Senior Cloud Security Manager

Manulife Insurance Malaysia; Philippines; Hybrid; PHP 5,945,000 - 8,761,000; Full time

Job summary

Manulife is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Manager to lead the security strategy for cloud-native platforms within our Global Tech team. You’ll guide access controls, automate security workflows, and work with North America and Asia teams to drive secure, scalable solutions.

The role requires deep expertise in cloud platforms, IAM, and automation, with a strong ability to communicate across regions. Hybrid work and flexible scheduling are available to support delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or equivalent.
• 5+ years of cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or cloud security engineering roles.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/AliCloud) including IAM/RBAC and infra patterns.
• Automation-focused; writes scripts and automates tasks.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME in access control and cloud-native patterns (least privilege, RBAC).
• Own intake channels for access requests and exceptions across automated and manual paths.
• Lead automated access review rollout and advocate standard access model.
• Drive adoption across engineering teams and align with CI/CD workflows.
• Define rollout strategy and monitor impact, transitioning to enforcement when adoption stabilizes.
• Collaborate with platform engineers to balance security with operability.
• Define and track adoption and automation success metrics.
• Handle exceptions post-adoption with rationale and traceability.

Skills

Cloud security

RBAC & least privilege

Automation mindset

Security frameworks

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

Azure

Terraform

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Python

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Cloud 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. Have the skills and experience for the job? Learn more about it below!

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.
• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or cloud security engineering roles
• Strong understanding of 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.
• Knowledge of 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

When you join our team:

We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want. We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words. As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

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].

Working Arrangement

Hybrid 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. 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
• We’ve been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers (2024)
• Manulife included in Bloomberg’s 2023 Gender-Equality Index

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