What are the responsibilities and job description for the Site Reliability Engineer - Local to Phoenix, AZ position at CGI?
Position Description
CGI is looking to hire a Site Reliability Engineer to ensure the stability, scalability, and resilience of our critical platforms—spanning mainframe, ETL pipelines, databases, and distributed systems. This role will be key to minimizing downtime, improving performance, and enabling reliable delivery of business-critical services.
This role will be filled from the client site 5 days a week in Phoenix, AZ only.
For this role on this particular client engagement, employer sponsorship of immigration related visa and/or green card status as part of the PERM process will NOT be available.
Future duties and responsibilities
CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. 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. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $58,800.00 - $156,700.00.
CGI's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
Your future duties and responsibilities
Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role
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.
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.
CGI is looking to hire a Site Reliability Engineer to ensure the stability, scalability, and resilience of our critical platforms—spanning mainframe, ETL pipelines, databases, and distributed systems. This role will be key to minimizing downtime, improving performance, and enabling reliable delivery of business-critical services.
This role will be filled from the client site 5 days a week in Phoenix, AZ only.
For this role on this particular client engagement, employer sponsorship of immigration related visa and/or green card status as part of the PERM process will NOT be available.
Future duties and responsibilities
- Support and maintain mission-critical applications developed in COBOL, DB2, Pega, VB .Net, and Java, including diagnosing and resolving application and database performance issues.
- Monitor and maintain the health, performance, and reliability of large-scale Hadoop clusters and big data environments, ensuring optimal resource utilization and uptime.
- Develop, automate, and optimize data pipelines using SQL, Python, and PySpark for efficient data ingestion, transformation, and processing.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to Informatica ETL processes, ensuring data quality, consistency, and timely delivery.
- Implement and enforce best practices for site reliability, including automated monitoring, alerting, and incident response for both big data platforms and legacy systems.
- Collaborate with development, QA, and infrastructure teams to support application deployments, upgrades, and integration across diverse technologies.
- Document operational procedures, incident reports, and system configurations to support knowledge sharing and business continuity.
- Continuously evaluate and recommend improvements for system scalability, security, and reliability in both big data and legacy application environments.
- Ensure data security, governance, and compliance standards are met within all data engineering processes.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent preferred but not required.
- 5 years experience in Application Support with strong understanding of monitoring, alerting, and observability
- Strong understanding of Site Reliability Engineering principles (SLIs, SLOs, SLAs)
- 5 years experience in Incident management and root cause analysis (RCA)
- Basic to intermediate understanding of Mainframe environments (z/OS, JCL, batch processing)
- Ability to work with mainframe teams and understand batch job dependencies and failures
- Working knowledge of relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Teradata, Hive, etc)
- Experience with performance monitoring tools like Dynatrace, Splunk/ELK
- Experience with Medallion Architecture a plus
- Experience in Containerization (Kubernetes / Docker) a plus
- Experience with Marketing applications (Pega, Salesforce, Adobe, Zafin, Naehas) is a plus
- Experience with Visual Basic (.NET) a plus
- Experience with SaaS based solutions a plus
- Financial Services industry knowledge.
CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. 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. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $58,800.00 - $156,700.00.
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
Your future duties and responsibilities
Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role
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.
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.