Google Cloud Platform Lead

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. 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: - Manage, prioritize, and run the day-to-day sprint workload for the Google Cloud team, mentoring engineers, reviewing code, and ensuring we deliver on our project commitments. - Design and maintain our enterprise Google landing zones, keeping our Resource Hierarchy, Projects, hub-spoke/VPC networking, and Org Policies structured and compliant. - Write, test, and maintain reusable, production-ready Terraform modules, establish release cycles published within Terraform Cloud Registry. - Design and optimize automated deployment workflows using GitHub Actions and HCP Terraform to enable reliable, zero-touch platform deployments. - Partner with application, data, and security teams across the business to turn common requirements into self-service, reusable cloud platform components. - Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex platform troubleshooting, performance tuning, and incident resolution in a 24/7 enterprise production environment. What you'll need: - 7+ years of experience across Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, and DevOps, including proven experience in a Team Lead, Tech Lead, or Team Management capacity. - Desired Professional Certifications: - Google Certified Professional - Cloud Architect - Hashicorp Certified: Terraform Associate (004) - Strong background designing, deploying, and running enterprise-scale workloads on Google Cloud. - Extensive practical experience authoring modular Terraform code, managing state at scale, and using Terraform Cloud for team collaboration and governance. - Familiarity with the Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework Proven ability to build, maintain, and troubleshoot multi-environment CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions or other automation platforms. - Practical knowledge of Google Cloud Identity, Goole RBAC, Google Workload Identity Federation, Google Workforce Identity Federation, Secret Manager, and Organization Policy enforcement. - Hands-on experience working with Agile/Scrum delivery practices, modern GitOps workflows, and operational frameworks (e.g., ITIL v4 processes, incident management). - Excellent stakeholder management skills, clear written and verbal communication, and a strong track record of diagnosing and resolving complex infrastructure issues 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 approach all that we do with confidence: 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 champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work Scale and opportunity – we offer the opportunity to create, influence and deliver 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. #LI-Hybrid We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process. WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. Please read our Privacy Notice (https://www.wpp.com/en/careers/wpp-privacy-policy-for-recruitment) for more information on how we process the information you provide.