Senior Cloud Security Manager

Manulife; Philippines; Hybrid; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

MBPS is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Manager to join our Global Tech team. You will guide access control, RBAC design, and secure-by-default configurations while rolling out automated access reviews and enforcement across engineering teams.

You will lead technical briefings and cross-region collaborations, define the rollout strategy, and ensure security balance with operational efficiency. Hybrid work setup with onsite presence in Quezon City.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT or equivalent.
• 7+ years in cloud engineering, platform/DevOps, or cloud security roles.
• 7+ years with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, AliCloud) including IAM/RBAC and infra patterns.
• Strong security mindset with knowledge of access management frameworks and least privilege.
• Automation-first mindset; writes automation to streamline tasks and workflows.
• Experience with Terraform, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Python; CI/CD tooling.
• Experience with IaC (Terraform) and platform delivery models.
• Ability to balance security with operational needs; strong communication.
• Amenable to work at UP Ayala Technohub, Quezon City; hybrid 3x onsite; shift flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME in access control and cloud-native patterns.
• Own intake channels for access requests and exceptions.
• Lead automation rollout for access reviews and enforcement.
• Drive adoption across engineering teams and change management.
• Lead briefings, workshops, and demos with North America teams.
• Define rollout strategy and transition to hard enforcement.
• Collaborate with platform engineers to balance security and efficiency.
• Track adoption and automation success metrics.
• Handle exceptions post-adoption with rationale and traceability.

Skills

Cloud Security

Automation

DevOps

CI/CD

Communication

Scripting (Python/PowerShell)

Security frameworks

Leadership

Ambiguity handling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Python

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Job description

We’re looking for a SeniorCloud Security Manager to join our Global Tech team at MBPS. In this role, you will play a key, dynamic role in modernizing our customer interactions, helping to integrate analytics, business intelligence and AI into our decisions while providing actionable insights to stakeholders across the business.

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Position Responsibilities:

• Act as a subject matter expert in access control and cloud-native patterns, providing guidance on topics such as least privilege, RBAC design, and secure-by-default configurations.
• Own the intake channels for access requests and exceptions, ensuring consistency in decision-making across automated and manual pathways, so that engineering teams experience a predictable and transparent approval model.
• Act as the technical lead for the automated access review rollout, advocating the standard access model and control requirements to engineering teams.
• Drive adoption and behavioral change across engineering teams, ensuring the new approval process integrates smoothly into existing development and operational workflows
• Lead technical briefings, workshops, and demos (including with North America teams) to explain the automation and pre-requisites (such as process changes) for achieving the automation.
• Define and lead the rollout strategy, including introducing the solution as a soft gate, monitoring impact, and transitioning to hard enforcement once adoption stabilizes
• Work closely with platform engineers to understand constraints, address pushbacks, and refine solutions that balance security requirements with operational efficiency
• Define and track adoption and automation success rate metrics, guide application teams to meet the pre-requisites for automation to increase success rate.
• Post completing adoption, own the ongoing operation such as handling exceptions that fall outside of automation, including understanding the technical need, identify alternatives, escalating violations or approving with rationale and traceability.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or equivalent.
• 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or cloud security engineering roles
• 7+ years of experience in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, AliCloud), including core services, IAM/RBAC models, and infrastructure patterns
• Strong security mindset, Knowledge and understanding of any industry standard Access Management Framework, Principal of Least Privileged Access, Just-in-Time Access, RBAC and ABAC and Cloud Security
• Strong “automation-first” mindset. Writes automation(s) to streamline common tasks, tests, and workflows.
• Experienced on the following cloud platforms and Devop tools: Azure, Terraform, Github, GitHub Actions, Python, JIRA, Confluence, etc.
• Solid understanding of how engineering teams operate, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform), and platform delivery models
• Proven ability to work with engineering teams, understand technical constraints, and drive practical solutions that balance security and operational needs
• Experience in designing or implementing automation solutions, with familiarity in scripting (e.g., Python, PowerShell) or working with automation tools
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts, lead discussions, and influence stakeholders across multiple teams and regions
• Ability to handle ambiguity and pushback constructively, and drive alignment through technical reasoning and collaboration
• Experience tracking and improving adoption and compliance metrics for technical processes or platforms
• Amenable to work UP Ayala Technohub (Quezon City)
• Amenable to work on a hybrid set-up (3x a week onsite)
• Amenable to work in any shift schedule assigned (ideally night shift; but flexible depending on business need)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Self-driven, able to meet objectives with a minimal amount of managerial oversight/supervision.
• A team player who can interact with various internal functions such as business unit security officers, security engineers, reliability engineers, DevOps engineers.
• Advocate constant learning from both success and failure, and encourages openness to change and continuous improvement