Technology Risk & Controls Senior Specialist, ET & Corporate - WPP

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Why we're hiring:

The Technology Risk & Controls TechOps Senior Specialist operates as part of the second line Technology Risk & Controls function, working under the direction of the Technology Risk & Controls Lead. The TechOps Senior Specialist provides deep technical subject matter expertise across Technology Operations environments, including infrastructure, cloud platforms, databases, and identity tooling. This role delivers independent assurance over complex technical control environments, ensuring control design and operation are robust, scalable, and aligned to regulatory and audit expectations.

What you'll be doing:

Key Accountabilities

Technical SME

• Act as SME across infrastructure and platform controls, including:
• Cloud platforms (e.g. GCP, Azure)
• Operating systems (e.g. Linux, Windows)
• Databases (e.g. SQL and related technologies)
• Identity & access management (e.g. Okta, PAM tooling such as BeyondTrust)
• Assess design and effectiveness of technical controls (access, patching, logging, monitoring, resilience)

Controls Assurance

• Lead assurance over Technology Operations control environments