WPP is hiring a

Senior Azure Platform Engineer

Chennai, India

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 115,000 accomplished people in 110 countries. WPP has headquarters in New York, London and Singapore and a corporate presence in major markets worldwide.

We create transformative ideas and outcomes for our 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, 307 of the Fortune Global 500, all 30 of the Dow Jones 30 and 62 of the NASDAQ 100. WPP are the leader in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and 20th in the FTSE 100 rankings for Women on Boards.

Why we're hiring:

The role is responsible for working with teams across the organisation to develop and build the re-usable or shared service components of the Cloud Platform

What you'll be doing:

  • Design and maintain the building blocks of the cloud platform across Azure
  • Ensure that the platform remains secure via vulnerability scans and infrastructure backup updates
  • Drive the automation of infrastructure provisioning process
  • Select the appropriate Azure service based on data, compute, database, or security requirements
  • Oversees the build and operation of fast and scalable infrastructure deployment workflows
  • Helps architect and design the transformational journey into the cloud platform services
  • Includes the implementation and delivery of cloud products and services, configuration management, Infrastructure as Code template development, Testing and Troubleshooting
  • Deliver excellent customer outcomes through technical expertise
  • Build and maintain relationships across engineering 

 

What you'll need:

  • Completed training and certifications with Azure DevOps/Azure Solutions Architecture.
  • Experience in implementing cloud security policies and standards
  • Understanding of technical cloud infrastructure and configuration
  • Experience with infrastructure as code(Teraform)
  • Experience in Agile and DevOps methodologies
  • Experience with CI/CD and source code management tools
  • Demonstrated problem analysis and resolution skills
  • Understanding of Cloud Automation for standardisation and re-use
  • Design of native Cloud applications, Cloud application design patterns, and practices
  • Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks and the Azure Well Architected framework
  • Designing, building, and operating global IT infrastructures
  • Experience in hosting cloud infrastructure and applications
  • A keen interest in new technologies and ability/willingness to research and self-study to keep technical skills relevant
  • Excellent problem resolution skills

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?

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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