Cloud Engineer​/Architect - Junior

Job order - J
- Permanent Full Time

Title Cloud Engineer/Architect
- Junior

Category Infrastructure/Cloud

City Lafayette, Louisiana, United States

CGI Federal has an exciting opportunity for a Cloud Engineer within our Federal sector advancing the client's mission through cutting edge technology. You must have a passion for keeping pace with rapidly evolving technology advancements and leveraging your knowledge on a highly collaborative team to deliver state of the art capabilities. The Cloud Engineer designs, implements, and manages an organization's cloud infrastructure and systems, ensuring they are secure, scalable, and efficient.

This involves tasks like migrating on premises systems to the cloud, automating infrastructure deployments, and optimizing cloud costs. They also play a crucial role in troubleshooting cloud related issues and ensuring adherence to security policies. CGI Federal is growing its high performance team whose members share a passion for building high quality, scalable, advanced IT solutions in a collaborative, fast paced, outcome driven mission.

This position is located in our lafayette, LA office; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable.

• Design & Development:
  Create and develop cloud based systems and applications that leverage cloud services.
• Implementation:
  Deploy and integrate cloud services and software into an organization's infrastructure.
• Maintenance & Management:
  Oversee the daily operations of cloud environments, ensuring they run smoothly and meet performance standards.
• Migration:
  Plan and execute the transfer of an organization's on premise data and applications to the cloud.
• Security:
  Implement and maintain cloud security best practices to protect sensitive data and systems.
• Optimization:
  Monitor resource usage and costs to identify opportunities for optimization and efficiency.
• Automation:
  Automate infrastructure provisioning and other operational tasks to improve speed and reliability.
• Troubleshooting:
  Diagnose and resolve issues within cloud systems to ensure uninterrupted service.

• Education and/or
  
  Experience:
  
  Bachelor's degree and/or 5 years of experience.
• Able to attain High Risk Tier 4, Public Trust Non Sensitive High Risk positions.
• Platform Expertise:
  In depth knowledge of major cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Dev Ops:
  Understanding of Dev Ops principles and practices, including continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD).
• Programming & Scripting:
  Proficiency in coding and scripting to create and manage cloud based functions and applications.
• Containerization:
  Experience with technologies like Docker and Kubernetes for packaging and deploying applications.
• Networking:
  Solid understanding of network concepts and how to configure virtual networks in the cloud.
• Problem Solving:
  Strong analytical skills to identify and address technical issues and system weaknesses.
• Communication:
  Ability to collaborate effectively with different technical and non technical teams to understand needs and deliver solutions.

To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. The current range for this role in the U.S. is $63,700.00 – $.

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive insurance options
• Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
• Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
• Wellness and Well being programs

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, sex, religion, creed, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression, familial status or responsibilities, reproductive health decisions, political affiliation, genetic information, height, weight, or any…