Site Reliability Engineers

CGI Group Inc.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider in the UK is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to join their cross-functional team. This position involves defining and guiding integrated solutions delivery, requiring candidates to have or be eligible for high-level UK Security Clearance. Responsibilities include investigating incidents and enhancing system performance. The role offers continuous learning opportunities and competitive benefits, including a salary of £69,461 per year, pension, private healthcare, and a share scheme.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Private healthcare

Share scheme

Qualifications

• Background in Software Engineering with automation script development.
• Proficiency in creating tooling or frameworks, preferably using Java/Python.
• Experience with observability and alerting tools.

Responsibilities

• Define and guide the delivery of integrated solutions.
• Work on-site five days a week, ensuring secure system operations.
• Investigate incidents and seek system performance improvements.

Skills

Software Engineering

Automation scripts

Infrastructure as code

Experience with CI/CD

Incident investigation

System performance improvement

Learning new technologies

Tools

Java

Python

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Linux administration

Windows administration

Job description

CGI's Space, Defence and Intelligence business unit focuses primarily on the delivery of contemporary and innovative technical solutions for the government agencies' most challenging problems. We build, deploy, and operate bespoke, technically complex, mission‑critical systems that help our clients keep us all safe and secure.

We are looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join our cross‑functional team. In partnership with our clients, you will help define, guide, and assure the delivery of integrated solutions. This role offers fantastic opportunities to work within an interesting and highly rewarding environment, while developing professionally through continuous learning and development.

Because the project is highly secure, we require that candidates either already hold, or be eligible to obtain, a high level of UK Security Clearance. Applicants must be sole British nationals, have been resident in the UK for the past 10 years, and must not have spent more than 28 consecutive days outside the UK within the last five years. Individuals who do not currently hold clearance are encouraged to apply and will be considered for this position and other suitable opportunities within CGI.

Due to the sensitive nature of the work and the systems involved, this role is primarily based on a secure client site and requires attendance on site five days per week. Occasional flexibility may be available where business needs and security constraints allow, subject to agreement with the project team.

Qualifications

• Background in Software Engineering, including the development of automation scripts, infrastructure as code, creating tooling or frameworks and feature development, ideally using Java and/or Python.
• Experience with engineering enablement products such as CI/CD, observability and alerting.
• Experience creating designs and documentation, including 'how-to' user guides.
• Experience investigating and resolving incidents and problems aligned to SLAs.
• Proactively seeking opportunities for system performance improvements.
• A passion for learning new technologies and innovation.

Desirable

• Experience working on AWS.
• Linux and Windows administration.
• Containerisation experience such as Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift.
• Experience with security protocols such as PKI, TLS, etc.

Additional Skills

• Python
• Applications administration
• Continuous integration
• Kubernetes

Benefits

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect, and belonging. You are invited to be an owner from day 1, develop innovative solutions, build relationships with teammates and clients, and access global capabilities to scale your ideas and embrace new opportunities. A supportive environment focuses on your health and wellbeing, and provides opportunities to deepen your skills.

Salary: £69,461 per year (estimated). Full time – new. Additions include a competitive pension, private healthcare, and a share scheme (3.5 % + 3.5 % matching).