Cyber Security Co-op Student

3 months ago


Toronto, Canada OPTrust Full time

Cyber Security Co-op Student

Department: Cyber Security - Information, Technology, Operations, and Security

Type: Winter Co-op - January 2025 - August 2025 (8-month)

Location: Toronto (Hybrid)

At OPTrust, _paying pensions today, preserving pensions for tomorrow_ is our mission and business.

When you choose OPTrust, you join a team of smart, talented people who fuel our success and have a passion for pensions. Everyone at OPTrust - from London, Toronto, and Sydney - makes a meaningful impact, our environment is fast paced, but we find time to have fun and give back to the community as well. Our strength resides in our team members with different backgrounds and perspectives creating an inclusive and fulfilling place to work for everyone.

What OPTrust Offers Students- Unique culture rooted in our core values - collaboration and teamwork, integrity, respect, flexibility, and excellence and continuous improvement - reflected across the team.- Dedicated business strategy for inclusion, diversity and equity with multiple, meaningful opportunities to participate, including the chance to join a variety of Employee Resource Groups as a member or ally.- OPTrust’s flexible, hybrid work model balances the benefits of working from home and in the office.- A purpose-driven environment, including the opportunity to contribute to OPTrust’s climate change and responsible investing programs.- Professional development opportunities, social and networking events and learning initiatives including access to LinkedIn Learning and speaker series.- Ongoing coaching and feedback to help you succeed, learn and much more

About the role

As a Cyber Security Co-op student, you will be a part of the greater Information Technology Operations, and Security division to provide support with network and IT Infrastructure security. The Cybersecurity team encompasses skilled communicators who are service oriented, analytical, detail-oriented, results-focused, and committed to continuous learning. The team is seeking a co-op student who aligns with these key values and competencies. Training will be provided on OPTrust procedures, systems and work processes. Students will also participate in OPTrust’s orientation and campus program.

What You’ll Do

Cyber Security Incident Monitoring and Response:
- Assist the Cybersecurity team in response to alerts generated by a number of security monitoring tools.- Ensure security attacks and / or intrusions are monitored and responded to timely, correlating security alert data, threat intelligence and infrastructure anomalies.- Assisting with the treatment plan of security vulnerabilities identified through vulnerability scans.- Assisting security analysts in handling security incidents.-
- Monitoring various shared mailboxes for incoming questions and requests.

Cyber Security Posture Corrections and Enhancements:
- Working with various internal teams to troubleshoot security issues.- Tracking vulnerability notifications and initiating actions for remediation.- Assist with the remediation of security vulnerabilities.- Assist with the corporate security patch management program.- Assist with cybersecurity posture enhancements in areas such as Identity and Access Management.

Cyber Security Awareness Education:
- Designing and executing various security awareness activities.- Preparing security awareness articles and posters on various relevant topics.

Cyber Security Governance:
- Assisting in the development of security reporting and metrics.- Updating and documenting various operational security procedures and diagrams.- Reviewing and updating security related asset inventory.- Reviewing configuration settings in our Cloud infrastructure.

What You Bring- Enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate co-op program grounded in a Cybersecurity, Information Security, or a related field.- Knowledge or coursework in Cybersecurity Frameworks such as NIST CSF and ISO 27001:2022.- Proficient in independent work and using cloud technologies for collaboration.- Skilled in identifying technology, process and people cyber risks, and providing risk remediation treatment plans.- Critical decision-making skills, assessing options for risk remediation.- Effective analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.- Exhibit effective interpersonal and communication skills.- Prior internship or work experience in Cybersecurity, Information Security, and or Risk Management related field would be an asset.- Exemplify OPTrust’s values: collaboration and teamwork, integrity, respect, flexibility, excellence, and continuous improvement

Serving a membership as diverse as ours and investing in a global market means cultivating an environment that embraces inclusion, diversity and equity in everything we do. We know a diversity of backgrounds, cultures and perspectives are critical to creating long-term value. OPTrust is an organization engaged in building on our unique and diverse strengths. If you requ



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