Company Profile:
At CGI, we’re a team of builders. We call our employees members because all who join CGI are building their own company - one that has grown to 72,000 professionals located in 40 countries. Founded in 1976, CGI is a leading IT and business process services firm committed to helping clients succeed. We have the global resources, expertise, stability and dedicated professionals needed to achieve. At CGI, we’re a team of builders. We call our employees members because all who join CGI are building their own company - one that has grown to 72,000 professionals located in 40 countries. Founded in 1976, CGI is a leading IT and business process services firm committed to helping clients succeed. We have the global resources, expertise, stability and dedicated professionals needed to achieve results for our clients - and for our members. Come grow with us. Learn more at www.cgi.com.
This is a great opportunity to join a winning team. CGI offers a competitive compensation package with opportunities for growth and professional development. Benefits for full-time, permanent members start on the first day of employment and include a paid time-off program and profit participation and stock purchase plans. We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position, however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. No unsolicited agency referrals please.
Job Title: LA- Azure Cloud admin with OpenShift
Position: Specialist Software Engineer - Azure Cloud admin with OpenShift
Experience: 8-10Yrs
Category: IT Infrastructure
Main location: Bangalore/Chennai
Position ID: J0626-1039
Employment Type: Full Time
Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or higher with minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
Job Summary:
We are seeking a skilled Azure Cloud Admin with OpenShift expertise to manage, maintain, and optimize cloud-based infrastructure and container platforms. The role involves designing and administering Azure environments, deploying and managing applications on OpenShift, and ensuring high availability, security, and performance of cloud resources.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Azure cloud services, infrastructure automation, container orchestration, and DevOps practices. This role requires close collaboration with development, operations, and architecture teams to support scalable and resilient cloud-native solutions while adhering to best practices and organizational standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Required (minimum): 8-10 years of related IT experience.
- Ability to quickly learn client specific processes, topology, tools often with limited documentation
- Technical experience with the following: OS Level Administration (Linux, Windows), IaC Provisioning Tools (Terraform, ARM, Ansible, CloudFormation), Software development lifecycle principles, Build Orchestration Tools (Jenkins, Bamboo, etc.)
- Experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
- Familiarity with DevOps principles and CI/CD tools like CloudBees/Jenkins, GitLab, or GitHub Actions.
- Experience on managing OpenShift infrastructure.
- Strong leadership including ability to influence others, work independently and exercise appropriate judgment in decision making.
- Proven ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of business analysts, developers, data scientists, and subject matter experts
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with management, peers, and the other departments within IT.
- Respect for change management, environmental integrity, and process workflow within a relatively new and rapidly maturing organization.
- Strong analytical and technical ability including strength in general issue troubleshooting
- Understanding of and experience with the five pillars of a well-architected framework
Primary Responsibilities:
- Preferred experience with deployment Tools (CD/RO, Ansible, Azure DevOps, etc.) and Source Control Management (GitHub, SVN, BitBucket, etc.)
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or JavaScript.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with deployment tools such as Azure DevOps, Ansible, CD/RO
- Familiarity with source control systems like GitHub, SVN, Bitbucket
- Hands-on experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture
- Experience in managing OpenShift infrastructure
