Join our Enterprise Technology Services team

Our team is responsible for analyzing, resolving, building, and maintaining complex backend databases in support of multiple business applications.

Position Responsibilities

- Coordinate, plan and perform database migration activities transitioning from on-premises environments to Azure (PaaS & IaaS) and across Azure subscriptions.
- Lead complex fix or raised technical issues.
- Manage backups, recovery procedures, DBCC utilities, index maintenance job/database refresh.
- Recommend on procedure optimization, performance tuning & index tuning.
- Develop monitoring strategy / implementation pattern focused on SQL database instances in Azure cloud using New Relic.
- Build and maintain customized dashboard and alerts.
- Improve operational efficiency by designing and adopting automated tools.
- Works closely with IT project managers, programmers, architects on initiatives.
- Planning, developing, testing and execution of Disaster recovery processes.
- Foster the culture of reliability approach by embarking on opportunities to implement self-healing database solutions.
- Maintain security, compliance, database hardening, encryption standards, audit, and access control frameworks.
- Oversee implementation and maintenance of database setup, installation, configuration & monitoring.
- Consult, guide & mentor junior team members.
- Participate in on-call support rotation including after-hours/weekend duties every 4 weeks.

Required Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years+ of relevant technical experience.
- SQL server, Azure (IaaS & PaaS) cloud platforms.
- Data Migration tools.
- Azure Geo Replication for High Availability.
- High Availability Solution-Clustering.
- Database backup/restore and disaster recovery.
- SQL server Profiler, Extended Events, Query Store and Database Engine Tuning Advisor (DTA) for performance.
- Azure Active Directory & SQL authentication.
- Database hardening and security standards like TDE,



SSL/TLS and auditing.
- Azure provisioning through automation tools such as IAC (Terraform), CI/CD i.E. Jenkins, Flyway, GitHub Actions.
- Cryptographic key management using Azure Key Vault (AKV)
- Database health check, reports, and metrics.

Preferred Qualifications

Database: PostgreSQL

Platform: AWS

AI Ops' tool: Moogsoft

SQL Server: Resource Governor & SSRS

Analytics: Using Azure Databricks, ADF, ADLS, and Synapse to design and develop end-to-end data pipelines supporting data ingestion, curation, visualization, and delivery

Certification: Microsoft DP-300

When you join our team

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.

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

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 setting 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.

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📌 Database Operations Engineer (Toronto)
🏢 Manulife Financial
📍 Toronto