Position Description
Company Profile:
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com. #LI-SB15
Position: Lead Analyst-Java Technical Lead
Experience: 7-10 years
Category: Software Development/ Engineering
Shift Timing: General Shift
Location: Chennai
Position ID: J0126-1359
Employment Type: Full Time
Education Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or higher with minimum 7 years of relevant experience.
Position Description:
We’re looking for a Java Technical Lead with 8–10 years of strong hands-on experience in designing, developing, and leading the delivery of high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in core Java, Spring / Spring Boot, and relational databases, along with proven experience in technical leadership, architecture design, and team mentoring.
You will work in an Agile product development environment, owning technical solutions end to end from architecture and design to deployment and production support — while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.
Your future duties and responsibilities
Lead the overall technical design and architecture of Java-based applications and microservices.
- Define and enforce coding standards, architectural guidelines, and best practices.
- Design, develop, and maintain complex and business-critical Java components.
- Review and approve technical designs, code, and solution approaches.
- Guide the team through the full SDLC following Agile methodologies.
- Mentor and support senior and junior developers.
- Ensure performance, scalability, security, and reliability of applications.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, QA, DevOps, and stakeholders.
- Follow SDLC, version control, and release management practices using GitLab and JIRA.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical and production issues.
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve developer productivity, code quality, and delivery timelines.
- Guide the team in using AI tools for code reviews, refactoring, unit test generation, and defect analysis while ensuring adherence to CGI and client governance standards.
- Use AI-supported insights to identify performance bottlenecks, technical debt, and optimization opportunities.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
Must-Have Skills:
Programming Languages:
- Java (Java 8+)
- SQL / PL-SQL
- Python (good to have)
Core Java & Enterprise:
- Strong understanding of Java internals, JVM, memory management
- OOPs concepts and GoF design patterns
- Multithreading and concurrency
Frameworks & Libraries:
- Spring, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA
- Hibernate / JPA
- Spring Security (OAuth2, JWT – good to have)
- JUnit 5, Mockito
API & Architecture:
- RESTful APIs, JSON, XML
- Microservices architecture
Databases:
- Oracle / PostgreSQL / MS-SQL
- SQL performance tuning and data modeling
DevOps & CI/CD:
- Git / GitLab
- CI/CD pipelines
Testing & Quality:
- Test-Driven Development (TDD)
- Unit and integration testing
Agile & Tools:
- Agile / Scrum
- JIRA, Confluence
Good to have:
- Experience using AI-powered developer tools (e.g., MS copilot, Google code assistants etc.)
- Applying AI to:
- Accelerate code development and refactoring
- Improve unit test coverage and test quality
- Assist in root cause analysis and defect resolution
CGI is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, CGI is committed to providing accommodation for people with disabilities in accordance with provincial legislation. Please let us know if you require reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.
Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.
Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…
You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.
Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.
You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.
That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.
Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.
