IT/IS Intern
Food City Interns work on meaningful projects spanning all solutions and services throughout the company. Created for upcoming Junior and Senior college students, our full-time (40 hours/week), 12-week programs are designed to provide hands-on experience within your area of interest. As an Intern, you will join over 19,000 talented individuals across five states who are leaders, critical thinkers, accountable, innovative, flexible, and results-minded with the same goal – to better serve our communities.
Location: 1 Food City Circle, Abingdon, VA (Corporate Departments)
**Affordable local housing options are available.
Description: We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented intern to join our Information Technology and Information Systems (IT/IS) team. This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in both business analysis and systems development, supporting a range of technology-driven projects that enhance business operations and digital infrastructure. As an IT/IS intern, you will assist in managing and developing projects from initiation to completion, working closely with project managers and business stakeholders to gather and document requirements. You will help define project scopes, create supporting documentation such as charters and specifications, and contribute to performance reporting and benefit analysis. Your role will involve coordinating communications across teams, supporting change management efforts, and ensuring alignment with the organization’s development lifecycle and project guidelines. In addition, interns are assigned a project and expected to complete a final presentation summarizing their work and share their insights with company leaders at the conclusion of the internship
Program Requirements:
- Currently enrolled in a college or university as a Junior or Senior, majoring in a relevant field of study.
- Recently graduated with an undergraduate degree and are currently majority in a relevant field of study.
- Minimum 3.0 GPA, cumulative.
- Have strong communication, interpersonal, and time management skills.
- Ability to preserve confidentiality of company information.
- Ability to work with own initiative.
Not Required, but Encouraged:
- Previous experience in a professional work environment
- Participation in leadership roles
- Community involvement and volunteerism
Documentation Requirements:
- Provide a copy of most recent college transcripts.
- Provide a resume
- Provide one Academic letter of recommendation
- Provide one Professional/Personal letter of recommendation.
- Provide a (personal) written essay with a minimum of 400 words, covering why would you like to intern with K-VA-T/ Food City and what you hope to gain from an internship with our Company.