Azure Site Reliability Engineer

WPP is the 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 accomplished people in 110 countries. We create transformative ideas and outcomes for its clients through an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce, and technology. WPP and our award-winning agencies work with most of the world's biggest companies and organisations – from Ford, Unilever and P&G to Google, HSBC, and the UN. Our clients include 61 of the FTSE 100, 325 of the Fortune Global 500, all 30 of the Dow Jones 30 and 62 of the NASDAQ 100.

WPP has headquarters in New York, London and Singapore and a corporate presence in major markets worldwide. We are quoted on the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. 

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.

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Why we're hiring:

The cloud will deliver transformative value to WPP and its Operating Companies by creating outstanding services for customers that both delight and enhance the experience for clients and colleagues. The CloudHub is a new centralised cloud engineering, solution architecture and operations team that will simplify, secure and accelerate the use of cloud at WPP by creating fantastic products, making cloud easy and keeping everyone safe.

The Azure Site Reliability Engineer is a critical role for the success of CloudHub Engineering. The role is responsible to design and develop scalable and reliable systems.

What you'll be doing:

• Design and develop software which will be used by both operations and platform development
• Drive the evolution of Cloud Platform to be more scalable and reliable
• Influence the appropriate decision makers to continually improve service
• Build systems across Azure, AWS or GCP following cloud architecture best practices
• Measure and optimise platform performance ensuring that the platform is constantly meeting customers' needs
• Proactively spot problems, areas of improvement and performance bottlenecks

What you'll need:

• Completed training in Azure Fundamentals, AWS and GCP Fundamentals
• Knowledge of designing, developing, operating, and managing Cloud environments at scale
• Development experience of at least one high-level programming language
• Understanding of Infrastructure as code
• Understanding of Agile and DevOps methodologies
• Understanding of CI/CD Source code management (git)
• Understanding of Monitoring and APM tools (e.g. Kibana, Datadog)
• Design of native Cloud applications, Cloud application design patterns and practices
• Experience in designing available, cost efficient, fault tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on Azure, AWS, GCP
• Strong, creative problem solving skills and analytical in nature
• Comfortable working in cross functional and multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to build a strong rapport internal operational and development teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication and documentation skills with great attention to detail and accuracy
• Willingness to research and self-study to keep technical skills relevant with a strong desire to learn new technologies
• Experience in hosting infrastructure and applications
• Ability to think outside the box
• Experience of working in an Agile/Scrum environment 

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?

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal.

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