Data Architect Group Benefits Technology

Join our Group Benefits Technology Team!

Manulife has a clear vision for a Global Data Strategy. By strengthening Manulifes data capabilities we will enable deeper insights better product and service design and more effective business processes.

• Champion and support strategic &/or global data initiatives that strengthen Manulifes global data and advanced analytic capabilities.

• Foster crosssegment collaboration and communication helping build an agile datadriven culture.

• lead and nurture open data design and architecture establishing conditions for successful technical and analytic innovation.

Responsibilities:

• You will lead various data initiatives from an architecture perspective provide direction to multiple scrum teams on different data initiatives and align with enterprise data strategy.

• Build shortterm tactical solutions to achieve longterm objectives and an overall information and data management roadmap.

• Assess and resolve governance stewardship and frameworks for managing data across the enterprise.

• Ensure that data strategies and architectures are in regulatory compliance. Recognize and identify potential areas where existing policies and procedures require change or where new ones are needed.

• Select and implement the appropriate tools software applications and systems to support data technology goals.

• Collaborate with project leads and consultants and business unit leaders for all projects involving enterprise data and analytics.

How will you contribute:

• Data modeling for largescale systems and familiarity with data standards (HL7 FHIR or equivalent).

• Deep knowledge and experience in the design and implementation of Enterprise Data Integration/Semantic/Information models patterns and frameworks.

• Awareness of regulatory and compliance directives such as BCBS230 PIPEDA GDPR.

• Expert in Data Architecture Data Strategy and Roadmap for large and complex organizations and systems and implemented largescale endtoend Data Management & Analytics solutions.

• Expert in Data Quality Data Profiling Data Governance Data Security Metadata Management MDM Data Lake Data Archival and Data Migration strategies using appropriate tools.

• Expert in building and operationalizing Data platforms in the cloud using one of the public clouds preferably MS Azure.

• Expert in automating data pipelines in a Data ecosystem DevOps and CICD.

• Handson experience on designing and developing scripts for ETL processes and automation in Azure data factory Azure Databricks and PySpark using Python Spark and TSQL.

• Experience in NoSQL Platforms such as Mongo DB Cassandra and Cosmos DB.

• Experience in. building Solution Diagrams Network and Threat Models on the Architecture and Data flow diagrams.

• Knowledge of implementing azure technologies and networking via terraform.

• Knowledge of Azure networking Subnets private endpoints firewalls etc.

• ETL (ExtractTransformLoad) tools (e.g. Informatica Talend Pentaho) and BI tools and reporting software (e.g. Power BI Tableau).

• Hadoop stack (e.g. MapReduce Sqoop Hive Hbase Spark Python Kafka)

Nice to Have:

• Understanding of AWS Concepts.

• Experience in building Microservices architecture.

• Experience in Canary deployments 0downtime 0data loss activeactive DR.

• Exposure to and an understanding of Agile scrum methodologies and experience of working in an Agile team.

• Exposure to and basic understanding of collaboration tools like Confluence Slack Skype Teams and JIRA.

What can we offer you

• A competitive salary and benefits packages.

• A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.

• A focus on growing your career path with us.

• Flexible work policies and strong worklife balance.

• Professional development and leadership opportunities.

Our commitment to you:

Valuesfirst culture: We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.

Boundless opportunity: We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.

Continuous innovation: We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.

Delivering the promise of Diversity Equity and Inclusion: We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.

Championing Corporate Citizenship: We build a business that benefits all partners and has a positive social and environmental impact.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us visit is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Manulife/John Hancock we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment retention advancement and compensation and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race ancestry place of origin colour ethnic origin citizenship religion or religious beliefs creed sex (including pregnancy and pregnancyrelated conditions) sexual orientation genetic characteristics veteran status gender identity gender expression age marital status family status disability or any other ground protected by applicable law.

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