Co-op: IT and Engineering

Student co-op opportunity

Placement streams

• Streams cover database administration; embedded systems and hardware; IT infrastructure; IT/network security; networking, network engineering, and telecommunications.
• Other streams cover software development; specialized intelligence collection systems; support technicians; quality assurance and testing; strategic planning and reporting.
• Additional streams cover cloud platform development and security; collaboration support; technology project management; IT security and risk management; and AI/ML development.
• Duties vary by stream and include technology operations, development, testing, security assessment, technical support, planning, reporting, and project coordination.

Eligibility and education

• Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited co-op or internship program in line with their post-secondary institution's program requirements.
• At placement, applicants must be full-time students in an accredited Canadian post-secondary institution and be third-year college diploma students, third-year-or-higher undergraduates, or graduate-level students.
• The field of study must be relevant to the selected stream; examples include computer science, computer or electrical engineering, technical or mechanical engineering, network security, IT, telecommunications, software engineering, and informatics.
• Experience may be acquired through school, volunteer work, or projects.
• Candidates must be eligible to receive Enhanced Top Secret security clearance; screening includes a security interview, polygraph, and background investigation with credit and financial verifications.
• Special consideration may be given to proficiency in both official languages of Canada.

Examples of stream technologies

• Technical examples in the posting include Raspberry Pi, Arduino, VME, ARM, Linux, Windows, VMware, OpenStack, SAN, NAS, LDAP, Active Directory, and SSCM.
• Security and network examples include SOC, WIDS, LAN/WAN, switches, firewalls, routers, and security assessment methods.
• Software examples include Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, C/C++, Go, Pega BPM, mobile development, Bash, SSL, RSA, and AES.
• Cloud and AI/ML examples include AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, TensorFlow, PyTorch, MLflow, Apache Tika, VS Code, Jupyter, and NVIDIA Triton.
• Other examples include Exchange, Skype, Teams, SharePoint, Jira, Confluence, PowerShell, Power BI, Tableau, and ServiceNow.

Hourly salary

• College and undergraduate rates are $23.79–$33.75 per hour; the posting also lists annual rates of $46,548–$66,035.
• Graduate rates are $27.20–$34.32 per hour; the posting also lists annual rates of $53,220–$67,151.

Locations

• Listed work locations are Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, and Calgary.
• Applicants select one location in the system and may mention additional locations of interest in their cover letter.

Application information

• Applicants are asked to specify their program, school, graduation date, location preference, co-op or internship status, preferred streams, work-term availability, and current year of study.
• The posting requests that applicants explain their work objectives and relevant technical abilities, experience, and projects in their application.
• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until available positions are filled.