsets that can be implemented both during and after the program. The internship program will allow for interaction with other interns and Meijer senior leaders.

The internship program includes:

• Challenging and impactful projects
• Final presentations delivered to senior executives
• Executive speaker series
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Networking and community events
• Events highlighting key areas of the business

What you will be doing as an IT Intern:

Meijer is seeking candidates for Information Security. The Information Security team is responsible for the security technologies, compliance programs, and secure coding practices that protect Meijer and our customers. Data security is of paramount importance in a retail environment, and interns get exposure to how a large retailer defends itself at scale.

Qualifications

• Progress toward a bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or a related field
• Customer focused — dedicated to meeting the expectations of internal and external customers
• Relationship skills — builds positive working relationships with customers, team members, leadership, and other internal and external partners
• Communication skills — explains technical work clearly, in writing and verbally, including to non-technical audiences

Preferred Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

Specific requirements vary by project. You do not need every item below — tell us what you have and what you want to learn.

For Information Security

• Foundational information security concepts and secure coding practices
• Functional understanding of IP networking
• Knowledge of routing and firewall operations
• Identity and access management and zero-trust concepts
• Endpoint / anti-malware and email security
• SIEM platforms and intrusion detection or prevention products
• Cloud security posture, vulnerability management, or incident response

Possible Career Paths

• Developer / Analyst
• Software Engineering
• Information Security Analyst
• Data and Analytics Development Program
• Infrastructure / Cloud Engineering
• Solution Architecture