Who We Are: At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse. Our global family now encompasses over 30,000 employees across 150 offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences. Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, offering deep insights in communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. We deliver end-to-end solutions that result in revolutionary work. GCP Infrastructure Architect needed to join our team here at VML Enterprise Solutions. The opportunity: Join us at the forefront of digital transformation as a GCP Infrastructure Architect, where you'll have the chance to architect and optimize solutions for some of the world's most recognized brands. This isn't just another technical role – it's an opportunity to shape the future of enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure and make a lasting impact on global digital commerce. The ideal candidate will have extensive GCP Infrastructure experience, working within Commerce and Retail This is a permanent role, based in our London or Watford office (Hybrid) with requirements to travel to H erzogenaurach, Germany What you’ll be doing: Optimising existing GCP and GraphQL infrastructure estate from a cost and resource-usage perspective Optimising containerisation deployment and scaling strategies, incl. version control and resource-usage optimisation Consulting on said optimisation for senior client stakeholders Ongoing design and deployment of core GCP and GraphQL Infrastructure services, including container-based infrastructures Building multi-layered caching strategies to improve overall system performance Providing strategies for new environments to support Performance testing Implementation of strategies to improve cost allocation/tagging Optimisation of existing CI/CD pipelines, including shift-left testing and increased automation in QA and infrastructure provisioning Owning the view of e2e infrastructure and observability in the context of configuration management, improving performance, and reducing costs What we want from you: Understanding and communicating the strengths and weaknesses, from experience and education, of: Infrastructure and Configuration as Code Safe Deployment strategies and CI/CD GCP Cloud-based and Cloud-native system design Observability Developer Experience Cost and performance optimised infrastructure design DevOps and SRE You will also need experience in: Delivering Cloud Infrastructure solutions as part of an experienced cross-disciplinary team with hands-on experience leading the design, development and deployment of business applications at scale Commerce and retail experience Extensive experience with GCP Cloud Infrastructure Acting as a technical authority with Customer facing skills to engage and steer discussions on best practice and risk mitigation Familiarity with IaC languages – Terraform, Terragrunt, Cloud DSL for IaC Hands-on with GCP – incl. Cloud Run, GKE, Endpoints, Loadbalancers, Functions, Storage, Firestore, Pub/Sub Practical DevOps experience with Pipelines, Repos and Artifacts Experience with Kubernetes, and familiarity with differing Cloud implementations Hands-on with Terraform – familiarity with Terragrunt, Terraform Experience with Chef, Puppet, Salt, or Ansible in production environments Management of Automation Tooling – incl. GitHub Actions and Environments, Jenkins, CircleCI Experience with automated testing tools (e.g. JMeter) Familiarity with Observability tooling (e.g. NewRelic, Coralogix, DataDog) incl. setup and problem resolution What we can offer you: Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are. Our personality and behaviours: We believe that we are what we do, not just what we say. Our shared values and behaviours show how to bring the VML Enterprise Solution's culture to life through the actions we all take every day: Connect Meaningfully Inspire Creatively Include Purposefully Approach Positively Our brilliant, talented people are what makes VML Enterprise Solutions what we are. That’s why we look for people who go beyond and always push our thinking to be better than yesterday. AT VML Enterprise Solutions Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands. We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business. As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team. At VML, we are committed to fostering an all-inclusive work environment that is both rewarding and career-forward. Our Inclusion, Equity & Belonging initiatives, alongside the VML Foundation, reflect our dedication to giving back and making a positive impact in our communities and beyond. Our people are the heartbeat of our organization—creators, doers, innovators, makers, and thinkers—who drive not just marketing, but meaningful experiences that resonate in every action and interaction. VML is a WPP Agency. 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