Technical Lead (DV Security Clearance)

CGI Group Inc.; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consultancy in Camden Town is seeking a Technical Lead to provide technical direction and leadership to development teams. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in modern programming languages, public cloud technologies, and DevOps methodologies. This role is open to UK nationals and offers a competitive salary along with excellent benefits including a pension and private healthcare.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Excellent pension

Private healthcare

Share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching)

Learning and development opportunities

Supportive leadership focused on well-being

Qualifications

• Experience of building, leading and mentoring development teams.
• Experience using modern development languages with common coding standards.
• Experience with public cloud technologies and Infrastructure as Code.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction and leadership to development teams.
• Translate user requirements into technical requirements.
• Support secure system access with onsite attendance.

Skills

Leadership and mentoring

Modern development languages (Java, Go, Python)

Public cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Interpersonal skills

System testing and automated testing

Kubernetes/OpenShift

DevOps methodology

Automation/configuration management (Ansible)

Version control systems (Git)

Continuous integration systems (Jenkins, SonarQube)

Technical documentation writing

Open-source technologies

Job description

Technical Lead (DV Security Clearance)

CGI London, LN • Full time

CGI’s Space, Defence, and Intelligence business unit delivers cutting‑edge technical solutions for complex government challenges. We are looking for a Technical Lead to join our Secure Innovation & Advisory team, providing technical direction and leadership to highly motivated development teams.

Key responsibilities and qualifications:

• Experience of building, leading and mentoring development teams.
• Comprehensive experience of developing using modern development languages (e.g. Java, Go, Python) with code written to a common standard.
• Experience of public cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure) and principles, particularly Infrastructure as Code.
• Ability to translate user requirements into technical requirements.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with clients, CGI management, and software engineers.
• Experience of system testing and automated testing (unit tests, integration tests, mocking/stubbing).
• Experience of using Kubernetes and/or OpenShift as a deployment platform and day‑to‑day development environment.
• Good understanding of modern DevOps methodology and technologies.
• Experience of automation / configuration management (e.g. Ansible).
• Experience with a version control system (e.g. Git).
• Experience with continuous integration & analysis systems (e.g. Jenkins, SonarQube).
• Ability to use a wide variety of open‑source technologies.
• Able to write, review and assure technical documentation such as LLDs, user guides, release notes, etc.
• Experience with a wide variety of technologies and enthusiasm to learn new ones quickly.

Desirable Skills

• Experience of systems engineering and systems integration.
• Experience of contributing to bids / proposals.
• Front‑end development expertise with JavaScript and the REACT/MaterialUI framework.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, and a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching).
• Inclusive work environment with a diverse tech community, supporting the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant.
• Extensive learning and development opportunities to keep pace with evolving technology and enable career advancement.
• Supportive leadership focused on health & well‑being and career growth.

This role is open only to UK nationals who hold or are eligible for HMG High‑Level Clearance (HLC). While there is flexibility for remote or hybrid work, onsite attendance at the specified location(s) will be required for secure system access.

Join us to drive innovation, mentor talented teams, and shape the future of secure technology solutions for our nation.