City : Waterloo

Category : Software & Systems

Industry : IT

Employer : BlackBerry

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 Job Description: 

As a member of the BlackBerry IT Productivity and Collaboration team, the successful student will have the opportunity to work as a fully contributing team member while being mentored by senior full-time employees on the team. The successful candidate will directly contribute to the industry-leading BlackBerry security story by translating business and technical processes into clear, concise, and accurate documentation targeting a wide range of audiences within BlackBerry. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to look for creative ways to improve business and technical processes, attend project meetings and run small projects under guidance.

While this role offers balanced proportions of teamwork along with individual work, ultimately it will be strong personal initiative, accountability and independence that will lead to success in this role. 

The ideal candidate is attentive to detail, has experience in analyzing and documenting business processes, and is interested in learning about new technologies as well as the people who rely on them.

Location: Waterloo, ON 

Length of Term: 4 Months

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Work with developers, architects, and peers to solve challenging interesting complex problems

• Gather information from design documents, standards, architects, and engineers, administrators, project managers and business leads

• Cultivate strong working relationships and work with customer facing internal teams to continually improve processes used to identify business and technology related processes

• Provide input into governance documents including process models, directives, policies and standards

• Contribute to the maintenance and upkeep of internal processes and standards

• Provide suggestions for continuous improvement of existing department standards and processes

• Manage multiple streams of work with parallel deadlines

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• In computer science, business administration, engineering, or equivalent

• Flexible and adaptable self-starter with strong relationship-building skills

• Superior communication skills including verbal, written, and interpersonal

• A strong focus on attention to detail with good analytical and problem-solving skills

• Solid verbal, written, and interpersonal skills

• Ability to prioritize and complete multiple tasks with little to no supervision

ABOVE AND BEYOND

• Knowledge of project management methodologies and frameworks

• Knowledge in creating flowcharts and process diagrams

• Knowledge in information systems

Student Life at Blackberry

• Growth Mindset: employees have access to skills training and professional development courses, mentorship programs as well as unlimited access to our on-demand learning platform.
• Commitment to Wellness: employees have access to events that support physical, mental and financial wellness. We host wellness sessions, fitness courses, discounts to local gyms and offer a 24/7 Employee Assistant Program (EAP).
• Highly collaborative teams and a supportive workplace environment, with organization-wide events and a student social committee.
• Employee Perks: we have snack and beverage programs at all locations. Students also have access to discounts for local stores, transportation, restaurants and activities.

See more about the student program at BlackBerry over on our Instagram @BlackBerryStudentLife

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