WPP
Solutions Architect
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Sponsorship not specified$60k-$140kDetected 37 days ago
JavaSpringDistributed SystemsSQLNoSQLMongoDBAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesCI/CDDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringRESTCybersecurityCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise.
- Challenging and stimulating work - Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers.
Responsibilities
- Define and evangelize architecture standards, patterns, and best practices (e.g., layered architectures, microservices where appropriate, API-first design).
- Design integration approaches across systems, including RESTful APIs, messaging/event-driven patterns, and data synchronization.
- Evaluate and recommend technology choices, frameworks, and third-party components; perform trade-off analyses and document decisions.
- Collaborate with DevOps/SRE to support CI/CD pipelines, deployment architecture, and operational readiness.
- Lead architecture and design reviews, mentor engineers, and provide technical guidance through delivery and post-release support.
- Identify technical risks and dependencies early; propose mitigation plans and drive resolution with stakeholders.
- Partner with product and engineering teams to translate business requirements into solution architectures, technical specifications, and implementation plans.
- WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in Java and the JVM ecosystem (e.g., Spring/Spring Boot), including performance tuning and troubleshooting.
- Experience with relational databases and SQL
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Nice to have
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP) and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with identity and access management, application security, and threat modeling.
- Experience with observability tooling and practices (APM, centralized logging, distributed tracing).
- Experience with the Office 365 ecosystem.
- Experience with Okta and/or other single sign-on (SSO) identity providers.
- we encourage the free exchange of ideas
- we respect and celebrate diverse views.
Compensation
- Passionate, inspired people - We aim to create a culture in which people can 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?
- The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below.
- Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications.
Benefits
- 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.
- We offer a competitive benefits package, go to https://mybenefits.wpp.com/public/welcome for more details.
Company info
- to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.
- We are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing.
- We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.
- 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.
Equal opportunity
- WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics.
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