Manulife is seeking a Lead Solution Architect to help design, scale, and modernize secure cloud platforms that support critical business systems across a global financial services organization.
In this role, you’ll provide technical leadership across Azure platform architecture, CI/CD strategy, and infrastructure as code. You’ll partner closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to deliver resilient, cost‑effective, and secure cloud solutions. You will also have the opportunity to explore how emerging AI capabilities can meaningfully enhance modern application platforms—moving beyond experimentation to real‑world impact.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys shaping platform direction, mentoring others, and balancing pragmatic delivery with long‑term sustainability.
Why Manulife:
At Manulife, we’re focused on building digital platforms that support millions of customers worldwide—securely, responsibly, and at scale. Our engineering teams value thoughtful architecture, continuous improvement, and inclusive collaboration.
You’ll join a culture that encourages learning, mentorship, and influence, where diverse perspectives help shape how modern cloud platforms and emerging technologies— including AI—are adopted with purpose and integrity.
Position Responsibilities:
Design and evolve secure, scalable Azure platform architectures that support modern application workloads
Define and improve CI/CD strategies, infrastructure standards, and reusable platform patterns
Lead technical discovery with stakeholders to understand business goals, constraints, and risk tolerance
Evaluate existing Azure and DevOps environments and recommend modernization improvements
Guide teams on cloud architecture decisions related to networking, identity, security, observability, and resiliency
Support containerized and orchestrated workloads using modern deployment models
Establish and promote DevSecOps practices, including secure access, policy enforcement, and compliance automation
Mentor engineers and contribute to shared engineering standards and best practices
Communicate architectural trade‑offs clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences
Work effectively in environments with evolving requirements and incomplete information
Explore and prototype AI‑enabled workflows, tooling, or platform capabilities where they add meaningful value
Required Qualifications:
Strong experience designing, implementing, and operating Azure cloud environments
Hands‑on experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions or Jenkins
Solid understanding of cloud networking, identity, and security principles
Experience improving reliability, availability, and observability of production systems
Ability to influence technical direction and mentor others without direct authority
Comfort working across teams and communicating complex technical topics clearly
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, AKS)
Familiarity with DevSecOps, SRE, or FinOps practices
Experience with observability tooling such as Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, or New Relic
Exposure to AI‑assisted development, Copilot tooling, or OpenAI SDKs
Client‑facing or consulting experience
Strong documentation and diagramming skills (e.g., architecture decision records, system diagrams)
What Success Looks Like:
Secure, reliable, and scalable Azure platforms with measurable improvements in performance and cost efficiency
Reusable IaC modules and CI/CD templates adopted consistently across teams
Clear architectural guidance and modernization roadmaps that reduce risk and accelerate delivery
Elevated engineering practices through mentorship and cross‑team collaboration
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.
The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.
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] .
Referenced Salary Location
Toronto, Ontario
Hybrid
Salary range is expected to be between
$113,260.00 CAD - $210,340.00 CAD
Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact [email protected] for the salary range for your location.
Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact [email protected] for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.
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