Cloud Engineer

Why we're hiring:

We are seeking aCloud Engineerwith a passion for building robust, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure. You'll play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and optimizing the cloud environments that power our innovative data products and AI platforms, including WPP Open. If you thrive in a fast-paced AdTech environment, enjoy solving complex technical challenges, and are eager to contribute to the future of marketing technology, we want to hear from you.

You are:

• Ahands-on problem solverwho enjoys architecting and implementing cloud solutions from concept to production.

• Customer-focusedand collaborative, keen to understand the needs of developers, data scientists, and product teams.

• Committed to automationand operational excellence, always looking for ways to improve efficiency and reliability.

• Curious and adaptable, eager to learn new technologies and best practices in the rapidly evolving cloud and AdTech landscapes.

• Security-aware, with a strong understanding of best practices for securing cloud environments and data.

What you'll be doing:

• Design and Implement Scalable Cloud Infrastructure

• Design, deploy, and manage highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure on GCP platform to support our data products, AI platforms, and AdTech solutions.

• Utilize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation to provision and manage cloud resources consistently and efficiently.

• Work closely with data scientists, software engineers, and product teams to understand requirements and translate them into robust cloud architectures.

Drive Automation and Operational Excellence

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate the deployment, testing, and release processes for cloud-native applications and infrastructure changes.

• Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure the health, performance, and security of our cloud environments.

• Identify and implement optimizations for cloud resource utilization, cost management, and operational efficiency.

Ensure Security and Compliance

• Implement and enforce cloud security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), network security, data encryption, and compliance controls.

• Participate in security audits and vulnerability assessments, ensuring our infrastructure adheres to internal policies and industry regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).

• Develop and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans for critical cloud services.

Collaborate and Innovate

• Act as a subject matter expert on cloud technologies, providing guidance and support to development teams.

• Participate in architectural reviews and contribute to strategic planning for the evolution of our cloud ecosystem.

• Research and evaluate new cloud services and technologies to recommend innovative solutions that enhance our capabilities and competitive edge.

What you'll need:

• 3+ years of experienceas a Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or similar role focusing on cloud infrastructure.

• Strong expertise with at least one major cloud provider(GCP, or Azure). Experience with GCP is highly preferred given our existing ecosystem.

• English fluency B2/C1

• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, particularly Terraform.

• Solid understanding of containerization technologiessuch as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.

• Experience with CI/CD tools and methodologies(e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD).

• Strong scripting skillsin languages like Python, Bash.

• Familiarity with database technologies, both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g., Neo4j, DynamoDB, BigQuery), and experience managing them in cloud environments.

• Understanding of cloud networking concepts(VPC, VPN, DNS, Load Balancers) and security best practices.

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools(e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, CloudWatch, Stackdriver).

• Excellent problem-solving skillsand the ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems.

• Strong communication and collaboration skillsto work effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Bachelor's degreein Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Cloud certifications(e.g., Google Professional Cloud Architect) are a significant 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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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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