Senior Software Engineer -DevOps Engineer

Position Description

Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end to end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.

Job Title: Senior software Engineer- DevOps Engineer

Position: Senior Software Engineer

Category: Software Development/ Engineering

Experience: 5- 7 years

Shift: General 9AM - 7PM

Work Mode: 5 Days WFO

Main location: India, Tamil Nadu, Chennai

Position ID: J1026-2513

Employment Type: Full Time

Education Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or higher with minimum 5 years of relevant experience.

Position Description: As a senior DevOps Engineer in an agile team, you are responsible to manage and improve the processes, tools, and methodologies throughout the software development life cycle. You take over the preparation, integration, and deployment of new releases for our on prem and Cloud based web applications and API's. In projects you are already involved in the architectural and design phase to ensure production readiness and compliance. You also maintain the environment and ensure the stability and security of the same. Additionally, you are responsible to manage server OS upgrades, patch and upgrade containers, and prepare new servers for the application deployments together with other IT Infrastructure departments. For less mature applications you support the developers with the Cloud migration and manage the application containers, cronjobs, sealed secrets, and application infrastructure dependencies.

Your future duties and responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain DevOps based solutions.
• Develop and implement efficient algorithms and data structures.
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Identify and troubleshoot software defects and issues.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality and standards are met
• Stay up to date with emerging trends and technologies in software development
  
  

Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role

Must Have Skills:

• At least three years' experience with DevOps and administration in a Linux server and AWS Cloud environment
• Strong IT Infrastructure project management skills
• Experienced in LAMP Administration (Linux, Apache, mySQL, PHP)
• Cloud Development & Administration (AWS, Containerization, Docker, Kubernetes, Harbor, ArgoCD, Helm Charts)
• Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) with Gitlab
• Strong teamwork and communication skills
• Strong understanding of common system architectures and security best practices English B1 (written and spoken)
  
  

Good to Have Skills:

• Experience in working with the following technologies and products Git, Gerrit, Jenkins, PHP Composer Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Oracle and MSSQL databases Grafana and container performance monitoring & improvement Nexus, Sonar, Splunk Logging Load Balancer and Web Application Firewall Certificate Management and Deployment (TLS, CAs, …) Security Compliance Frameworks (OWASP, PCI DSS, …) PHP 8.x Confluence, Jira Scrum, Kanban, SAFe
• German and/or Polish speaking Experience in the finance and/or credit card industry
  
  

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

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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.

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