At CGI, we are driving transformation across the UK’s most critical sectors, delivering secure and resilient solutions that protect and enable our nation. As a DevOps Engineer, you’ll play a vital role in building and maintaining the infrastructure behind mission-critical systems, ensuring they remain reliable, scalable, and secure. This is your opportunity to make an impact on projects of national importance, while working in an environment that values collaboration, innovation, and ownership.
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.
Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This position is available in Gloucester, London, and Manchester.
In this role, you will design, implement, and optimise infrastructure solutions that underpin some of the UK’s most important systems. You will take ownership of automating processes, ensuring system reliability, and contributing to continuous delivery pipelines. Working closely with developers and testers, you will troubleshoot issues, validate configurations, and enhance deployment workflows.
You will also help assure quality across applications and infrastructure, using Infrastructure as Code practices to deliver scalable, secure environments. Collaboration is central to this role, and you will participate in agile ceremonies to plan and prioritise work, ensuring solutions are delivered effectively and on time.
Key responsibilities include:
• Build & Automate: Design and maintain infrastructure systems using DevOps best practices.
• Enhance & Secure: Implement Infrastructure as Code and ensure environments meet security standards.
• Troubleshoot & Resolve: Collaborate with teams to identify and fix technical issues efficiently.
• Assure & Deliver: Support quality assurance and deployment into Kubernetes and Puppet environments.
• Collaborate & Adapt: Participate in agile processes to prioritise and deliver high-impact solutions.
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To succeed in this role, you should bring proven experience with infrastructure automation, container orchestration, and DevOps practices. Strong collaboration skills and a willingness to learn and apply new technologies will ensure success.
You should have experience in:
• Kubernetes, Argo, Rancher
• Linux administration, RPM/Yum
• Puppet or similar Infrastructure as Code tools
Additional desirable skills include:
• Programming/Development: Java, Go
• Scripting: Python, Bash
• Source control tools: Git, SVN
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