Senior Cloud Middleware Architect

Manulife Financial; Philippines; Hybrid; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Manulife Financial in the Philippines seeks an experienced L3 Middleware Engineer to design, implement, and optimize enterprise middleware across Azure and on‑prem environments. You will drive modernization, troubleshoot complex incidents, and partner with DevOps and infrastructure teams to ensure scalable, secure platforms.

The role emphasizes cloud migrations, architecture governance, and security compliance within a large enterprise middleware stack.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of middleware engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on with WebSphere, WebLogic, Tomcat, and IIS.
• Hands-on Azure cloud experience and cloud migrations.
• Knowledge of integration patterns and enterprise architecture.
• Background in application development is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, secure middleware solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
• Partner with application, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to define integration patterns and platform strategies.
• Lead solution design for onboarding, modernization, and cloud migration initiatives.
• Evaluate and recommend middleware technologies, frameworks, and architecture patterns.
• Act as L3 escalation point for complex middleware incidents and performance issues.
• Perform deep root cause analysis and implement permanent fixes.
• Drive proactive problem management and platform stability improvements.
• Engineer and optimize middleware platforms across cloud (Azure) and on-prem environments.
• Implement high availability, disaster recovery, and performance tuning strategies.
• Lead and support cloud migration strategies (On-Prem to Azure IaaS/PaaS).
• Design and implement cloud-native middleware solutions using Azure services.
• Implement security practices (TLS, certificate lifecycle, patching, hardening).
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security policies.

Skills

Middleware engineering

WebSphere

WebLogic

Tomcat

IIS

Azure

API Management

Service Bus

App Services

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Manulife Financial in the Philippines seeks an experienced L3 Middleware Engineer to design, implement, and optimize enterprise middleware across Azure and on‑prem environments. You will drive modernization, troubleshoot complex incidents, and partner with DevOps and infrastructure teams to ensure scalable, secure platforms.

The role emphasizes cloud migrations, architecture governance, and security compliance within a large enterprise middleware stack.