Senior Cloud Engineer - Hybrid

Manulife Insurance Malaysia; Southwestern Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 113,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Mental health

Vision

Disability insurance

Life and AD&D insurance

Retirement savings plans

Job summary

Manulife is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, build, automate, and optimize secure cloud platforms. This role partners with engineering teams to deliver reliable cloud solutions and drive modernization initiatives.

You will lead cloud best practices, mentor engineers, and contribute to the transformation toward scalable, automated environments across hybrids of public, private, and multi-cloud setups.

Qualifications

• 8+ years IT experience including cloud engineering and distributed systems design.
• Experience with public, private, or hybrid cloud environments.
• Kubernetes and/or HashiCorp certifications.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale PaaS solutions, particularly using AKS.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize cloud platforms and infrastructure.
• Automate cloud platforms using IaC and DevOps practices.
• Develop and maintain APIs, web services, and integration solutions across enterprise platforms.
• Support deployment, troubleshooting, testing, and CI activities.
• Mentor team members on cloud adoption and modernization initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Agile environments.

Skills

Azure

AKS Kubernetes

Terraform

Unix/Linux

DevOps/CI-CD

REST APIs

APIs & web services

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

BOSH CLI

HashiCorp certifications

Azure AKS (AKS)

Job description

Join Our Cloud Engineering Team

Are you passionate about building scalable, secure, and modern cloud solutions? We're looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer who can combine deep technical expertise with business insight to help drive our cloud transformation journey. In this role, you'll design, build, automate, and optimize cloud platforms while partnering closely with engineering teams to deliver secure, reliable, and efficient solutions.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and implement cloud-based applications and infrastructure solutions.
• Build and maintain cloud environments that align with security and operational standards.
• Automate and orchestrate cloud platforms using modern DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
• Develop and maintain APIs, web services, and integration solutions across enterprise platforms.
• Support application deployment, troubleshooting, testing, and continuous integration activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Agile environments to drive rapid delivery and innovation.
• Research and implement emerging technologies to improve platform performance and engineering efficiency.
• Lead cloud engineering best practices and mentor team members on cloud adoption and modernization initiatives.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes (AKS), and Terraform.
• Solid knowledge of Unix/Linux environments and BOSH CLI.
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile software development practices.
• Hands‑on experience building and integrating RESTful APIs, web services, and cloud-native applications.
• Familiarity with modern platform technologies including API Gateways, Messaging, Event Streaming, Distributed Tracing, SQL, and Document Databases.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across technical and business teams.

Nice to Have Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related field. 8+ years of IT experience, including cloud engineering and distributed systems design. Experience with public, private, or hybrid cloud environments. Kubernetes and/or HashiCorp certifications. Experience delivering enterprise‑scale PaaS solutions, particularly using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Expertise in Infrastructure as Code, Desired State Configuration, and cloud platform automation.

Why Join Us?

Grow your career with continuous learning and development opportunities. Work in a flexible, inclusive, and collaborative environment. Contribute to impactful cloud initiatives that shape the future of our technology landscape. Be part of a global team committed to innovation, well‑being, and excellence.

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, 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].

Salary & Location

Location Toronto, Ontario. Working Arrangement Hybrid. Salary range is expected to be between $113,000.00 CAD - $163,000.00 CAD. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance. 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. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact [e-mail] for the salary range for your location.

Benefits

• Health
• Dental
• Mental health
• Vision
• Short- and long‑term disability
• Life and AD&D insurance coverage
• Adoption/surrogacy
• Wellness benefits
• Employee/family assistance plans
• Retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)
• Financial education and counseling resources
• 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.

We also use data and analytics technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and automated processing tools, to analyze and process the information you provide to us or third parties in the application process. For more information, please refer to our personal information collection statement.

Recognitions

We’re proud of our accomplishments and recognitions. Recent awards include: 2024 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award Winner Manulife Named one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2023 Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2023 We’ve been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers (2024) Manulife included in Bloomberg’s 2023 Gender-Equality Index.

Our ambition is to be the most digital, customer‑centric global company in our industry.

Learn more at https://www.manulife.com/.

We’re Manulife. And we’re on a mission to make decisions easier and lives better.

Better is what drives us.

It’s what inspires us to find new ways to support customers and colleagues in living longer and healthier lives.

It’s the reason we’re dedicated to investing in digital innovation and accelerating a sustainable and economically inclusive future.

Joining us means you’ll be empowered to learn and grow your career. We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well‑being and inclusion are more than just words. And as part of our global team, you’ll help shape the future you want to see – and discover that better can take you anywhere you want to go.