DevOps & SRE Lead (.NET Core

Position Description:

DevOps Lead (.NET Core Azure DevOps Site Reliability Engineering)

Position Description
Company Profile:
Founded in 1976 CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94000 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 .
Job Title: DevOps & SRE Engineer
Position: SSE
Experience: 6 yrs
Category: Software Development/ Engineering
Shift: 1-10pm / 2-11pm
Main location: BLR/HYD/PUN/CHE/MUM
Position ID:
Employment Type: Full Time
Education Qualification: Engineering


DevOps SRE Lead
Azure DevOps SRE Leadership Platform Reliability Cloud Operations
Confidential Platform Engineering
Internal
Role Overview
The DevOps SRE Lead is responsible for leading the design implementation and operational excellence of CI/CD platforms cloud-native deployment strategies and Site Reliability Engineering practices across enterprise applications running. The role combines deep technical expertise in Azure DevOps Kubernetes automation and observability with leadership responsibilities focused on governance reliability strategy operational maturity and team enablement.

The DevOps SRE Lead will drive platform reliability initiatives define engineering standards mentor DevOps and SRE engineers and collaborate closely with development teams cloud infrastructure teams security and solution architects to ensure highly resilient scalable and secure platform operations.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Detailed Responsibilities
1. DevOps Platform & CI/CD Leadership
Lead the architecture implementation and governance of enterprise CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps Core and containerized workloads
Define and standardize reusable YAML pipeline frameworks deployment templates and DevOps best practices
Establish enterprise release standards branching strategies approval workflows and deployment governance
Drive automation initiatives for build testing security scanning deployment and infrastructure provisioning
Provide technical leadership for AKS deployment strategies Helm deployments and GitOps integration patterns
2. Site Reliability Engineering & Operational Excellence
Define and implement SRE practices including SLIs SLOs error budgets and reliability scorecards
Lead platform reliability reviews and operational readiness assessments for critical services
Drive observability strategy using Azure Monitor Application Insights Log Analytics Prometheus and Grafana
Establish enterprise monitoring standards operational dashboards and intelligent alerting mechanisms
Lead capacity planning resilience testing failover validation and disaster recovery readiness exercises
3. Incident Management & Service Continuity
Act as the technical lead during major incidents and coordinate cross-functional resolution efforts
Lead root cause analysis sessions and ensure corrective and preventive actions are implemented
Drive continuous operational improvement initiatives to reduce incidents and eliminate operational toil
Implement self-healing automation automated recovery workflows and operational runbook orchestration
Monitor reliability KPIs and operational maturity metrics providing regular reporting to leadership
4. Leadership Governance & Team Enablement
Mentor and guide DevOps and SRE engineers in platform engineering best practices and operational excellence
Establish DevOps governance models standards compliance controls and engineering quality benchmarks
Partner with application development teams to accelerate DevOps adoption and self-service enablement
Lead onboarding activities for new services and ensure alignment with platform reliability standards
Drive continuous improvement programs DevOps maturity assessments and engineering transformation initiatives
5. Security Compliance & Risk Management
Ensure secure DevOps practices through integrated security scanning secrets management and policy enforcement
Collaborate with Security and Compliance teams to implement governance controls within pipelines and deployments
Drive vulnerability remediation compliance automation and audit readiness activities
Define and maintain platform operational policies escalation models and change management procedures
Support enterprise risk management initiatives related to availability reliability and operational resilience
Competency Framework
CompetencyExpected Behavior / Outcome
Technical LeadershipProvides strategic direction and technical leadership across DevOps and SRE practices
Reliability EngineeringDrives measurable improvements in service reliability scalability and operational resilience
Automation ExcellenceChampions automation-first approaches to reduce operational toil and improve efficiency
Incident LeadershipLeads high-severity incident management with calm decision-making and accountability
Collaboration & MentorshipBuilds strong partnerships across teams while mentoring engineers and enabling self-service
Key Relationships
StakeholderEngagement Focus
Application Development TeamsDevOps adoption CI/CD modernization deployment enablement and operational support
Cloud / Kubernetes EngineersAKS platform integration infrastructure reliability scalability and deployment strategy
Solution ArchitectsPlatform alignment reliability architecture resilience design and modernization initiatives
Security & ComplianceSecure DevOps implementation governance controls compliance automation and audit readiness
Engineering LeadershipOperational reporting reliability metrics strategic planning and transformation initiatives

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

Must-Have Skills:
Competency Expected Behavior - Outcome
Pipeline Excellence - Builds well-structured maintainable Azure DevOps pipelines that are fast reliable and easy to extend
Reliability Focus - Apply SRE principles to define measurable reliability targets and continuously improve service stability
Automation Mindset - Proactively identifies manual processes and replaces them with reliable tested automation
Incident Ownership - Responds calmly and effectively during incidents; drives thorough post-incident analysis and follow-through
Developer Partnership - Works collaboratively with development teams; communicates clearly and enables others to self-serve

Good-to-Have Skills:
Application Development Teams - Pipeline design deployment support DevOps adoption and developer enablement
Cloud / Kubernetes Engineers - AKS deployment integration container delivery patterns and infrastructure alignment
Solution Architects - Platform architecture alignment reliability design and release strategy discussions
Security & Compliance - Pipeline security scanning secrets management and compliance gate integration

CGI is an equal opportunity 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

Skills:

• Core
• Azure
• Azure DevOps
• Banking
• Communication
• Digital Banking
• Leadership
• Release Management
• Yaml
• Deployment Automation
• DevOps Engineering
• DevOps Engineering

What you can expect from us:

Together as owners lets turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership teamwork respect and belonging. Here youll 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. Thats why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our companys strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. Youll 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.

Youll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. Youll 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 teamone of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.