Senior Cloud Engineer

Manulife; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 94,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to enhance their cloud capabilities. The role involves designing, developing, and managing cloud applications while ensuring security and efficiency. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud technologies, particularly Azure, and a strong background in software development within an agile environment. This position offers a hybrid work arrangement and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits packages

Flexible work policies

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT experience, with 2-5+ years in scalable distributed systems.
• 2+ years of experience in Azure Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Identify and implement efficient cloud solutions.
• Manage cloud environments according to security guidelines.
• Educate teams on new cloud initiatives.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Agile principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Azure

Job description

The Opportunity

Calling on aSenior Cloud Engineer who can seamlessly combine tech know-how with eye for business to help us meet our cloud computing needs, including infrastructure design, maintenance, support and planning, and everything in between!

Not only are you experienced in cloud-based tech, but you have a firm grasp of PaaS technologies, platforms and applications, and have intimate knowledge of how best to customize these for our business, to help us become more secure and efficient. You are able to connect the dots and evolve our cloud capabilities over time, evolve your own capabilities as an engineer and keep an eye on developments that can support our expansion.

Office location: ideally Waterloo - ON, Toronto - ON or Boston - USA locations are possible

Work arrangement: Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days from Home); Working remote option is not available.

Key Accountabilities:

• Working in tandem with our engineering team to identify and implement the most efficient cloud-based solutions for the company.

• Planning, crafting and developing cloud-based applications.

• Managing cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines.

• Deploying and debugging cloud initiatives as needed in accordance with standard processes throughout the development lifecycle.

• Educating teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training as required.

• Employing outstanding problem-solving skills, with the ability to see and solve issues before they snowball into problems.

• Using your extensive knowledge of APIs to craft RESTful services, and integrate them with existing data providers, using JSON or XML as needed.

• Lead and develop standard processes for larger Cloud Engineer team.

• Building and designing web services in the cloud, along with implementing the set-up of geographically redundant services.

• Orchestrating and automating cloud-based platforms throughout the company.

• Participate in Agile sprints and ceremonies; support rapid iteration and development

• Responsible for designing, developing, testing, maintaining and improving application APIs as a member of a team, work across key data, orchestration, rules and transactional stacks through the entire application and system development life cycle.

• Builds code to specifications and standards

• Creates and conducts executable tests, continuously integrating code into the overall software framework

• Researches technical strategies, third party tools, and current and new technologies to deal with emerging technical issues and improve development efficiency

• Promotes agile principles and methodology

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or relevant field.

• Total IT industry experience of 8+ years, with 2-5+ years experience architecting scalable distributed systems.

• 2+ years of experience in Azure Cloud

• Experience with at least one end-end enterprise implementation using PaaS preferable AKS.

• Experience working with Public/Private/Hybrid cloud architecture (PaaS) using AKS preferably and Azure, Azure SQL, etc.

• Experience in Terraform, Infra as Code, and Desired State Configuration is highly desired.

• Must be Certified in Kubernetes or Terraform

• Good knowledge of Unix and Bosh CLI

• Experience with end-to-end application development in open-stack technologies running in private, public or hybrid datacenter locations is preferred.

• Software development in an agile environment with a focus on DevOps with CI/CD.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills and ability to communicate at different management levels.

• Familiar with platform technologies, modern software architectures and API-driven development, scripting languages, technologies such as: API Gateways, Messaging, Data Event Streaming, REST, SOAP, Distributed Tracing, Relational and Document Database Interface/SQL

What can we offer you?

• A competitive salary and benefits packages.

• A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.

• A focus on growing your career path with us.

• Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.

• Professional development and leadership opportunities.

Our commitment to you

• Values-first culture

• We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.

• Boundless opportunity

• We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.

• Continuous innovation

• We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.

• Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

• We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.

• Championing Corporate Citizenship

• We build a business that benefits all stakeholders and has a positive social and environmental impact.

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

Waterloo, Ontario

Working Arrangement

Hybrid

Salary range is expected to be between

$94,220.00 CAD - $174,980.00 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.