Senior Platform Engineering Specialist

Senior Platform Engineering Specialist

Position Description
Location: Toronto/Montreal Preferred
Languages: Bilingual (English/French) Preferred
Employment Type: Full-Time

CGI is seeking an experienced Senior Platform Engineering Specialist to join our growing Platform Engineering consulting practice within the Emerging Technologies team.

As a full-time member of CGI, you will become part of a collaborative team of architects, engineers, and consultants delivering enterprise technology solutions for some of Canada's leading public and private sector organizations. While you may be assigned to one or more client engagements, you will remain a permanent member of CGI's Platform Engineering practice, collaborating with teammates, contributing to reusable engineering assets, and continuously developing your technical and consulting expertise.

In this role, you will help clients modernize the way they build, deploy, secure, and operate technology. You will design, implement, and support modern technology platforms that improve software delivery, developer productivity, operational resilience, security, and business agility.

Success in this role requires curiosity, adaptability, strong engineering fundamentals, and a passion for continuous learning. Rather than specializing in a single technology stack, you will leverage sound engineering principles to deliver innovative, scalable, and secure solutions across a variety of industries, technologies, and client environments.

Your future duties and responsibilities
Platform Engineering

Design, build, and support modern engineering platforms that improve developer productivity and operational efficiency.

Develop reusable platform capabilities that enable self-service infrastructure, application delivery, observability, automation, and software delivery.

Contribute to Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), engineering standards, reusable templates, and platform services.

Improve the developer experience through automation, standardization, and engineering best practices.

Cloud Engineering

Design, deploy, and support secure, scalable, and resilient cloud solutions across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.

Implement infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation.

Support cloud migration, modernization, optimization, and operational improvement initiatives.

Apply cloud governance, networking, identity, security, resiliency, and cost optimization best practices.

Software Delivery & Automation

Design and implement modern software delivery pipelines using CI/CD, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, and automation.

Automate infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, testing, configuration management, and operational workflows.

Improve software quality, deployment reliability, operational stability, and engineering efficiency through continuous improvement.

Promote engineering practices that reduce manual effort and increase delivery consistency.

Cloud Native Engineering

Deploy, configure, and support Kubernetes and enterprise container platforms.

Build and support cloud-native applications utilizing containers, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.

Develop resilient, scalable application platforms using automation and modern engineering practices.

Troubleshoot complex production and platform issues across cloud-native environments.

Reliability, Security & Operations

Improve platform reliability through monitoring, observability, automation, and operational excellence.

Integrate security throughout the software development lifecycle using modern DevSecOps practices.

Support incident response, root cause analysis, capacity planning, and continuous service improvement.

Promote secure, reliable, and resilient engineering practices across client environments.

Innovation & Emerging Technologies

Evaluate emerging technologies and engineering practices that improve client outcomes.

Contribute to proof-of-concepts, reusable accelerators, engineering assets, and innovation initiatives.

Support enterprise adoption of Artificial Intelligence, intelligent automation, and modern engineering capabilities where appropriate.

Consulting & Collaboration

Partner directly with client stakeholders to understand business challenges and translate requirements into practical technical solutions.

Collaborate with CGI architects, engineers, and consultants to deliver successful client outcomes.

Participate in architecture reviews, technical workshops, design sessions, and strategic planning activities.

Support proposals, technical estimates, proof-of-concepts, and solution development when required.

Mentor junior engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing across CGI's Platform Engineering practice.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
Engineering Experience

Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise technology platforms within complex business and technical environments.

Experience delivering Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or DevSecOps solutions.

Experience contributing to cloud modernization, application modernization, automation, or digital transformation initiatives.

Strong understanding of modern engineering practices and the ability to apply them across diverse client environments.

Ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies and engineering approaches.

Platform Engineering

Experience with concepts such as:

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

Platform Engineering

Infrastructure Automation

GitOps

Configuration Management

Developer Self-Service

Cloud Engineering

Experience working with one or more enterprise cloud platforms, including:

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Microsoft Azure

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

Experience supporting hybrid or multi-cloud environments is considered an asset.

