Cloud Engineer

Manulife; Waterloo; Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in Waterloo, Ontario is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join its team. The role involves working on community-driven projects to enhance cloud solutions. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in cloud automation and at least 5 years of IT experience. A hybrid work model is offered with a salary range of CAD$75,880 - CAD$140,920, alongside various benefits.

Benefits

Wide array of benefits

Paid time off

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in IT.
• 2-5+ years of experience architecting scalable distributed systems.
• 2+ years of experience in Cloud (Public, Private and/or Hybrid).

Responsibilities

• Contribute to community-driven projects that enhance cloud implementations.
• Simplify adherence to security standards.
• Promote best practices in cloud technology.

Skills

Cloud automation

Infrastructure as Code

Deployment automation

Programming languages experience

Collaboration on source code

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Git

Job description

Overview

Are you excited about helping to develop solutions that really make a difference in an organization? Then this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for. We are looking for an energetic, self-motivated individual to join our team of highly skilled Cloud Engineers who are dedicated to accelerating the adoption of cloud across Manulife.

Office location

Waterloo - Canada or Toronto - Canada

Work arrangement

Hybrid - 3 days in Office and 2 days from Home. Remote working option is not available.

Position Responsibilities

As part of our team you would be contributing to community driven projects focused on removing road-blocks and empowering teams — developing solutions which accelerate cloud implementations, simplify adherence to security standards and promote best practices.

Required Qualifications

The cloud is an ever-changing landscape of technologies. We are not looking for a specific set of qualifications, but a successful candidate will need to demonstrate a strong background in cloud automation (ideally aligned with an Infrastructure as Code mindset), and would likely be able to demonstrate most (if not all) of the following:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or relevant field.
• Overall 5+ year experience in IT
• 2-5+ years of experience architecting scalable distributed systems.
• 2+ years of experience in Cloud (Public, Private and/or Hybrid)
• A general understanding of cloud technologies, with hands on experience provisioning cloud infrastructure components (preferably PaaS components).
• Experience with deployment automation, CI/CD pipelines and/or DevOps technologies (e.g., Jenkins Pipelines, Azure DevOps, Git Actions).
• A desire to extend your understanding of cloud and the ability to learn through experimentation.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and/or scripted infrastructure deployments (Terraform experience preferred).
• Experience developing modern applications in at least one programming language (Java, Python, .Net, Go, JavaScript, etc.).
• Experience collaborating on and/or managing code in a source code versioning system (Git, Bitbucket, etc.).
• A proactive, solutions-focused, collaborative approach to problem solving.

• A customer focused mindset, and a genuine desire to contribute to a community based project.
• While not necessarily required, a sense of humor is always a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience from large complex environment is a definite plus but not a must have

When you join our team

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.

Equal Opportunity

Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact [e-mail].

Salary and Location

Referenced Salary Location: Waterloo, Ontario

Working Arrangement: Hybrid

Salary range is expected to be between $75,880.00 CAD - $140,920.00 CAD. If applying outside the primary location, please contact [e-mail] for the salary range for your location. Actual salary will vary based on local market conditions, geography and factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. Employees may participate in incentive programs.

Manulife offers a wide array of benefits and paid time off; U.S. applicants should contact [e-mail] for U.S.-specific information.