WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities.
Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 100,000 talented people dedicated to doing extraordinary work for our clients. We operate in over 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in New York, London and Singapore.
WPP is a world leader in marketing services, with deep AI, data and technology capabilities, global presence and unrivalled creative talent. Our clients include many of the biggest companies and advertisers in the world, including approximately 300 of the Fortune Global 500.
Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.
Why we're hiring:
WPP, IT provides IT services for WPP, the world’s largest communications services group. As a creative transformation company, WPP is helping its clients transform the future through extraordinary work. WPP IT is an integral part of that journey, and we are proud to provide technology for some of the world’s most creative brands.
What you'll be doing:
- Develop templates to automate infrastructure provisioning on Microsoft Azure
- Review application architecture reviews to recommend improvements for better reliability and application performance
- Lead troubleshooting investigations to bring quicker issue resolution complex problems impacting our end users
- Analyze project specific requirements to design secure and compliant cloud architectures.
- Make a significant contribution to the implementation and further development of the cloud infrastructure landscape
- Implement and maintain re-deployable cloud architectures based on common infrastructure-as-code principles.
- Work closely with project teams to migrate, adapt, or transform existing solutions so they can be operated in the cloud in an efficient and cost-effective way.
- Ensure that the implemented cloud infrastructure is protected and secured properly based on common best practices and internal directives.
- Support projects and developers while performing the internal cloud onboarding process
- Review cost data and security monitoring alerts to identify enhancements and potential misconfigurations.
- Identify potential enhancements for existing implementations regarding to efficiency, performance or cost are your tasks.
What you'll need:
- Education: completed university studies in Computer Science, Information Technology or comparable
- Personality and Working Practice: team player, good communication skills, analytical thinking and structured
- Experience and Knowledge: several years of hands-on
- Experience in both cloud solution engineering and cloud architecture in MSFT AZURE.
- Strong experience in Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform
- Expertise in Architecting and Implementing Azure Service Offering, such as Azure cloud services, Azure storage, IIS, Azure Active Directory (AD), Azure Resource Manager (ARM), Azure Storage, Azure, Blob Storage, Azure VMs, SQL Database, Azure Functions, Azure Service Fabric, Azure Monitor, and Azure Service Bus.
- Experience automating tasks in the cloud using C#, Python, PowerShell, Azure CLI or similar,
- Experience with source code versioning and CI/CD principles on Azure DevOps.
- Familiar with infrastructure-as-code solutions like Terraform or Ansible Templates
- Understanding of the authentication and authorization methods to access cloud stored data securely.
- Knowledge in computer networking (understanding of VPC, Access Control, Routing, Peering)
- Familiar with cybersecurity concept utilizing Cloudflare
- Media / advertising industry experience is a plus
- Qualifications: certifications or equivalent skills of AZ-104, AZ-204 (Engineer) and / or AZ-303, AZ-304, AZ-400 (Architect) are beneficial
- Languages: very good English skills, any other language is a plus
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?
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We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
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