Cloud Native Technologies

Experience with:

Kubernetes

Containers

APIs

Microservices

Distributed Systems

Security & Reliability

Experience with:

Identity & Access Management

Secrets Management

Security Automation

Monitoring & Observability

Incident Management

Reliability Engineering

Operational Automation

Programming & Automation

Experience developing automation, integrations, or tooling using one or more modern programming or scripting languages such as:

Python

Go

PowerShell

Bash

Java

C#

JavaScript / TypeScript

Professional Skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.

Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills.

Adaptability and a willingness to learn new technologies.

Passion for engineering excellence and continuous improvement.

Experience mentoring or supporting other engineers.

Experience That Will Help You Succeed

The following experience is considered an asset but is not required:

Artificial Intelligence

AI Platforms

Generative AI

MLOps

Intelligent Automation

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

AI Infrastructure

Platform Engineering

Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)

Developer Portals

Platform APIs

Service Mesh

Backstage

Crossplane

Data Platforms

Experience supporting enterprise data platforms, analytics solutions, or AI workloads.

Cloud Financial Management

Experience with cloud governance, FinOps, cloud cost optimization, forecasting, or cloud financial management.

Industry Experience

Experience supporting clients within Financial Services, Government, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Insurance, Utilities, or other regulated industries.

Certifications

Professional certifications in cloud computing, Kubernetes, Platform Engineering, DevOps, security, Artificial Intelligence, Agile, or FinOps are considered an asset.

Types of Client Engagements

As a member of CGI's Platform Engineering practice, you may contribute to initiatives such as:

Enterprise Cloud Transformation

Platform Engineering

Cloud Migration & Modernization

DevSecOps Transformation

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Enterprise Automation

Kubernetes & Cloud Native Platforms

Artificial Intelligence Enablement

Cloud Governance

FinOps & Cloud Optimization

Enterprise Observability

Technologies We Commonly Work With

Depending on the client engagement, you may work with technologies such as:

Cloud Platforms

AWS

Microsoft Azure

Google Cloud Platform

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Containers & Orchestration

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Docker

Infrastructure & Automation

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Azure DevOps

Observability

Datadog

Dynatrace

Grafana

Prometheus

Splunk

OpenTelemetry

Data & AI

Databricks

Snowflake

Microsoft Fabric

Vertex AI

Azure AI

Amazon Bedrock

Programming

Python

Go

PowerShell

Bash

Java

JavaScript / TypeScript

What Success Looks Like

Successful Senior Platform Engineers at CGI:

Deliver secure, scalable, and reliable technology solutions that create measurable client value.

Build trusted relationships with clients through technical expertise and professionalism.

Adapt quickly to new technologies, industries, and client environments.

Contribute reusable engineering assets, automation, and best practices to the Platform Engineering practice.

Mentor teammates and actively share knowledge across the organization.

Continuously improve engineering processes and delivery practices.

Demonstrate ownership, accountability, collaboration, and commitment to continuous learning.

Why Join CGI?

Joining CGI means becoming part of a long-term consulting practice focused on helping organizations solve complex technology challenges.

As a member of our Platform Engineering practice, you will collaborate with experienced architects, engineers, and consultants while supporting enterprise clients across a wide range of industries. As client needs evolve, you will have opportunities to work on new engagements, broaden your technical expertise, and continue building your career while remaining part of a collaborative engineering community.

At CGI, you will have opportunities to:

Deliver enterprise-scale cloud, Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, AI, and modernization initiatives.

Work across multiple industries and diverse technology environments.

Collaborate with experienced architects and technical leaders.

Contribute to innovation, reusable engineering assets, and emerging technology initiatives.

Continuously develop your technical and consulting skills.

Grow your career into Platform Engineering Architect, Principal Platform Engineering Architect, Technical Practice Lead, or Director, Platform Engineering.

CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $95,000-$145,000. This role is an existing vacancy.

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