Platform Engineer

Manulife John Hancock; Southwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Manulife John Hancock is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build, and automate scalable cloud infrastructure. You will work across cloud platforms, containers, IaC, CI/CD, observability, and deployments, partnering with engineering and business teams.

You will implement secure, automated environments, develop reusable automation, support deployments, and contribute to platform standards and documentation. Strong collaboration and security mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Platform/DevOps engineering or similar roles.
• Hands-on cloud platform experience (AWS/Azure/AliCloud).
• Docker and Kubernetes expertise.
• DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Agile practices.
• Scripting/automation: Python, Bash, JS or Groovy.
• IaC tools: Terraform or Ansible.
• Observability tools: Splunk/Prometheus/New Relic.
• Cross-functional collaboration and security mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement cloud-based applications and infrastructure solutions.
• Build and maintain secure, resilient cloud environments with standards.
• Automate cloud infrastructure and platform operations using IaC and DevOps practices.
• Implement and support containerized environments with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure for scalability, reliability, performance, and security.
• Create reusable automation for provisioning, configuration, and environment management.
• Support deployments, testing, troubleshooting, and CI activities.
• Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines for reliable software delivery.
• Implement monitoring and observability to detect production issues early.
• Document configurations, procedures, and platform standards clearly.
• Champion security best practices throughout development and operations.
• Collaborate with software engineers, infra teams, security, and stakeholders to drive excellence.

Skills

5+ years Platform/DevOps experience

Cloud engineering

Strong communication

Tools

AWS

Azure

AliCloud

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Bash

JavaScript

Groovy

Splunk

Prometheus

New Relic

Job description

Platform Engineer

Are you passionate about building reliable, scalable cloud platforms and automating the infrastructure that powers modern applications?

We're looking for a Platform Engineer who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, improving developer experiences, and building secure, automated cloud environments. You'll work across cloud infrastructure, container orchestration, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, observability, and application deployment, partnering closely with engineering and business teams.

This is an opportunity to have a meaningful impact on how applications are built, deployed, monitored, and operated at scale.

What You'll Do

As a Platform Engineer, you will:

• Design, develop, and implement cloud-based applications and infrastructure solutions .
• Build and maintain secure, resilient cloud environments aligned with operational and security standards.
• Automate cloud infrastructure and platform operations using modern DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
• Implement and support containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes .
• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure with a focus on scalability, reliability, performance, and security .
• Build reusable automation that improves infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and environment management.
• Support application deployments, testing, troubleshooting, and continuous integration activities.
• Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient and dependable software delivery.
• Implement monitoring and observability practices that help teams proactively identify and resolve production issues.
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation covering configurations, operational procedures, and platform standards.
• Champion security best practices throughout development, deployment, and day-to-day operations.
• Collaborate with software engineers, infrastructure teams, security partners, and business stakeholders to drive operational excellence and continuous delivery .

What You Bring

• 3-5 years of experience as a Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, or in a comparable infrastructure-focused role.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform, such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Alibaba Cloud (AliCloud) .
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, particularly Docker and Kubernetes .
• Practical experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile software development practices .
• Experience scripting and automating solutions using technologies such as Python, Bash, JavaScript, or Groovy .
• Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code , including tools such as Terraform or Ansible .
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and troubleshooting tools such as Splunk, Prometheus, or New Relic .
• Experience across both software development and infrastructure engineering .
• Understanding of cloud security, reliability, scalability, and operational best practices.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.

What Will Help You Stand Out

• Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments .
• Experience creating reusable Terraform modules and standardized infrastructure patterns.
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking, identity and access management, secrets management, and security.
• Experience improving developer productivity through platform automation and self-service capabilities.
• A passion for eliminating repetitive manual work through automation.
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting complex cloud or container-based production environments.

Why This Role?

You’ll be joining an environment where platform engineering is more than keeping infrastructure running. You’ll help create the automation, tooling, standards, and cloud foundations that allow engineering teams to move faster while maintaining security, resiliency, and operational excellence.

If you enjoy working at the intersection of cloud engineering, Kubernetes, DevOps, automation, and software development , we’d love to hear from you.

The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.

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,