You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do.

At Sun Life, we're driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful.

When you join Sun Life, you'll work with passionate colleagues and empowering leaders who support your growth and celebrate your contributions, so you can make a meaningful difference in our Clients' lives.

Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

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Eligibility: Internship opportunities are open exclusively to current third-year degree students who are required to complete an internship or work placement as a mandatory part of their degree program /coursework. Applicants must be returning to their studies following the internship and be able to provide confirmation from their educational institution that the placement forms part of their course requirements.

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Job Description:

Sun Life is a global Financial Services company. Our Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE) teams help enable, govern, support and continuously improve Sun Life’s cloud services across the globe. We are looking for a 3rd year co-op student who is passionate about technology, cloud, security, compliance and customer-focused delivery. This role will provide practical experience across both the Cloud Configuration & Compliance squad and the Cloud Partner Engineering team, giving the student exposure to cloud governance, control monitoring, customer support, automation and cloud service delivery.

Core competencies/qualities:

1.    Do you have a passion for technology and Cloud and its services, enthusiasm and a willingness to learn?
2.    Do you enjoy solving problems? Trying different solutions until you reach the best result? Do you enjoy continuous learning and development?

3.    Do you thrive collaborating with a team of diverse, inclusive professionals? 

If this sounds like you, please read on.

Overview of what we do:

Our Cloud Configuration & Compliance squad and Cloud Partner Engineering teams are part of the Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE), which provides a wide range of services across the cloud ecosystem. The co-op student will rotate between both areas to gain a broader understanding of how cloud platforms are governed, supported and improved. This may include helping analyse cloud configuration and compliance findings, supporting reporting and evidence collection, assisting with customer requests, learning how AWS services are enabled and supported, updating metadata such as AWS tags, and contributing to automation or process improvement opportunities.

Responsibilities/tasks:

As a 3rd year Cloud CCoE co-op student, you will participate in activities across Cloud Configuration & Compliance and Cloud Partner Engineering. You will be supported by experienced team members while building technical, analytical and professional skills in a real-world cloud environment.

• Understand and work with Amazon Web Services (AWS) concepts, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), identity and access management, tagging, monitoring and cloud security fundamentals.
• Support the Cloud Configuration & Compliance squad with analysis of cloud configuration, compliance and security findings, including reviewing trends, preparing reports and helping track remediation activity.
• Assist with compliance monitoring, automated evidence collection, audit support activities and documentation that help demonstrate alignment with internal standards, directives and policies.
• Work with Cloud Partner Engineering to support customer requests, cloud onboarding activities, account lifecycle tasks, service requests and guidance for application teams using cloud services.
• Contribute to operational support and incident-related activities by helping gather information, document actions, update tickets and follow established support processes.
• Build or improve simple cloud-based services, scripts, dashboards or reporting outputs based on defined patterns and team guidance.
• Work closely with team members, technical leads, management, specialized IT areas and application support teams to help deliver reliable, scalable and compliant cloud solutions.
• Prioritize and respond to service requests as appropriate, while learning how to communicate clearly with stakeholders and provide timely updates.
• Support continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to simplify processes, improve documentation and reduce manual effort through automation where practical.

**Interns in this position will work fully on-site at our Waterford office for the duration of their internship. **

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