Lead Infrastructure Architect, GTCS

Manulife•Boston, MA

9d•CA$113,260 - CA$210,340•Hybrid

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 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.
Strong 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 & Road mapping
Architecture Governance & Standards
Platform Modernization & Transformation
Technology Lifecycle Management
Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
Cloud Infrastructure & Landing Zones
Compute & Hosting Platforms (Azure, Kubernetes/AKS, Virtual Machines, VMware and related virtualization technologies)
Endpoint Management & Device Platforms
End User Computing (EUC) & Workplace Technologies
Identity, Directory & Access Services
Core Infrastructure Services (Compute, Storage, Backup & Recovery)
Platform Engineering & Infrastructure as Code
Hybrid Infrastructure Services
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.
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.