Cloud Platform Engineer – Intermediate

Manulife

Intermediate Cloud Platform Engineer at Manulife designing and maintaining cloud infrastructure solutions. Driving efficiency, reliability, and innovation across enterprise applications and platform services in Waterloo.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeWaterloo • 🇨🇦 CanadaMid-LevelSenior💰 CA$86,100 - CA$136,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure supporting enterprise applications and services
Develop innovative, cloud-centric solutions and document platform designs, ensuring optimized performance, security alignment, and operational readiness
Maintain a highly available server and infrastructure environment, including OS updates, configuration management, and system tuning
Troubleshoot and resolve complex or escalated technical issues within cloud platforms
Plan, conduct, and evaluate tests for IaaS cloud systems to ensure reliability and performance
Perform ongoing performance tuning, capacity management, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization for cloud infrastructure
Support the implementation and maintenance of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices
Contribute to automation initiatives that improve efficiency for infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and operational tasks.

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 3 - 6 years IT industry experience
Minimum 2+ years of professional experience in a production environment in a similar role
Understanding of server infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud computing principles
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure IaaS and Azure Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Solid grasp of cloud networking concepts and infrastructure components
Experience with Windows Server operating systems and advanced troubleshooting
Hands-on experience automating infrastructure provisioning, DevOps practices, and/or CI/CD pipelines
Understanding of IT security principles and public cloud security controls
Experience writing code or scripts to automate monitoring, operations, or data analysis
Demonstrated ability to design, build, and deploy scalable cloud solution architectures.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Mental health coverage
Vision insurance
Short- and long-term disability
Life and AD&D insurance coverage
Adoption/surrogacy benefits
Wellness benefits
Employee/family assistance plans
Retirement savings plans (pension and global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)
Financial education and counseling resources
Generous paid time off program including holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days
Full range of statutory leaves of absence

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud infrastructureInfrastructure as Code (IaC)Microsoft Azure IaaScloud networkingWindows ServerautomationDevOps practicesCI/CD pipelinesperformance tuningcapacity management

Soft Skills

troubleshootingproblem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationanalytical thinkingorganizational skillsattention to detailadaptabilityinitiativecreativity