Cloud Architect

Why we're hiring:

At WPP, we're not just talking about technology, we're living it. We're on a mission to empower every brilliant mind within our walls to collaborate, create, and soar to new heights – all fueled by cutting-edge technology.

Enterprise Technology is undergoing a thrilling transformation, a digital revolution! We're shattering old paradigms and embracing the future with open arms. Imagine a world where work flows seamlessly, powered by the cloud and agile microservices. Picture a workplace buzzing with automation, where digital experiences for colleagues and clients are not just efficient, but truly inspiring. Envision unlocking the secrets hidden within petabytes of data, transforming raw information into actionable insights.

Our cloud-first strategy is the engine driving this revolution. We're not just migrating existing applications to the cloud, we're reimagining them. We're giving our developers the tools and knowledge to build the next generation of applications, born in the cloud and designed to harness its full potential. This is more than an upgrade, it's a fundamental shift, a quantum leap into the future of creativity and innovation.

What you'll be doing:

• Produce high-level technical designs for workloads built on Cloud platforms.
• Be the customer-facing contact for all technical aspects of a project engagement.
• Provide technical leadership in the presence of ambiguity throughout project engagements
• Understand the 'why' (are we doing this?) of a project. Own the 'what' (will we build?) of a project. Support the 'how' (will we build it?) via Cloud Engineering teams.
• Build and run Proof-of-Concepts to test the value of a technical solution.
• Act as an SME for all aspects of adopting Cloud, particularly the topics of scaling, security and identity integration.
• Ensure solutions are aligned with Cloud provider and WPP architectural best practice.
• Author high-level design documentation.
• Capture and address functional and non-functional requirements.
• Guiding implementation teams up to Go-Live.
• Contribute to development of WPP-specific best practices for solutions design.
• Participate in Technical Design Authority board as both reviewer and presenter of project solutions.
• Engage with development teams to demonstrate the benefits of adopting Cloud components in their application designs.

What you'll need:

• Experience translating business requirements into technology architecture
• Working in the architectural abstract, but quickly applying principles to a specific technology domain and working with SMEs when project success requires it.
• Strong enterprise empathy and active listening
• Exceptional relationship building
• Skilled to high-quality professional writing: ability to produce fluent, concise, and - critically - unambiguously written documentation.
• Understanding typical application architectures (n-tier, monolithic, microservices, event-driven) and underlying technologies (containers, VMs, web platforms)
• Continuous learning. Cloud services from the big three providers are launched or have features added at least weekly.
• Experienced in DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and IaC.
• GCP experience is highly desirable. 

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are accepting: of new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We promote a culture of people that do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?