Job Vacancy Openshift Infrastructure Engineer - Secure Platforms Engineering / Kubernetes - (SC Clearance)

Gloucester

CGI

Job position Openshift Infrastructure Engineer - Secure Platforms Engineering / Kubernetes - (SC Clearance)

Permanent

As soon as possible

Gloucester, England, United Kingdom

Published on 17/04/2026

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At CGI, our Space, Defence and Intelligence business unit delivers mission-critical systems that help keep the UK safe and secure.

As an OpenShift Infrastructure Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, building, and operating containerised platforms that enable scalable, resilient, and secure solutions. Working on complex, high-impact programmes, you will help drive innovation through cloud-native technologies and automation. You’ll take ownership of platform engineering activities, contribute creative solutions to technical challenges, and collaborate within a supportive environment that enables continuous growth and meaningful impact.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee.

We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This position will be based on site near Gloucester 5 days a week.

Candidate profile

In this role, you will design, deploy, and manage OpenShift-based infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability across containerised environments. You will take ownership of platform reliability, leveraging automation and infrastructure-as-code to deliver consistent and efficient deployments aligned with business and technical requirements.

You will collaborate closely with DevOps and development teams to support CI/CD integration and evolving application needs. Within a collaborative and expert-led environment, you will contribute innovative approaches to platform engineering, enhance automation practices, and ensure robust disaster recovery and continuity capabilities.

• Design & Manage OpenShift clusters and container platforms

• Automate & Streamline infrastructure using Ansible, OpenStack, and scripting

• Orchestrate & Maintain container workloads using Kubernetes

• Monitor & Optimise platform performance, capacity, and resilience

• Support & Integrate CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows

• Implement & Maintain disaster recovery and backup solutions

• Collaborate & Align with cross-functional engineering teams

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

You should have strong experience in container platform engineering, with hands-on expertise in OpenShift, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation.

You will bring a proactive approach to platform reliability and a strong understanding of modern cloud-native infrastructure within secure or enterprise environments.

• You should have proven experience with OpenShift and Kubernetes

• Strong understanding of containerised infrastructure and microservices

• Experience with automation tools (e.g., Ansible, OpenStack, Terraform)

• Proficiency in scripting (e.g., Bash, Python)

• Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

• Knowledge of infrastructure resilience, backup, and disaster recovery

• Familiarity with secure or regulated environments is advantageous

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Working environment

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.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

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London, England, United Kingdom

> 1000 employees

IT services

We are a global business with 91,500 professionals across hundreds of locations worldwide, providing end-to-end IT and business process services that drive our clients’ businesses. In the UK alone, we have around 6,000 member-partners working across 19 towns and cities, doing everything from writing complex code to designing sophisticated software solutions. The work we do powers some of the most ambitious projects that touch the lives of many. Our approach sets us apart, characterised by our proximity model, international presence, expertise, and operational excellence. We organise our operations within metro markets where our clients have concentrated footprints, empowering our local teams to build trusted, in-person relationships. As you build your career here, you’ll develop your skills, share your insights, and work side-by-side with colleagues and clients on innovative solutions that address the most complex issues. Our commitment to ownership, flexibility, and being approachable makes us easy to do business with. Join us, and together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action to meet the needs and balance the interests of our clients, shareholders, communities, and each other. Benefits: - Insurance coverage - Medical benefits - Pension plan - Member Assistant Programme - Check4Cancer - Flexible time off - Share Purchase Plan - Member discounts - Dental benefits - Vision benefits - Profit Participation Plan - Health and Wellbeing Programme

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Openshift Infrastructure Engineer - Secure Platforms Engineering / Kubernetes - (SC Clearance)

CGI