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Senior System Engineer

CGI


Job Location:

Fairfax, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 27 August 2026 (22 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 24 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position Description:

CGI is seeking a senior Systems Engineer who is passionate about solving challenging client problems with emerging technology solutions. As a CGI DevOps Engineer you will be joining the International Affairs (IAF) group to support the mission of U.S. security economic well being and world wide relations. Working with various clients in the US federal space IAF supports missions that foster national security foreign relations and resilient democratic societies. Since 1976 CGI has partnered with the U.S. federal government to support a wide variety of organizations and unique missions building solutions that support clients around the world.

The Senior Systems Engineer will lead the deployment operations and modernization of our Momentum ERP financial management and procurement solution for a U.S. Federal this role you will architect engineer automate and maintain the infrastructure and container platforms that Momentum runs on ensuring reliable secure and high performing environments across the software development lifecycle. You will provide technical leadership to application developers DevOps engineers and client operations staff to containerize workloads streamline deployments and improve platform resiliency.

This position is located in Fairfax VA.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

.Lead the engineering configuration and maintenance of the infrastructure supporting Momentum ERP across development test and production environments.
.Architect and manage containerized Momentum workloads on Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) including deployment manifests scaling and platform health.
.Design build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to automate configuration provisioning deployment and monitoring.
.Establish automation standards for routine operations and maintenance using scripting and infrastructure as code.
.Lead the design and support of cloud hosted environments (AWS and/or Microsoft Azure) including performance tuning monitoring and cost efficiency.
.Resolve complex infrastructure container networking and environment issues in partnership with development and client teams.
.Define and enforce security configurations access controls and hardening in line with government/NIST requirements.
.Mentor engineers and document runbooks deployment procedures and platform architecture to support reliable operations and knowledge transfer.
.Apply advanced problem solving skills to modernize overall technology solutions that will directly impact client missions.
.Design and troubleshoot complex technical solutions that include automation software issues monitoring maintenance configuration SQL scripting and CI/CD pipeline implementations.
.Lead technical architecture solution efforts by interfacing with feature and product teams to understand business needs and working alongside functional team members.
.Demonstrate in depth technical capabilities with the ability to drive multiple work streams and lead the assimilation of new techniques and solutions.
.Follow technology trends within Cloud and DevOps to advise clients on how this technology will benefit the future development platform.
.Lead team problem solving efforts and mentor others in solving client issues.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

.An interim Secret clearance is required to begin working onsite with our client and a Secret clearance must be maintained throughout the project duration. Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or clearance requirements US citizenship is required.
.Bachelors degree in Computer Science IT Engineering MIS or a related field.
.8 years of relevant systems engineering DevOps or platform engineering experience including a technical leadership role.
.Expert hands on experience with Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP).
.Deep experience with containerization (Docker/Podman) and container orchestration.
.Extensive experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.
.Proven experience architecting and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins GitLab GitHub Actions).
.Advanced proficiency with a scripting/automation language (e.g. Python Bash) and Linux administration.
.Extensive experience working in Agile/DevOps environments across the SDLC.
.Strong analytical troubleshooting and communication skills with the ability to mentor and lead cross functional teams.
.Proficient with SQL.
.Ability to work both independently and to lead a collaborative cross functional team.

Desired qualifications/non essential skills required:
.Extensive experience with ERP platforms ideally Momentum Financials/Acquisitions.
.Advanced experience with configuration management/IaC tools (Ansible Terraform).
.Experience with JBoss WebLogic or similar application servers.
.Experience with monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus Grafana CloudWatch).
.Experience with Oracle SQL and database backed applications.
.Strong understanding of government/NIST security requirements and accreditation processes.
.Agile or cloud certifications strongly preferred.

CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set level experience relevant training and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $79600.00 $194000.00.
CGI Federals benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
.Competitive compensation
.Comprehensive insurance options
.Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
.Paid time off for vacation holidays and sick time
.Paid parental leave
.Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
.Wellness and Well being programs

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Skills:
  • Amazon Web Services Cloud
  • Application Migration
  • Azure Cloud
  • DevOps
  • DevOps Engineering
  • DevOps Engineering
  • Docker
  • English
  • Kubernetes
  • OpenShift
  • Red Hat
  • SQL
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