Senior Cloud Engineer

About the role

Manulife is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer in Makati City who combines deep technical expertise with business insight to drive its cloud transformation. You will design, build, automate and optimise cloud platforms while working closely with engineering teams to deliver secure, reliable and efficient solutions. The arrangement is hybrid.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement cloud-based applications and infrastructure solutions.
• Build and maintain cloud environments aligned with security and operational standards.
• Automate and orchestrate cloud platforms using 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.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Agile environments to drive rapid delivery.
• Research and implement emerging technologies to improve performance and efficiency.
• Lead cloud engineering best practices and mentor team members on cloud adoption and modernisation.

Required profile

• 8+ years of IT experience, including cloud engineering and distributed systems design.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence stakeholders across technical and business teams.

Required skills

• Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes (AKS) and Terraform.
• Unix/Linux environments.
• DevOps, CI/CD pipelines and Agile software development.
• RESTful APIs, web services and cloud-native applications.
• API gateways, messaging, event streaming, distributed tracing, SQL and document databases.

Preferred: public, private or hybrid cloud experience; Kubernetes and/or HashiCorp certifications; enterprise-scale PaaS delivery with AKS; Infrastructure as Code, Desired State Configuration and cloud automation. The company offers a flexible environment, growth opportunities and support within its global team.