Description

WHO WE ARE

Choreograph is WPP’s global data products and technology company. We’re on a mission to transform marketing by building the fastest, most connected data platform that bridges marketing strategy to scaled activation.

We work with agencies and clients to transform the value of data by bringing together technology, data and analytics capabilities.  We deliver this through the Open Media Studio, an AI-enabled media and data platform for the next era of advertising.

We’re endlessly curious. Our team of thinkers, builders, creators and problem solvers is over 1,000 strong, across 20 markets around the world.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As a member of Global Cloud Operations, you will be a part of a team that focuses on operational reliability engineering within a cloud-based infrastructure. You have a passion for providing solutions through automation and believe in practicing a DevOps philosophy in your work style. As a manager you will be responsible for overseeing technical infrastructure and ensuring smooth operations of all IT systems. You will supervise a team of Cloud Engineers and work with other departments to ensure technology solutions meet the company needs. This is a hands-on position, requiring active involvement in executing various projects.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Partner and engage with cross-functional teams in delivering cloud-based infrastructure solutions. Solutions will focus on automating tasks and moving towards an Infrastructure as Code environment.
• Drive conversations with development teams to incorporate operational best practices in system resiliency, deployment, recovery, security, and daily operation of applications being developed.
• Research, evaluate and incorporate new technologies and concepts into existing and new frameworks.
• Proactively identify areas to improve efficiency and effectiveness and recommend and implement solutions towards them.
• Oversee/supervise the work of team members, taking on the role of technical project manager for larger projects consisting of other team members as required.
• Transfer of knowledge through documentation and training.
• Participates in on-call rotation.
• Work with a limited set of requirements.
• Context switch between assignments / projects and performing daily tasks.
• Act as liaison between team and other groups as required.
• Pick up new responsibilities as required.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Cloud operations experience.
• Recent hands-on administrative experience within cloud environments (GCP, AWS) with a preference towards GCP.
• Recent work experience in automating tasks within a cloud-based environment
• Proven work experience with provisioning and deployment tools (Ansible preferred)
• Proven work experience with infrastructure coding tools (Terraform preferred)
• Experience with container orchestration and management platforms (Kubernetes, helm).
• Solid understanding of networking concepts
• Experience with monitoring tools (Datadog, Nagios, Stackdriver)
• Experience with data warehousing (Big Query, Snowflake)
• Skills in presentation and documentation

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