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About the Role

Manulife is transforming how technology is built and delivered at scale. We are seeking a Senior Cloud Architect to lead the evolution of our application landscape toward cloud-native, AI-enabled platforms. This role involves modernizing complex application environments, designing scalable, resilient, and intelligent cloud solutions, and shaping architecture patterns to accelerate modernization and improve delivery efficiency.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve cloud-native architecture patterns that enable scalable, resilient, and AI-ready applications.
Partner with engineering teams to modernize applications from VM-based environments to PaaS, containerized, and serverless solutions.
Lead architecture reviews and guide teams in making practical, forward-looking design decisions.
Identify opportunities to simplify systems, reduce complexity, and improve delivery speed.
Develop and promote repeatable modernization approaches that teams can adopt consistently.
Collaborate with data and platform teams to ensure architectures support high-quality, accessible data for AI use cases.
Explore and apply automation or AI tools to accelerate modernization, system analysis, and architecture decision-making.

Requirements

Experience designing and modernizing applications in cloud environments (Azure preferred; other cloud platforms considered).
Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture, including containers, serverless, and event-driven systems.
Experience supporting application transformation beyond basic infrastructure migration.
Ability to work across application, platform, and data layers to solve complex architecture challenges.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Comfort working directly with engineering teams on real-world system design and modernization initiatives.

Skills

Cloud-native architecture
Containers
Serverless
Event-driven systems
Application modernization
AI tools
Automation tools
Microservices
Distributed system design
Kubernetes
CI/CD pipelines
Infrastructure-as-code frameworks

Location

Toronto, Ontario

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior

Salary/Compensations

$113,000.00 CAD - $163,000.00 CAD

Benefits

Health coverage
Dental coverage
Mental health coverage
Vision coverage
Short-term disability coverage
Long-term disability coverage
Life insurance coverage
AD&D insurance coverage
Adoption benefits
Surrogacy benefits
Wellness benefits
Employee/family assistance plans
Retirement savings plans
Pension plan
Global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions
Financial education resources
Financial counseling resources
Holidays
Vacation days
Personal days
Sick days
Statutory leaves of absence

About the Company

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better.
We use data and analytics technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and automated processing tools, to analyze and process the information you provide to us or third parties in the application process.

Equal Opportunity

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.