DevOps Platform Engineer * @ CGI
DevOps Platform EngineerCGI is seeking a DevOps Platform Engineer to own and operate an enterprise GitLab platform hosted on AWS. This position is required in one of the following locations: Lafayette, LA, Knoxville, TN, Birmingham, AL.Your future duties and responsibilities:In this role, you'll manage end to end platform operations — including upgrades, patching, backup/restore, and disaster recovery readiness — while optimizing AWS infrastructure across EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFormation, and EKS integrations. You'll define platform governance for groups, permissions, and CI/CD standards, and build a scalable, secure GitLab Runner strategy that balances performance, reliability, and cost.This role also involves implementing CI/CD guardrails, reusable templates, and compliance checks, along with strengthening platform security through IAM controls, secrets management, and hardening practices. You'll establish strong observability across metrics, logs, and alerting, lead incident response and root cause analysis, and drive operational excellence through better documentation and runbooks.This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys owning a critical developer platform end to end and partnering with engineering teams to improve their day to day experience.Required qualifications to be successful in this role:5+ years in DevOps, platform engineering, SRE, or a related roleReal experience running GitLab as an enterprise platform — not just using it as a CI/CD toolStrong AWS background with EC2, RDS, S3, and CloudFormation; working knowledge of EKSHands on experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines and release processesComfortable with Infrastructure as Code and automation first operationsSolid Linux, networking, and distributed systems troubleshooting skillsScripting proficiency in Python, Bash, or similarStrong communicator who works well across engineering teamsDesired Skillset:AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, etc.)Experience with compliance/policy enforcement in CI/CD pipelinesExposure to Kubernetes operational patterns or GitOps workflowsEducational Requirement:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.Skills:Amazon Web Services CloudDevOpsGitLabPythonBASH