DevOps Engineer

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Position Description:

CGI wants to change the way our customers develop, deliver and operate software. We need highly skilled people with a positive and energetic attitude to join us on this journey. Our DevOps and Cloud Engineers will act as change agents for our clients and disseminate culture and practices. The engineer will design and execute custom DevOps enablement & adoption plans at a technical team level, focusing on the sustainability of change.

Who are You?
You’ve got a ton of experience on the engineering and delivery side of the world but are never satisfied with the status quo. You’re a polyskilled practitioner. Comfortable isn’t your desired position; you’re always looking for ways to improve and change. You are the person on an engineering team who always has their hand up volunteering to try new things. You knew what Docker was before your boss heard about it at a conference.

You know what needs to be done, how to get it done, and the drive to do so in a large complex system. You understand how to maneuver with agility in a global organization. CGI will be excited for you to represent us in front of our customers.

We need the best and brightest to help us develop a new vision of technologies at CGI. Join our new and fervently entrepreneurial team, which is revolutionizing the way CGI does business. You will help shape the future of CGI.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• You will use your leadership skills and knowledge of cloud computing to design solutions for a variety of customers in the GTA. Your enthusiasm, technical and business depth, and excellent presentation skills will help decision-makers make the right choices.
• Support team members to deliver products to market in an efficient manner
• Thought leadership in public and private cloud architecture and how to deliver it at scale in a large enterprise
• Support development programs to build cloud native applications and create the DevOps pipeline to deliver these apps
• Serve as a trusted advisor to key business and technology partners – Head of Cloud/DevOps, Head of Big Data and the Digital Transformation Program.
• Be able to mentor and coach others in cloud and DevOps space
• Build cloud and DevOps strategies and target reference architectures.
• Deliver applications with a focus on security and reliability.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• Strong knowledge and experience using python for scripting and developing enterprise applications
• Demonstrated experience designing, delivering and supporting cloud-based systems on Azure/AWS/GCP/etc.
• Great at facilitating and influencing technical delivery teams on cloud, containerization and microservice best practices and onboard onto cloud pipelines.
• Strong in the domain of container ecosystems (Kubernetes, AKS, OpenShift, Nomad, Docker, rkt, Swarm, etc.).
• Ability to migrate applications to containers and cloud native platforms.
• Bash, PowerShell, groovy, or other high-level scripting languages.
• ARM templating, CloudFormation, Terraform, ansible or other config mgmt tools.
• Experience with modern software practices such as TDD, CI/CD, etc.
• Working experience with microservice architectures.
• Considered strong assets:
• Architecting cross-cloud SaaS, IaaS or PaaS environments.
• Strong understanding of enterprise application development and delivery.
• 3-5 years experience developing in a modern language such as Java, Scala, GoLang, Clojure, .Net etc.

Skills:

• DevOps

What you can expect from us:

Build your career with us.

It is an extraordinary time to be in business. As digital transformation continues to accelerate, CGI is at the center of this change—supporting our clients’ digital journeys and offering our professionals exciting career opportunities.

At CGI, our success comes from the talent and commitment of our professionals. As one team, we share the challenges and rewards that come from growing our company, which reinforces our culture of ownership. All of our professionals benefit from the value we collectively create.

Be part of building one of the largest independent technology and business services firms in the world.

Learn more about CGI at www.cgi.com.

No unsolicited agency referrals please.

CGI is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, CGI is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities in accordance with provincial legislation. Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.