What are the responsibilities and job description for the Digital Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Local to Columbus, Ohio position at CGI?
Position Description
This position requires someone to be in an office work setting in Columbus, OH.
This role combines deep expertise in cloud technologies with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, and automation, ensuring that digital services are robust, efficient, and aligned with business objectives. The engineer will work cross-functionally with development, operations, and security teams to implement best practices and drive innovation in cloud infrastructure.
Your future duties and responsibilities
CGI's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
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.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their 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, gender identity, and gender expression, familial status or responsibilities, reproductive health decisions, political affiliation, genetic information, height, weight, or any other legally protected status or characteristics to the extent required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws where we do business.
CGI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation to apply for a job in the U.S., please email the CGI U.S. Employment Compliance mailbox at US_Employment_Compliance@cgi.com. You will need to reference the Position ID of the position in which you are interested. Your message will be routed to the appropriate recruiter who will assist you. Please note, this email address is only to be used for those individuals who need an accommodation to apply for a job. Emails for any other reason or those that do not include a Position ID will not be returned.
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All CGI offers of employment in the U.S. are contingent upon the ability to successfully complete a background investigation. Background investigation components can vary dependent upon specific assignment and/or level of US government security clearance held. Dependent upon role and/or federal government security clearance requirements, and in accordance with applicable laws, some background investigations may include a credit check. CGI will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records in accordance with all local regulations and ordinances.
CGI will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with CGI’s legal duty to furnish information.
This position requires someone to be in an office work setting in Columbus, OH.
This role combines deep expertise in cloud technologies with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, and automation, ensuring that digital services are robust, efficient, and aligned with business objectives. The engineer will work cross-functionally with development, operations, and security teams to implement best practices and drive innovation in cloud infrastructure.
Your future duties and responsibilities
- Cloud Adoption Strategy: Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and execute strategies for adopting GCP services, including migration planning, architecture design, and implementation.
- Reliability Engineering: Apply SRE principles to GCP environments, focusing on service reliability, availability, and scalability. Develop monitoring, alerting, and automation solutions to prevent outages and reduce manual intervention.
- Cloud Infrastructure Management: Build, maintain, and optimize cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Deployment Manager.
- Automation & CI/CD: Design and implement automated deployment pipelines and operational workflows to enable continuous integration and delivery of cloud-based applications.
- Incident Management: Lead incident response for cloud-related issues, conduct root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to improve system reliability.
- Performance Optimization: Monitor system performance and proactively identify areas for improvement in cost, efficiency, and reliability.
- Security & Compliance: Ensure cloud environments adhere to security best practices and compliance requirements. Collaborate with security teams to implement controls and monitor risk.
- Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Create and maintain technical documentation. Mentor and train team members on GCP adoption and SRE practices.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 3 years of experience in cloud engineering, site reliability engineering, or DevOps, with hands-on expertise in GCP.
- 3 years' experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Deployment Manager).
- 3 years' experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
- 3 years' experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows.
- 3 years' experience with troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, especially in distributed systems and cloud environments.
- 3 years' experience working with SRE principles, including error budgets, SLIs/SLOs, and incident management.
- 3 years' experience with cloud security best practices and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
- Ability to work independently and multitask within a collaborative work environment
- Willingness and aptitude for continuous improvement
- Do the right thing attitude while being a strong team player
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, focus on customer service
- GCP Professional certifications
- Experience migrating workloads from on-premises or other cloud platforms to GCP.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration in GCP.
- Experience with agile methodologies and project management tools
CGI's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
- 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
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.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their 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, gender identity, and gender expression, familial status or responsibilities, reproductive health decisions, political affiliation, genetic information, height, weight, or any other legally protected status or characteristics to the extent required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws where we do business.
CGI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation to apply for a job in the U.S., please email the CGI U.S. Employment Compliance mailbox at US_Employment_Compliance@cgi.com. You will need to reference the Position ID of the position in which you are interested. Your message will be routed to the appropriate recruiter who will assist you. Please note, this email address is only to be used for those individuals who need an accommodation to apply for a job. Emails for any other reason or those that do not include a Position ID will not be returned.
We make it easy to translate military experience and skills! Click here to be directed to our site that is dedicated to veterans and transitioning service members.
All CGI offers of employment in the U.S. are contingent upon the ability to successfully complete a background investigation. Background investigation components can vary dependent upon specific assignment and/or level of US government security clearance held. Dependent upon role and/or federal government security clearance requirements, and in accordance with applicable laws, some background investigations may include a credit check. CGI will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records in accordance with all local regulations and ordinances.
CGI will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with CGI’s legal duty to furnish information.