Student, Solution Architect (Fall 2026)

Sun Life•Waterloo, ON

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Sun Life seeks a talented individual to fill the role of Associate Infrastructure Solution Architect, Co-op within Sun Life Enterprise Services. The ideal candidate will work within Sun Life’s enterprise architecture group on infrastructure architecture capabilities, including cloud, containers/Kubernetes, network, server, etc. Part of the Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture team, the successful candidate will work with other Infrastructure Architects, to provide and support solutions with client-centric, omni channel processes delivered through a consistent “One Sun” philosophy, achieving the goal of making it easier for our clients to do business with us. Find out for yourself why life really is brighter under the sun!

Requirements

Enrolled in 2nd year or later of a university computer science, engineering or other technically-focused degree program
Excellent interpersonal, collaboration and team building skills
Excellent relationship management skills
Excellent problem analysis and trouble shooting skills
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) - ability to express ideas, thoughts and information so that it can be understood by various audiences and meets the customers' needs
Multi-tasker full of great energy and attitude to work in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment
Prior experience working in a matrixed or virtual environment
This opportunity is available to students with a December 2027 or later graduation date.

Nice To Haves

Strong and effective relationship builder.
Ability to recognize and understand cultural and organizational dynamics to accomplish objectives.
An enthusiastic team player who enjoys sharing knowledge, experience and ideas, and is open to ideas and input of others.
Ability to apply judgment and make decisions in a dynamic and ambiguous environment, leveraging analytical problem-solving skills.
Well-developed verbal and written communication skills, able to tailor communication style to the audience and to actively participate and influence conversations with peers.
Results-oriented and able to deliver to deadlines, able to multi-task and prioritize a wide range of tasks with a desire to understand the big picture and the interdependencies across processes and systems.
Positive and energetic attitude, self-motivated with a willingness to take ownership and responsibility
Strong organizational and time management skills

Responsibilities

Support the Infrastructure Architecture team in the creation of solutions, conducting analysis to support these solutions across business and technical dimensions, solving enterprise-wide complex business requirements.
Demonstrate forward thinking around where the business is going and how technology can support these efforts.
Contribute to establishing and promoting patterns and practical best practices for infrastructure technology at Sun Life.
Collaborate with the broader enterprise architecture team to create and maintain standards for the overall architectural vision that emphasizes a reuse strategy.
Develop knowledge of the capabilities of current infrastructure portfolios of solutions across geographies as well as hands-on experience with various infrastructure technologies.
Support a variety of operational processes, creating documentation in collaboration with infrastructure architects, as well as your experience in supporting these processes that will enable the transition of these processes to other more operationally focused teams.
Create proof of concepts for various technical concepts, developing documentation to describe and explain the concept and related solutions.