Cloud Platform Engineer

Manulife; Southwestern Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 83,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider is seeking an engineering professional to develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, streamline operations, and support continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience in a production environment and a degree in Computer Science or a related field. This hybrid role offers a competitive salary range between $83,400 and $133,400 CAD and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Health and dental benefits

Retirement savings plans

Paid time off program

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience in a production environment with a similar role.
• Experience in implementing Agile and DevOps principles.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Ansible playbooks to automate tasks.
• Integrate Ansible into CI/CD pipelines for continuous deployment.
• Manage infrastructure as code principles.

Skills

Ansible playbooks and roles

Infrastructure as code

CI/CD pipelines

Version control systems like Git

Hardened automation techniques

Education

BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Join us at Manulife and be part of a team that strives for excellence, where your efforts will directly contribute to our success. Here, your work will have an important impact, and you’ll be empowered to make decisions that improve our marketing strategies and customer experience.

This engineering role is essential for driving efficiency and innovation within our organization. By developing and maintaining automation, this position helps streamline operations and improve efficiency, contributing to our mission of delivering high‑quality products and platform services. This role is integral to our goal of continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Position Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles to automate various tasks, configurations, deployments, and self‑healing
• Implement and manage infrastructure as code principles to streamline and scale infrastructure management
• Integrate Ansible automation into CI/CD pipelines to facilitate continuous delivery and deployment
• Proven hands‑on experience in writing, optimizing, and fixing Ansible playbooks and roles
• Understanding of infrastructure as code principles and practices
• Experience with version control systems like Git
• Knowledge of hardened automation techniques, such as vaulting secrets, RBAC, and encrypted communications

Required Qualifications

• Last 2+ years of professional experience in production environment with a similar role
• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Agile and DevOps principles, development methodologies that emphasize collaboration and efficiency for delivering new features
• Practical experience developing Ansible playbooks and provisioning Azure Cloud Services and writing Terraform

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 distributed team, we’ll support you in crafting 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

Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs 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, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact [e-mail].

Referenced Salary Location

CAN, Ontario, Waterloo, 500 King Street North

Working Arrangement

Hybrid

Salary range is expected to be between

$83,400.00 CAD - $133,400.00 CAD.

If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact [e-mail] for the salary range for your location. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job‑related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short‑ and long‑term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact [e-mail] for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.