Platform Engineer (Certificate Management)

John Hancock  Manulife

John Hancock Manulife

Software Engineering
Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Posted on Apr 28, 2025

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Why choose Manulife?

  • Competitive Salary packages and performance bonuses
  • Day 1 HMO + FREE coverage for your dependents (inclusive of same-sex partners)
  • Retirement savings benefit
  • Rewarding culture that values wellness and well-being
  • Performance Bonus
  • Global network of industry experts
  • Extensive training resources

Job Description:

The Platform Engineer (Certificate Management) will be managing the certificate management dashboards and end-to-end certificate and secret renewal. The team will work closely with global application and infrastructure teams to ensure successful implementation of end-to-end secrets management.

Have the skills and knowledge for the job? Learn more about the opening below!

Key Responsibilities:

  • Managing the certificate management dashboards and end-to-end certificate and secret renewal.
  • Working closely with global application and infrastructure teams to ensure successful implementation of end-to-end secrets management
  • Contribute to the technical direction on all areas of secrets management, including policies, standards strategies, automation, and governance
  • Maintains professional and technical process knowledge by keeping abreast of the changing security landscape within the cybersecurity and technology industries, and PKI.
  • Contributes to the maturity of secrets product/service by identifying meaningful metrics to highlight related risks; influencing behavior change within the organization and contributing to the enterprise secrets management and roadmap.
  • Maintains professional and technical process knowledge by keeping abreast of the changing security landscape within the cybersecurity and technology industries, and PKI.
  • Eager to learn and learn fast, enjoy a fast-paced environment

Qualifications:

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computing Science or Engineering
  • Experience: At least 1-2 years of relevant experience
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail
  • Knowledge of IT systems and processes
  • Experience working in an agile culture with agile methodologies
  • Knowledge of secrets management in cloud native applications and DevOps services such as database credentials, cross service credentials/tokens, API keys and access tokens, and SSL/TLS certificates
  • Experience with certificate management tools (Ideally ServiceNow Certificate Management and Sectigo)
  • Expert knowledge of PKI and its various components, cryptography, certificate management products and services with a focus on operations, governance, risk, and compliance.
  • Knowledge of Automated Certificate Management Environment protocol (ACME) and best practices
  • Experience working with secrets management vaults (HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault) is a plus
  • Experience with vulnerability solutions such as Qualys is a plus
  • Knowledge of Azure Kubernetes Service or other PaaS offerings is a plus
  • Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud platform or equivalent
  • Strong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure, network, security and cloud
  • Self-directed, demonstrate leadership potential and a team player
  • Ability to prioritize projects and deliverables
  • Amenable to work in UP Ayala Technohub (Quezon City)
  • Amenable to work on a full onsite set-up
  • Amenable to work in any shift assigned (mid/night/rotating); also flexible to work on holidays/weekends depending on business need

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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 https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.

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 recruitment@manulife.com.

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