Senior DevOps Engineer – OpenShift &  Virtualization

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: Senior DevOps Engineer OpenShift & Virtualization
Position: Senior DevOps Engineer OpenShift & Virtualization

Experience: 7 - 9 Years

Category: IT Infrastructure

Main location: Bangalore/Mumbai

Position ID: J0426-0993


Job Description:
Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities
1)Devlop deploy and manage production grade RedHat OpenShift clusters (multi AZ hybrid cloud and edge) that satisfy banking grade SLAs for availability latency and security.
2)Design provision and maintain virtualized compute/storage/network layers (VMware vSphere KVM Hyper V or similar) that host OpenShift and legacy workloads.
3)Automate the full lifecycle of infrastructure and applications using Terraform Python scripts and configuration management tools (Ansible Chef Puppet).
4)Implement CI/CD pipelines (GitOps ArgoCD Tekton Jenkins GitLab CI) for containerized banking services enabling zero downtime releases and roll backs.
5)Embed security & compliance (PCI DSS ISO27001 RBI/CBI) through policy as code RBAC network segmentation secret management and automated vulnerability scanning.
6)Monitor observe and troubleshoot performance (Prometheus Grafana Thanos Elastic Jaeger) across OpenShift VMs and underlying hardware; lead RCA and continuous improvement initiatives.
Contributing Responsibilities
1)Collaborate with application & security teams to containerize monolithic banking apps optimize resource requests/limits and enforce DevSecOps best practices..
2)Drive GitOps and IaC standards across the organization; create reusable Terraform modules Python libraries and operator patterns for repeatable deployments.
3)Mentor junior engineers conduct code reviews and champion a culture of automation observability and reliability.
4)Stay current with emerging OpenShift features virtualization trends and AI Ops tools that can add value to the banks digital transformation.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies
Technical Skills:
o OpenShift (Mastered)
o Virtualization (Mastered)
o Infrastructure as Code (Expert)
o CI/CD & GIT Ops (Expert)
o Observability (Intermediate)
Transversal skills:
o Analytical capacity (Expert)
o Ability to lead a meeting a seminar a committee a training session etc. (Mastered)
o Ability to understand explain and lead change (Mastered)
o Ability to define relevant performance indicators (Mastered)
o Ability to work with Agile methods (Mastered)

Specific Qualifications:
o RedHat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or RedHat Certified Specialist OpenShift Administration.
o VMware Certified Professional Data Center Virtualization (VCP DCV).
o Relevant professional certifications (OpenShift VMware Terraform AWS/Azure) are a strong advantage.

Skills Referential (Required knowledge skills and abilities)
Technical Skills:
o OpenShift - 8 10years of production experience cluster installation upgrades operators service mesh GitOps
o Virtualization - Deep expertise with VMware vSphere / KVM / Hyper V (vCenter NSX storage virtualization resource planning).
o Infrastructure as code - Terraform (modules workspaces remote back ends) strong Python (3.x) for API automation custom tooling and testing..
o CI/CD & GIT Ops - Hands on with ArgoCD Tekton Jenkins GitLab CI; Helm charts and OpenShift Operators.
o Observability - Prometheus Grafana Loki/Elastic Jaeger/Zipkin alerting & dashboarding.

Transversal Skills:
o Banking / Regulatory - Direct experience delivering infrastructure solutions for banks or other highly regulated financial institutions; familiarity with PCI DSS RBI/CBI ISO27001 or similar frameworks.
o Security - Implementation of RBAC network policies secret management (HashiCorp Vault SealedSecrets) and image/container vulnerability scanning (Trivy Clair).
o Collaboration & Leadership: Proven ability to work cross functionally mentor junior staff and influence architectural decisions.
Behavioral Skills:
o Ability to share/transmit knowledge (Expert)
o Be results oriented (Expert)
o Creativity & Innovation / Ability to solve problems (Expert)
o Ability to collaborate / teamwork (Expert)
o Develop and maintain system documentation including configuration guides and standard operating procedures. - Direct and be responsible for the implementation effort.
o Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members.
o Assess demand for their service or technology area and develop plans to meet future capacity needs and make recommendations to the manager.
o Aware of all critical changes to infrastructure and applications that could impact service delivery to their business customers.
o Able to work autonomously and as part of a team using strong analytical skills.
o Be service oriented customer focused positive committed and have an enthusiastic can do attitude.
o Demonstrate a systematic and logical approach to problem-solving.
o Able to follow the banks standards processes and procedures.
o Escalating incidents internally or to 3rd party partners when required.
Education Level: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Technology or Equivalent
Location: BANGALORE/Mumbai



Life at CGI:
It 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 team one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

Skills:

• GitLab
• Grafana
• Infrastructure as a Code
• Linux
• OpenShift

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.