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Working Arrangement

Hybrid

Job Description

The Opportunity

Manulife’s Digital Operations is seeking for an experienced Data Engineer to join our team to provide data-driven solutions and support Manulife/John Hancock business units. We are looking for the right individual who would be interested to propose and develop data solutions, has strong willingness to learn through team collaboration, desire to drive and execute on our data strategy, willing to help mature our agile practices, and is looking for an opportunity to embrace technical challenges and be part of a self-organizing team.

On the job you will:

• Design and develop data pipelines and ETL jobs using Big Data Technologies based on functional/non-functional business requirements

• Design & implement Data Integration/Ingestion/Extraction solutions based on high level architecture design

• Identify, design and implement process improvements & delivery optimizations

• Collaborate with Stakeholders, Business Analysts and Data Architects to assist and translate business requirements to technical solutions

• Develop big data and analytic solutions leveraging new or existing technology to advance Manulife’s all lines of business

• Exploratory data analysis; Query and process on-premise or cloud-based data, provide reports, summarize and visualize the data

• Design, upgrade and implement new data workflows, automation, tools and API integrations.

• Perform POC on new integration patterns and solutions.

• Write and maintain technical documentation

• Perform unit tests and system integration tests

• Executes updates, patches, and other activities required to maintain and enhance the operations of on-premise or cloud-based environments

• Supports the Agile delivery squads when required

We are looking for someone with:

• At least 2 years experience as Data Engineer with focus on big data processing and/or relational databases

• At least 2 years experience working with Microsoft Azure Data Platform, specifically Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Factory, Databricks and ADLS storage account

• Experienced with working on Structured, Semi-Structured, Unstructured datasets

• Experienced with any of the Big Data tools and technologies: Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Sqoop, Kafka, Nifi

• Experienced with relational SQL and NoSQL databases: MSSQL, Postgres, HBase (MongoDB is a plus)

• Experienced in creating data pipelines & developing complex and optimized queries

• Experienced with Workflow Management Tools: Airflow, Crontab, CA Workload Automation

• Knowledgeable with CI/CD tools

• Experienced in any of the following programming/scripting languages (SQL, Python , Shell, Scala)

• Knowledgeable or at least have the basic concept of Data Visualization in any of the following tools: Tableau, PowerBI, QlikView/QlikSense

• Knowledgeable in using collaboration tools (eg. MS Teams/Skype, Confluence, JIRA)

• Experience with any SLDC Methodologies and familiarity with different Agile methodologies

• Demonstrates a commitment to delivering excellent service, balanced with appropriate risk management.

• Monitor, validate, and drive continuous improvement to methods, and propose enhancements to data sources that improve usability and results

• Good Communication and presentation skills

• Analytical, structured, organized, and proactive

• Stakeholder and project management is a plus

Our commitment to you:

• Our mission; to be a part of making Decisions Easier and Lives Better

• A leadership team dedicated to your growth and success 

• A bold ambition and set of goals to be a leader in driving transformation in our industry 

• Our best. Every day. 

Learn more about opportunities with us at jobs.manulife.com    

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Asia, Canada, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2022, we had more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 34 million customers. At the end of 2022, we had $1.3 trillion (US$1.0 trillion) in assets under management and administration, including total invested assets of $0.4 trillion (US $0.3 trillion), and segregated funds net assets of $0.3 trillion (US$0.3 trillion). We trade as ‘MFC’ on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges, and under ‘945’ in Hong Kong.

Manulife 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 pregnancy-related 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.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process . All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies . To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact .