We require a Senior Infrastructure Solutions Architect to work as part of the Consulting Unit, on a diverse set of projects delivering on prem, cloud and niche solutions. Secure Innovation is part of CGI’s Space, Defence and Intelligence business unit, focused primarily on the delivery of contemporary and innovative technical solutions for the our client's most challenging problems. Our teams work alongside our clients to help them understand how to exploit technologies to maintain competitive advantage.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2024 and has been named one of the ‘World’s Best Employers’ by Forbes magazine. 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 you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll 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 the highest level of UK Security Clearance (DV). Any individual without security clearance is welcome to apply and will always be considered for this or wider opportunities in CGI, where appropriate.
This role requires hybrid working, you will be required to attend your local CGI office when required. Some travel to other CGI or client sites might be required (all travel away from your base office is expensed).
You will be working on a highly secure cloud project. The role is on an established fast-moving DevSecOps team, on on-prem and multi-cloud infrastructure, using a multitude of technologies.
Key Tasks:
• Work on a highly secure cloud project.
• Handle on-prem and multi-cloud infrastructure.
• Utilise technologies such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Work with Ubuntu and Windows operating systems.
• Manage SDN, VPNs, firewalls, and VMs.
• Handle laptops, MFA, and AD.
• Perform monitoring and network performance tasks.
• Focus on resilience and security design.
• Conduct integration scripting.
• Manage application configuration and management.
• Software and hardware infrastructure design, build, test and manage.
• Network, OS and application security.
• Innovative use of modern capabilities: on-prem, remote and cloud.
• IP networking experience (LAN, WAN and Internet).
• Firewalls (physical, virtual and host).
• Network and OS security.
• Consultancy, effective communicator & interpersonal skills.
• Agile DevSecOps.
• Self-starter / Self-Managed / Self-organising, with remote working.
• Infrastructure and application monitoring.
Desired Competences:
• Automation tools such as ansible and Terraform.
• Linux skills, particularly Ubuntu.
• Windows skills, particularly Active Directory.
• Cloud platforms, particularly VPCs and networking.
• Retail/home hardware and software VPNs and networking.
• Packet-level tracing and debugging, particularly network performance.
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