DevOps Specialist – Azure & Platform Engineering

Manulife • Boston, MA

2d • $92,475 - $160,290 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a DevOps Specialist, you’ll play a key role in designing, automating, and scaling secure, reliable cloud platforms that enable engineering teams to deliver software faster and with confidence. You’ll work at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, automation, and security, contributing to enterprise‑scale platforms used across Manulife’s global technology organization. This role is well‑suited for someone who enjoys solving complex platform challenges, improving developer experience, and embedding best practices into modern DevOps and DevSecOps workflows.

Requirements

• Extensive hands‑on experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, or similar roles.
• Strong experience designing, improving, and operating CI/CD pipelines.
• Practical experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience working in cloud environments (Azure preferred; equivalent platforms considered).
• Proficiency in at least one scripting or automation language (e.g., PowerShell, Python, Bash).
• Experience collaborating in agile, cross‑functional teams.
• A strong automation mindset and passion for improving developer and operational workflows.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with TeamCity, GitHub Actions, or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and security/code quality scanning tools (e.g., Snyk, SonarQube, Contrast).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and GitOps approaches.
• Exposure to working with database platforms or enterprise‑scale systems.
• Development experience in languages such as Java, C#, Node.js, Python, or Go.
• Experience using tools such as JIRA, ServiceNow, or PowerApps.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Azure, DevOps, DevSecOps, or ITIL).

Responsibilities

• Design, operate, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines to increase deployment reliability, speed, and quality.
• Drive automation initiatives by eliminating manual and repetitive tasks using Infrastructure as Code and scripting.
• Build, deploy, and support containerized workloads using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes (AKS).
• Manage and optimize Azure cloud infrastructure to ensure scalability, performance, security, and cost efficiency.
• Partner with engineering, platform, and security teams to embed DevSecOps best practices across the delivery lifecycle.
• Implement and maintain configuration management and provisioning using modern DevOps tooling.
• Create and maintain clear, accessible documentation for infrastructure, processes, and operational procedures.
• Contribute to platform standards, tooling decisions, and continuous improvement across DevOps practices.

Benefits

• 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
• Manulife/John Hancock 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/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources.
• Our generous paid time off program in the U.S. includes up to 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days, 150 hours of vacation, and 40 hours of sick time (or more where required by law) each year, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed