Senior Cloud Engineer

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.

Position Responsibilities:

• 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.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of IT experience, including cloud engineering and distributed systems design.

• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes (AKS), and Terraform.

• Solid knowledge of Unix/Linux environments

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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

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 hr@manulife.com.