Lead Cloud Solution Architect

Job Posting Description

The Lead Cloud Solution Architect will work closely with our Businesses and Partners while drawing on years of architectural and management experience, in-depth cloud knowledge, and technical skills to ensure the deliverables are of the highest caliber and exceed client expectations. This person must have expertise to identify, develop, and implement measures that transform and evolve the enterprise with innovative cloud solutions, modernize environments, thereby changing the status quo. The architect’s contributions will improve resource
elasticity, provisioning, be broadly accessible, serve multiple businesses, and be measurable resulting in increased efficiencies and effectiveness in our digital space. The Architect must be able to lead and guide cloud services, supporting systems, cloud components, relationships between cloud components and other environments, values and attributes of cloud design, and governance of the clouds evolution.

Position Responsibilities:

• Proven experience in infrastructure architecture with a focus on Azure Cloud services

• Execute on implementation plans to deploy Azure infrastructure and move workloads to Azure

• Excellent understanding of industry standards and best practices to meet Manulife technical, security, and business needs

• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute PoCs

• Strong communication skills with the ability to interact with global teams and external partners effectively

• Review and manage technical requirements and business functional requirements to establish new cloud platforms

• Responsible to implement automation around provisioning, improving on monitoring strategies, and maintenance and

• optimization of cloud infrastructure

• Develop a strategy to automate operational procedures for Azure infrastructure deployment and management, leveraging cloud vendor and third-party tools

• Create and manage best practice documents and procedures to provide uniform, compliant cloud environment

• Work with application owners/groups to ensure proper architecture, function, and security standards are being followed for client projects

• Proficiency in cost optimization techniques and tools

• Familiarity with additional cloud platforms or hybrid cloud environments

Required Qualifications:

• Post-secondary degree, diploma, or equivalent demonstrate-able experience

• 10+ or more years of experience in application and/or infrastructure solution architecture

• 4 or more years of experience building cloud architecture on large-scale implementations on Microsoft Azure

• Motivated self-starter who loves to troubleshoot and solve challenging problems and feels comfortable working directly with customers

• Leading and coordinating the work of an integrated project team comprised of multiple technical disciplines, specifically including developers, subject matter experts, database administrators, system administrators, and system architects to implement and maintain enterprise-level information technology applications

• Experience and understanding of Infrastructure as Code, Automation, and Orchestration

• Experience with monitoring tools, such as Application Insights, LogAnalytics, Security Center

• Experience with infrastructure automation, including configuration management (Chef) and infrastructure provisioning (Terraform)

• General understanding of Azure Paas Services and Kubernetes preferred

• Understanding of Azure SQL Database, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Azure DevOps preferred

• Active listener striving to understand requirements, underlying needs and alternative perspectives

• Experience in the large-scale technology implementations, IT Operating Model transformations, IT Cost Reduction and or IT Workforce Transformation initiatives

• Strategic thinker and delivery focused

• Team player, values input and contribution of team members and mentor if needed

• Ability to analyze complex issues and problems and quickly recommend and implement appropriate solutions

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 [email protected].