Senior DevOps Engineer

Position Description:

CGI is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to support an enterprise DevOps modernization initiative. The engineer will help migrate application build and deployment capabilities from legacy Jenkins and IBM UrbanCode Deploy environments to the target state platform using GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, and AWS.

This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong GitLab, Terraform, AWS, and automation experience. The engineer will collaborate with application teams, testing teams, product owners, architects, and existing DevOps engineers to build secure, reusable, and scalable deployment solutions.

This position is required in one of the following locations: Lafayette, LA, Knoxville, TN, Birmingham, AL, Columbia, SC

Your future duties and responsibilities:

DevOps Engineering and Technical Ownership

. Serve as a hands on senior DevOps engineer and contribute to the implementation of new technologies and automation capabilities.

. Participate in technical design reviews and establish DevOps engineering standards, reusable patterns, and operational best practices.

. Collaborate with application teams, testing teams, product owners, architects, and platform engineers to align technical solutions with delivery objectives.

. Assess existing application build and deployment processes and identify requirements for target state migration.

. Work with application squads to onboard and migrate prioritized application assets.

GitLab CI CD and Migration

. Design, build, and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines for enterprise applications.

. Migrate build and deployment capabilities from Jenkins and IBM UrbanCode Deploy to GitLab.

. Develop reusable GitLab pipeline templates for builds, automated testing, security scanning, artifact management, deployments, and rollback.

. Support Git based development workflows, branching strategies, merge requests, versioning, and release management.

. Build target state pipelines in parallel with existing production processes and prepare applications for controlled cutover.

. Integrate GitLab pipelines with enterprise tools, AWS services, artifact repositories, and security platforms.

AWS Infrastructure and Automation

. Design, implement, and support secure, scalable, resilient, and highly available AWS infrastructure.

. Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Terraform Enterprise.

. Support AWS CloudFormation or Ansible where required by the existing environment.

. Automate infrastructure provisioning, application deployments, environment configuration, and operational workflows.

. Develop automation using Python, Bash, Groovy, or similar scripting languages.

. Build reusable automation components that can support multiple applications across the enterprise.

Containers and Platform Engineering

. Design and support containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.

. Support applications deployed on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service.

. Implement platform engineering practices that improve consistency, scalability, resilience, and operational efficiency.

. Support blue green and canary deployment patterns.

. Troubleshoot application and infrastructure issues across development, testing, acceptance, and production environments.

Monitoring Reliability and Operations

. Implement monitoring, alerting, logging, tracing, and operational dashboards.

. Work with tools such as CloudWatch, Splunk, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.

. Perform root cause analysis and support incident resolution.

. Identify and implement continuous reliability and performance improvements.

. Support production readiness, deployment validation, cutover, stabilization, and hypercare.

. Contribute to the improvement of on call and operational support processes.

Security Compliance and Cost Optimization

. Implement AWS security best practices, including IAM controls, secrets management, encryption, and least privilege access.

. Integrate security and vulnerability scanning into CI/CD pipelines.

. Support Software Composition Analysis, Static Application Security Testing, Dynamic Application Security Testing, and Wiz security scanning.

. Ensure pipeline and infrastructure changes comply with enterprise security, audit, and change management requirements.

. Identify opportunities for AWS cost optimization through automation, resource right sizing, and effective use of cloud cost management capabilities.

Documentation and Knowledge Transfer

. Document technical designs, pipeline configurations, Terraform modules, operational procedures, dependencies, and migration results.

. Conduct technical walkthroughs and knowledge transfer sessions for application and support teams.

. Track delivery progress, technical risks, dependencies, issues, and completed outcomes.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

. 5+ years of hands on experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, cloud engineering, or platform engineering.

. Strong hands on experience with GitLab and GitLab CI/CD.

. Strong proficiency with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.

. Deep knowledge of AWS services and cloud architecture patterns.

. Experience building and maintaining enterprise CI/CD pipelines.

. Experience with Jenkins and IBM UrbanCode Deploy.

. Strong understanding of Git based workflows and repository management practices.

. Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, preferably Amazon EKS.

. Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, Groovy, or a similar language.

. Experience implementing security scanning, secrets management, monitoring, and operational controls.

. Experience supporting production systems in a complex enterprise environment.

. Strong troubleshooting, communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

. Ability to work independently and deliver effectively within a short, outcome driven engagement.

Desired Skillset

. Previous experience migrating CI/CD pipelines from Jenkins and UrbanCode Deploy to GitLab.

. Experience with Terraform Enterprise.

. Knowledge of AWS CloudFormation and Ansible.

. Experience with Nexus, Artifactory, or comparable artifact repositories.

. Experience with microservices and advanced Kubernetes networking.

. Experience with blue green and canary deployment strategies.

. Familiarity with AWS messaging services such as SNS and SQS.

. Experience with GitOps and enterprise platform engineering practices.

. Experience in a regulated financial services environment.

. AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Solutions Architect, Terraform, GitLab, or Kubernetes certification.

. Experience using AI assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Codex, ChatGPT, or other generative AI frameworks within approved enterprise guidelines.

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field required.

Other Information

CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role.

Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $110,100.00 $139,300.00.

CGI's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include: . Competitive compensation . Comprehensive insurance options . Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan . Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time . Paid parental leave .Learning opportunities and tuition assistance . Wellness and Well being programs

Skills:

• Amazon Web Services Cloud
• DevOps Security
• Docker
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

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