Lead Power Platform Reliability Engineer

The Opportunity
As a  Lead Power Platform Reliability Engineer  in our Manulife / John Hancock team, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing our team's mission:
Deliver the most capable, governed and compliant service. You will craft and refine enterprise-level applications pushing the Power Platform to its limit. Your efforts will demonstrate the versatility of the Power Platform in developing tools while ensuring seamless integration with key systems such as Power BI, Dynamics, Azure. You will engage directly with stakeholders and influencers monthly and lead the global CoE meetings.

This role will provide the opportunity to influence the trajectory of our tools and services.

Office location:  Montreal - QC or Waterloo = ON or Toronto - ON

Work arrangement:  Hybrid (3 days from Office, 2 days from Home);
Remote working option is not available.

Position Responsibilities

Stakeholder

Collaboration:

Leads both  Power BI and Power Platform Global CoE forums.

D   esign Development :
Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.

Solution Construction:  Builds end-to-end low code solutions using the Power Platform’s out-of-the-box capabilities following app building and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) best practices with the majority concentrated on Power Apps premium capabilities including capabilities from, Power Automate, Dataverse, Power Virtual Agents, Copilot, and AI Builder.

Expertise Utilization:  Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.

Team Mentorship:  Mentors other members on the team on building Power Platform solutions.

Knowledge Advancement:  Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Required Qualifications

5+ years of demonstrated work experience in a software development (full stack.

5+ years of experience in a financial institution or regulated industry.

5+ years experience of architecture and design thinking for distributed and data analytics solutions.

Hands on experience in Power Platform development will be given higher priority.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge on Power Automate Desktop, Power Virtual Agent, Power Pages, and AI Builder

Experience building applications on the Azure or any cloud platform.

Experience with web application development using .Net # eact ypescript.

Microsoft Dataverse / Dynamics 365 customization & integration

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

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