Senior Platform Engineer (Azure)

Position Description:

At CGI were transforming the way critical platforms are built secured and optimised empowering clients to innovate faster and operate with confidence. As a Platform Engineer youll play a central role in delivering scalable resilient and secure infrastructure that underpins high-impact software solutions. Youll collaborate across agile Continuous Improvement Teams to drive automation performance and security using modern DevSecOps practices. This is your opportunity to make a measurable difference in shaping the digital backbone of vital services while growing your expertise within an inclusive collaborative environment that encourages ownership creativity and continuous learning.
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 youll be part of an open friendly community of experts. Well 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 is a hybrid/remote position with occasional travel.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

In this role you will take the lead in managing and evolving CGIs application platforms and infrastructure driving automation scalability and security to support agile software delivery. Youll work closely with developers architects and security teams to embed resilience and reliability across the platform ensuring optimal performance of production environments. Youll play a hands-on role in diagnosing complex issues implementing infrastructure-as-code solutions and promoting a culture of proactive improvement.
Youll be encouraged to innovate take ownership of solutions and collaborate across teams to deliver measurable impactsupported by a culture that values creativity trust and professional growth.

Key responsibilities:
Design & Maintain: Manage and enhance cloud and virtualised environments to deliver high availability and scalability
Automate & Optimise: Implement automation for provisioning deployment and maintenance using IaC and CaC tools
Monitor & Improve: Develop and maintain robust monitoring alerting and performance tuning processes
Secure & Comply: Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines automating checks and compliance validation
Collaborate & Support: Partner with development and security teams to ensure seamless delivery across environments
Lead & Respond: Provide proactive incident management and participate in an out-of-hours support rota
Innovate & Evolve: Continuously evaluate emerging technologies to enhance platform reliability and efficiency

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

Youll bring proven experience in platform or DevOps engineering with strong technical foundations in automation cloud and security. Your ability to combine hands-on engineering expertise with a problem-solving mindset will be key to success in this fast-moving environment.

Essential:
Experience in platform engineering DevOps or SysOps roles
Strong knowledge of cloud services (preferably Azure) and container orchestration (e.g. Docker Docker Swarm)
Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g. Terraform ARM Templates)
Experience managing Linux and/or Windows Server environments
Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps Jenkins) and version control (Git)
Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus Grafana Dynatrace)
Scripting and automation experience (Python Bash Ansible)
Understanding of security automation (SCA SAST DAST) and compliance frameworks (OWASP CIS)
Willingness to participate in out-of-hours support on a rota basis

Desirable:
Exposure to virtualised environments (e.g. vCloud)
Awareness of risk management and secure software lifecycle principles

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Skills:

• Ansible
• DevOps
• GIT
• GIT
• Network
• Linux
• Terraform

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.