Student, Software Engineer Security (Winter 2027)

At Sun Lifeweredriven by our Purpose: helping our Clientsachieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring authentic bold inspiring and impactful.

Our student and new graduate programs offer a chance to explore Sun Life from the inside. Youll make a difference in the lives of our customers and communities while building the skills and experience that allow you to grow in a meaningful and rewarding way.

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HYBRID

This co-op opportunity is in person remote or hybrid. For remote or hybridyou will be required to work within the province. Remote work outside of the province will not be a possibility.

This role requires Reliability Status addition to a law enforcementinquiry and a credit check as part of yourapplication the Government of Canada willask if you lived or travelled outside of Canadafor 6-consecutive months during the last 5years and you must account for all activitiesduring this time. Important: ObtainingReliability Status Clearance within areasonable amount of time is a conditionrequired to start employment for this roleat Sun Life.

You will be joining one of our exciting teams in Corporate IT. At Corporate IT our team is focused on enabling technology at Sun Life by delivering robust scalable secure and reusable platforms and services that operate within our Enterprise Cloud API and DevOps this role you will contribute as a software engineer while helping embed security practices into the design development testing and operation of project solutions.

What will you do

• Under the guidance of a Senior Engineer contribute to the development testing and deployment of APIs
• May assist in gathering functional requirements developing technical specifications and test plans with internal team members and external partners
• Work within an Agile pod to enable ML/AI/Gen AI Use Cases and experiments build core data and analytics platforms applications and self-service capabilities.

• Apply secure software development practices when designing coding testing and deploying APIs and applications including identifying and helping remediate security vulnerabilities
• Support security control testing by documenting results identifying gaps and helping align solutions with recognized industry practices and frameworks such as NIST
• Research emerging security technologies and contribute to the evaluation of security tools processes and engineering approaches for cloud API DevOps data and AI solutions

• Support in system or project documentation
• Work in a cross-functional Agile Scrum team
• Learn new technologies and tools related to Gen AI ML/AI data integration and warehousing

What do you need to succeed

• Currently pursuing a masters degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Cybersecurity or a related technology discipline

• Enthusiasm professionalism and willingness to learn
• Fast learner with a keen interest in picking up new technologies
• Strong coding debugging and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of an object-oriented programming language such as C# or Java
• Familiarity of Python Java Springboot framework
• Familiarity with SQL for relational or NoSQL databases

• Demonstrated interest in cybersecurity and secure software engineering with an understanding of common application API cloud or DevOps security risks
• Familiarity with security testing vulnerability management threat modelling security controls or industry frameworks such as NIST is considered an asset
• A graduation date of April 2027 or later is required.

What is in it for you

• A friendly collaborative and inclusive culture where youre an innovator and trusted partner
• An environment of continuous learning and improvement
• Were honoured to be recognized as a 2023 Best Workplaces in Canada by Great Place to Work Canada
• Gain experience with a development team that uses some of the cutting-edge development technologies such as Azure DevOps MongoDB Kafka Docker and Kubernetes Gen AI/ML

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted for. The Base Pay which you will be considered for will vary depending on the Campus program you are selected for.

Eligible Sun Life employees for various Campus Graduate programs will also participate in various incentive plans payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our Clients the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may e-mail a request to .

We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business our Clients and you.

We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing screening interview scheduling.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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