Lead Infrastructure and Domain Architect, GTCS
About The Position
Join our Global Technology & Cyber Security Team (GTCS). At Manulife, we're transforming the technology foundations that support millions of customers globally. We're looking for a Lead Infrastructure & Domain Architect to define the strategic direction, standards, and roadmap for our enterprise infrastructure and core technology platforms. In this role, you will partner with engineering, operations, security, resilience, and business leaders to modernize infrastructure, simplify technology landscapes, improve resiliency, and accelerate adoption of cloud and platform-based services. You will play a key role in shaping the future-state architecture for infrastructure, cloud, network, end-user, workplace, observability, service management, and operational platforms while ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy, security requirements, and business outcomes.
Requirements
- Significant experience in infrastructure, platform, solution, domain, or enterprise architecture within complex enterprise environments.
- Proven experience defining technology strategies and architecture roadmaps for infrastructure and platform services.
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), infrastructure services, networking, platform engineering, and distributed systems.
- Experience governing large-scale technology initiatives and modernization programs.
- Good understanding of security, resiliency, risk, compliance, and operational requirements.
- Experience with infrastructure automation, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, and platform engineering practices.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and technology teams.
- Experience working within Agile and product-oriented delivery environments.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, network architecture, connectivity, routing, switching, firewalls, load balancing, DNS, hybrid cloud, and core technology services.
Nice To Haves
- Architecture & Strategy
- Infrastructure & Cloud Architecture
- Domain & Enterprise Architecture
- Technology Strategy & Roadmapping
- Architecture Governance & Standards
- Platform Modernization & Transformation
- Technology Lifecycle Management
- Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
- Cloud Infrastructure & Landing Zones
- Enterprise Network Architecture
- Connectivity, Routing & Switching
- Firewall Architecture & Network Segmentation
- DNS, Load Balancing & Traffic Management
- Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Networking
- Core Infrastructure Services (Compute, Storage, Virtualization)
- Platform Engineering & Infrastructure as Code
- Resilience, High Availability & Disaster Recovery
- Service Management & Operational Excellence
- Observability, Monitoring & AIOps
- Service Reliability Engineering (SRE)
- Operational Resilience & Recovery Planning
- Capacity, Performance & Availability Management
- Technology Lifecycle & Asset Management
- Executive Stakeholder Management
- Strategic Planning & Technology Transformation
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Organizational Influence & Decision Making
- Change Leadership & Adoption
- Mentoring, Coaching & Talent Development
Responsibilities
- Define the strategic direction, standards, and roadmap for enterprise infrastructure and core technology platforms.
- Partner with engineering, operations, security, resilience, and business leaders to modernize infrastructure, simplify technology landscapes, improve resiliency, and accelerate adoption of cloud and platform-based services.
- Shape the future-state architecture for infrastructure, cloud, network, end-user, workplace, observability, service management, and operational platforms.
- Ensure alignment with enterprise strategy, security requirements, and business outcomes.
Benefits
- health insurance
- dental insurance
- mental health insurance
- vision insurance
- short- and long-term disability insurance
- life and AD&D insurance coverage
- adoption/surrogacy benefits
- wellness benefits
- employee/family assistance plans
- retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)
- financial education and counseling resources
- generous paid time off program (in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days)
- full range of statutory leaves of absence
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
