Cloud Architect

at  WPP

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities.

• Produce high-level technical designs for workloads built on Cloud platforms.
• Be the customer-facing contact for all technical aspects of a project engagement.
• Provide technical leadership in the presence of ambiguity throughout project engagements
• Understand the ‘why’ (are we doing this?) of a project. Own the ‘what’ (will we build?) of a project. Support the ‘how’ (will we build it?) via Cloud Engineering teams.
• Build and run Proof-of-Concepts to test the value of a technical solution.
• Act as an SME for all aspects of adopting Cloud, particularly the topics of scaling, security and identity integration.
• Ensure solutions are aligned with Cloud provider and WPP architectural best practice.
• Author high-level design documentation.
• Capture and address functional and non-functional requirements.
• Guiding implementation teams up to Go-Live.
• Contribute to development of WPP-specific best practices for solutions design.
• Participate in Technical Design Authority board as both reviewer and presenter of project solutions.
• Engage with development teams to demonstrate the benefits of adopting Cloud components in their application designs.