Devops Engineer

CGI•Reston, VA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

CGI is seeking a Devops Engineer to support a critical cloud modernization and application migration initiative within a large scale financial services environment. This role will focus primarily on designing, implementing, validating, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines while supporting the migration of legacy workloads to a target state AWS architecture. We partner with 15 of the top 20 banks globally, and our top 10 banking clients have worked with us for an average of 26 years!. This role is located at a client site in either Reston, VA or Plano, Texas. A hybrid working model is acceptable.

Requirements

5+ years of overall IT and software development experience
Experience developing and supporting enterprise applications
Strong experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and Terraform
Advanced knowledge of AWS cloud services, including services such as: Lambda ECS Fargate EMR SNS SQS AWS Batch EventBridge CloudWatch
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and cloud automation
Solid understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies and best practices
Ability to analyze application workflows and design deployment strategies for cloud-based environments
Strong software development background with experience supporting enterprise scale applications
Experience troubleshooting and resolving issues across development, testing, and deployment environments
Proficiency with source control, branching strategies, and release management processes
Working knowledge of Python development and scripting
Experience collaborating directly with business stakeholders and cross functional technical teams
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently on complex initiatives
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in cloud-based development and CI/CD implementation projects preferred
SAS or SAS Grid experience
Jupyter Notebook and/or AWS SageMaker experience
Financial Services industry experience
Experience supporting large scale application decommissioning or migration programs

Responsibilities

Designing, implementing, validating, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines
Supporting the migration of legacy workloads to a target state AWS architecture
Designing scalable deployment processes
Automating infrastructure
Supporting cloud native applications
Resolving complex technical issues throughout the software development lifecycle
Quickly understanding application workflows
Recommending technical solutions
Driving project deliverables with minimal oversight