Information Security Intern- Summer 2027
@ 1016 Meijer Great Lakes LPInformation Security Intern- Summer 2027
About the job
Meijer is a family-owned retailer committed to serving communities. The 11-week internship focuses on information security technologies, compliance, and secure coding practices, providing hands-on experience, professional growth, and interaction with leaders.
Requirements
- Progress toward bachelor's in cybersecurity
- Customer-focused attitude
- Strong relationship skills
- Clear verbal and written communication
Qualifications
- Pursuing relevant degree
- Interest in cybersecurity
- Eager to learn
- Good teamwork skills
Full 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