Senior Cloud Solutions Architect — Multi-Cloud & Enterprise

Manulife Financial; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 113,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Manulife Financial is seeking a Lead Solutions Architect to design and govern cross-cloud architectures (Azure, AWS) in hybrid environments. You will embed with product and delivery teams, guiding discovery through implementation while ensuring security, resiliency, and cost efficiency across enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities include defining target-state patterns, integrating with ServiceNow for ITSM/ITOM, and driving automation using IaC tools and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in application and/or infrastructure solution architecture in large, complex enterprises.
• 4+ years designing and building large-scale cloud architectures on Microsoft Azure; experience with AWS and hybrid environments preferred.
• Experience leading large-scale technology implementations and IT cost reduction initiatives.
• Strong focus on Azure cloud services and familiarity with core AWS services.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, automation, and orchestration (Terraform, Ansible, Bicep/ARM, Azure DevOps/GitHub pipelines).
• Experience with monitoring and security tools such as New Relic, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Defender for Cloud/Security Center.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-cloud and hybrid target-state architectures and roadmaps.
• Design cloud solutions leveraging ServiceNow and New Relic for ITSM/ITOM and observability.
• Lead architecture reviews to ensure security, resiliency, and compliance standards.
• Embed with product and delivery teams to guide architecture from discovery through implementation.
• Lead and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise cloud solutions.
• Develop automation strategies for provisioning, scaling, and patching using IaC and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud strategy

Stakeholder collaboration

Security & compliance

Cost optimization

Mentoring

Automation tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Azure DevOps

GitHub pipelines

Bicep/ARM

New Relic

ServiceNow

Job description

Manulife Financial is seeking a Lead Solutions Architect to design and govern cross-cloud architectures (Azure, AWS) in hybrid environments. You will embed with product and delivery teams, guiding discovery through implementation while ensuring security, resiliency, and cost efficiency across enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities include defining target-state patterns, integrating with ServiceNow for ITSM/ITOM, and driving automation using IaC tools and CI/CD pipelines.