What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Co-Op Student position at CAE USA?
Role and Responsibilities
Who We Are:
- CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, civil aviation, and healthcare by revolutionizing our customers' training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency and readiness.
- CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAE's Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.
- CAE Values: Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.
What We Have to Offer:
- Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance
- A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe
- Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
- Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!
Summary
Perform a variety of network maintenance, documentation, installation, and training tasks to support Network engineers.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Assist with documenting network infrastructure assets and generating reports as necessary
- Participate in the maintenance, troubleshooting, and support of localized/on premise WAN, LAN, and WLAN network infrastructure
- Assist Engineers with the integration, implementation, and troubleshooting of projects involving local network services
- Assist other team members in the troubleshooting and resolution of corporate IT issues
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Pursuing degree (Management/Computer Information Systems, Computer Science/Engineering desired)
- Basic understanding of operating system, application, network, and hardware installation and maintenance procedures and techniques
- Good diagnostic and troubleshooting skills
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions
- Learn and adopt best practices in Network Management
- Innovation/creativity, managing/working with others, project/process management, accountability
- Detail and customer service oriented
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and problem solving ability
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
Preferred Skills
- CompTIA Network
- Knowledge and experience supporting a Microsoft Windows network
- Knowledge of Cisco Firewalls, Routers, Layer 2/3 Switches and VLAN's as well as Wireless technologies
- Troubleshooting skillset for LAN/WAN network and application issues
- Knowledge of Network Services such as DNS, IPAM, (S)FTP, TFTP, LDAP, SMTP, and DHCP
Security Responsibilities
Must complywith all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials, in any form. Shall not divulge any information, or afford access, to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval. All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.
- Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. This is not a remote position.
- Duties performed in an office environment and manufacturing facility
- Must be able to work overtime, on and off-shifts as required
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Employee is regularly required to sit, talk or hear, in person, in meetings and by telephone
- Manual dexterity to operate computers or other standard office equipment; and reach with hands and arms
- Able to support rack mounted equipment (up to 7 feet off the ground)
- Ability to bend, stoop, and crawl on floor if necessary
- Willingness to learn new procedures and applications
OTHER DUTIES
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
DUE TO U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS, ONLY U.S. CITIZENS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE.
CAE USA Inc. is an EOE/AA employer and gives consideration for employment to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click here EEO is the Law poster.
PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
Position Type
Student (Fixed Term)
CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.
Equal Employment Opportunity
At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception.
As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", we're proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.
At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity or age.
CAE is firmly committed to ensuring a positive and professional working environment in which all people are treated with dignity and respect. We aim to provide a fair and consistent method for filling job openings in support of equality of opportunity and cultural diversity within the company.
