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DevOps Engineer

Employer
CGI
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
4 Sep 2019

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Clearance Level
DV, SC, None / Undisclosed
Sector
Defence, Information Technology, Space
Job Type
Permanent

Job Details

We are looking to expand our DevOps Team providing an operational data platform for a key client within our Defence and Intelligence portfolio. The role offers fantastic opportunities to gain experience and technical expertise across a wide range of leading edge and bespoke technologies within a high-tempo operational environment. Team members must be pro-active, dependable and able to take ownership of tasks. 


Your future duties and responsibilities 
Responsibilities 
• Incident response to ensure availability of operational services 
• Pro-actively maintain and improve the performance of the platform and hosted applications 
• Deployment, configuration and testing of software onto the platform 
• Identification of improvements and resolution of performance anomalies and system issues 
• Carry out routine system administrative tasks such as patching 
• Production of Design documents, including Requests for Change (RFC) and Work Instructions (WI) 

Mandatory requirements: 
• 12 months minimum experience as a Linux and/or Windows System Administrator 
• Familiarity with the core tools such as the ATLASSIAN suite, SSH, CMD or Powershell 
• Able to write scripts using Python, Bash, DOS or powershell 
• Root cause analysis and debugging to aid in resolution of functional and performance related defects 
• Networking familiarity – e.g. can describe HTTP protocol, TCP/IP etc. 
• A passion for learning new technologies and innovation 

Desirable: 
• Scripting - SQL, Python, Bash, DOS, Powershell 
• Databases - Oracle, MySQL, Postgres 
• Experience of Hadoop or distributed computation 
• Experience of automation/configuration management (i.e. Ansible) 
• Experience of security protocols such as PKI, TLS etc. 


Required qualifications to be successful in this role 



Build your career with us. 

It is an extraordinary time to be in business. As digital transformation continues to accelerate, CGI is at the center of this change—supporting our clients’ digital journeys and offering our professionals exciting career opportunities. 

At CGI, our success comes from the talent and commitment of our professionals. As one team, we share the challenges and rewards that come from growing our company, which reinforces our culture of ownership. All of our professionals benefit from the value we collectively create. 

Be part of building one of the largest independent technology and business services firms in the world. 

Company

CGI is a global business with 65,000 professionals in 40 countries across the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe who provide end-to-end IT and business process services that facilitate the on-going evolution of our clients’ businesses.

Our aspiration is very simple: to be the best at what we do and help our clients to succeed. To achieve this we foster local accountability for client success whilst bringing our global strength and onshore, nearshore and offshore delivery capabilities to deliver the right blend of solutions for our clients. Across the UK we have around 6000 members who bring specific industry knowledge with a broad range of client experience in order to be a true local partner. We differentiate ourselves by our way of working — approachable, flexible and easy to do business with.

With 40 years of experience and continued business growth we offer financial strength and business rigour to support some of the UK’s biggest and best brands across the commercial and public sectors. Our teams have experience in delivering award winning programmes in space, defence and national security, central government and the public sector including health, as well as the commercial sector including financial services, oil and gas, energy and utilities and telecoms.

We deliver a full spectrum of innovative and adaptable solutions including IT and business consulting, systems integration, application management and development, IP-based solutions, flexible infrastructure services and comprehensive outsourcing services. At CGI, you will find a stimulating environment with exciting and varied opportunities to evolve your skills and build on your experience. We offer a competitive compensation package with opportunities for growth and professional development. There's always room for you to grow at CGI - that is our commitment to you.

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