Job Description
YOUR NEXT CO-OP PLACEMENT
Work term: Fall 2026
Work term length: 8-months
From classroom to co-op to career, every step of your journey has an impact on your future. That’s why it makes sense to choose a co-op placement with a company that offers truly rewarding work and real-life experience. At Definity®, your contributions, creativity, and energy will be put to good use, and you’ll get to be involved with initiatives that support our strategic goals and use your skills in a supportive team environment.
If you’re looking for a company that takes care of its people — full time, part time, and co-ops alike — and has a track record of doing big things, get ready to love it here.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Ensuring proper approvals are in place and that access is enabled/disabled in a timely fashion based on the nature of the request.
- Ensuring proper approvals are in place and that access is enabled/disabled in a timely fashion based on the nature of the request.
- Monitoring automated provisioning workflows, producing reports and metrics, and handling exception approval processes when required.
- Troubleshooting access issues.
- Executes the processes and procedures to manually provision and de-provision access for individuals both internal and external to the organization
- Access Process Stewardship
- Executes the Access processes and procedures to enable/disable access for Economical employees, brokers and others as required
- Follows all controls and gates within the processes, ensuring proper approvals have been obtained prior to granting of access
- Participates in the facilitation of attestation/certification events that occur periodically
- Process Improvement
- Identifies opportunities for improvement in processes, standards, tools, policies, etc. and shares them with his/her team in order to improve service delivery, reduce risk, cut costs and otherwise support business strategy
- Quickly adapts to new and modified processes and procedures
What You Bring
- Working towards a university Degree or college diploma in computer science, information systems or a related discipline
- Experience in Information Technology, Microsoft Active Directory, Linux and AIX
- Experience in access management considered an asset
- Relevant industry-related certifications are considered an asset. For example: CISSP or GIAC equivalent
- Strives towards operational improvements and excellence and works with the team to identify opportunities to improve process, standards and tools in their function
- Acts as a security ambassador within the organization, helping others understand the importance of security and bringing about awareness
Did you know?
- We care about our co-ops: Definity’s co-op students are considered the best pipeline of talent for our full-time, permanent positions.
- We care about students: Definity distributes $85,000 in scholarships to students across Canada each year.
- We care about our community: Definity donates more than $1 million every year to causes that drive true change in the neighbourhoods in which we live and work.
What can Definity offer you?
- Meaningful work forwarding our purpose of building a better world by helping our clients and communities adapt and thrive in their hardest times of need.
- Culture of accountability, empowerment, and collaboration.
- Opportunities to support personal and professional growth through real-life experience and unique learning opportunities.
- Opportunity to join our employee groups - focused on women's empowerment, LGBTQ+, anti-racism and cultural equity, and environmental activism
- Determined to create positive change for our environment, our people, and our communities, now and in the future. Check our ESG work !
About Us
This position is being posted to fill an existing vacancy.
The hourly compensation for the role starts at $22.50 per hour and will increase based on factors including but not limited to, skills, education, experience, and the recommended rates as set by the respective educational institution.
We also take potential into consideration. If you don’t have this exact experience, but you know you have what it takes, be sure to give us more insight through your application and cover letter.
Our inclusive work environment welcomes diversity and supports accessibility. If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know by contacting accessibility@economical.com.
Background checks
This role requires successful clearance of a background check (including criminal checks and leadership references).
About The Team
Definity is the parent company to some of Canada’s most long-standing and innovative insurance brands, including Economical Insurance, Sonnet Insurance, Family Insurance Solutions, and Petline Insurance. Our ambition is to be one of Canada’s leading and most innovative property and casualty insurers. We can’t do that without our people, so we embrace and encourage a culture that’s collaborative, ambitious, rewarding, and empowering.
We offer a flexible, hybrid work experience where employees work from the office and virtually depending on the type of work they are doing and who they are working with. Bring your true self and be a part of our journey. It’s better here.
