Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Description:

Collaborating within our Cloud Platform Services team. You will be developing/testing automation and supporting public cloud platform technologies.

Interacting with engineering team members; application architects/developers, cloud operations and security teams, product managers, and leadership to deliver compliant public cloud technologies which drive business outcomes for Manulife with speed and agility.

Responsibilities:

• Provides reliable and scalable cloud platform (especially Containers/Kubernetes) expertise to engineers.

• Develops and tests automation code to specifications and standards (Manulife, SDLC, Agile, etc).

• Investigates new platform solutions to improve service delivery experience.

• Resolves persistent platform issues when surfaced by technical support teams.

• Responsible for monitoring, analyzing and optimizing software architecture and maintaining software environment to support testing and deployment in continuous integration/continuous delivery environment.

Skills and Experience:

• Technical expertise in public cloud (preferably Azure) infrastructure and platform technologies especially Containers/Kubernetes required.

• Expertise in provisioning and configuration automation tools.

• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps principles, test-driven development, continuous integration, and other approaches to accelerate the delivery of new features.

• Understanding of software development lifecycle and how technology can address and support business strategy.

• Bachelor in Computer Science/Technology or equivalent experience.

• Collaborative approach to work with team members; able to coach, participate in code reviews, share skills and methods.

• Good verbal and written communication; able to effectively articulate technical vision, possibilities, and outcomes.

• Experiments with new technologies and understanding how they will impact what comes next.