Position Description:
At CGI, you’ll help build and operate the reliable, scalable cloud platforms that underpin critical services and enable our clients to deliver with confidence. As a DevOps Engineer, you’ll work across Microsoft Azure and AWS, using cloud-native technologies, automation and observability to improve application delivery and platform performance. You’ll have the freedom to take ownership of challenges, introduce creative improvements and make a measurable impact on the reliability and efficiency of our environments. Working alongside development, cloud, platform and operations specialists, you’ll be part of a supportive community where knowledge is shared, ideas are valued and you can continue developing your expertise while helping shape better ways of working.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
You will need to be eligible to go through UK Security Clearance to SC level. This is a hybrid position but will require a couple of days a week on site at our and our client’s offices in Glasgow.
Your future duties and responsibilities:
In this role, you will support the deployment, operation and continuous improvement of cloud-native platforms across Azure and AWS. You’ll take ownership of day-to-day DevOps and platform engineering activities, working hands-on with Kubernetes and Jenkins to create reliable, repeatable delivery processes and resolve challenges across applications and infrastructure.
You’ll also help strengthen observability across our environments, using monitoring, metrics and visualisation to identify issues early and improve platform performance. Supported by collaborative development, cloud, platform and operations teams, you’ll have the opportunity to introduce new ideas, automate repetitive processes and continuously improve how services are delivered and operated.
• Operate & Optimise: Support cloud and platform engineering activities across Azure and AWS environments.
• Deploy & Manage: Operate Kubernetes applications and services, including deployments, scaling, networking and configuration.
• Automate & Deliver: Develop, maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
• Monitor & Improve: Build and maintain Grafana dashboards that provide meaningful insight into application and platform health.
• Measure & Alert: Configure Prometheus metrics, monitoring and alerting to enable proactive issue identification.
• Troubleshoot & Resolve: Investigate application and infrastructure incidents, supporting root cause analysis and remediation.
• Observe & Analyse: Use Elasticsearch and Kibana where applicable to support logging, monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate & Innovate: Work across engineering and operations teams to improve automation, tooling, reliability and operational standards.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
You’ll be a hands-on DevOps Engineer with strong experience across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD and observability. You should be comfortable troubleshooting across multiple layers of cloud-native environments and collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams. Strong Azure, Kubernetes and Jenkins expertise will be important, while AWS, ELK and Java Spring Boot experience would be advantageous.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud platform engineering.
• Strong practical experience deploying, managing and troubleshooting Kubernetes environments.
• Proven experience developing and supporting CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
• Good understanding of DevOps automation, deployment and operational best practices.
• Experience implementing observability and monitoring using Grafana and Prometheus.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across applications, cloud infrastructure and platform services.
• Experience with AWS would be beneficial.
• Knowledge of Elasticsearch and Kibana (ELK) would be beneficial.
• Exposure to Java Spring Boot applications would be advantageous.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across development, platform, cloud and operations teams.
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Skills:
- Amazon Web Services Cloud
- Azure
- 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.
That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.
Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.
