Platform Engineers

In this role, you will be part of a cross-functional platform engineering team delivering the core infrastructure and services that support large-scale digital health systems across the UK. You'll design, implement, and operate secure, cloud-native solutions on AWS that enable development teams to innovate with confidence and deliver modern, patient-focused digital services. You'll collaborate closely with developers, architects, and delivery teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines, strengthen observability, and embed automation at every layer of the platform.

You'll take ownership of key technical decisions, contribute to platform strategy and best practices, and help evolve a modern, resilient, and scalable ecosystem. Supported by a culture that values creativity, collaboration, and continuous learning, you'll be encouraged to explore emerging technologies, share knowledge, and continuously enhance both the platform and your technical expertise.

Key responsibilities:

• Design & Deliver: Architect, build, and optimise AWS-based, cloud-native platforms supporting national-scale digital healthcare solutions.

• Automate & Innovate: Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation for repeatable, reliable deployments.

• Monitor & Improve: Enhance observability using Grafana, Prometheus, and related tooling to ensure system reliability and performance.

• Develop & Integrate: Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions to streamline secure and efficient delivery.

• Script & Enhance: Use Bash or PowerShell to automate operational processes and drive efficiency.

• Collaborate & Evolve: Work within agile, cross-functional teams to drive platform evolution and shared delivery goals.

• Optimise & Protect: Design and support high availability and disaster recovery capabilities for critical services.

• Document & Share: Produce high-quality technical documentation and contribute to knowledge sharing across CGI teams.

You should bring significant hands-on experience designing, delivering, and operating large-scale, cloud-native platforms on AWS, with strong expertise in Kubernetes and modern DevOps practices. You'll be a collaborative engineer who thrives in agile, self-organising teams and is passionate about continuous improvement, automation, and innovation., * Extensive knowledge and experience of AWS cloud-native services and architectures.

• Strong experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration and management.

• Proven experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.

• Hands-on experience with observability tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.

• Strong scripting ability using tools such as Bash or PowerShell.

• Experience building CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions.

• Deep understanding of scalability, performance, and security in distributed systems.

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills in cross-functional environments.

Desirable:

• Some coding experience in Node.js or Python.

• Experience designing or supporting disaster recovery and high availability systems.

• AWS and/or Kubernetes certifications.

• Strong technical documentation and knowledge-sharing skills.

• Experience working within healthcare client environments (or similar)

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.

At CGI, we're helping to shape the future of digital healthcare across the UK, and we're looking for Senior Platform Engineers to join our growing Platform Services team. You'll play a key role in designing, building, and evolving a cloud-native platform that underpins major national healthcare programmes, enabling teams to innovate faster and deliver secure, high-impact digital services for millions of people. Working within a collaborative, forward-thinking environment, you'll have the autonomy to deliver scalable and resilient infrastructure that drives transformative outcomes across the health sector, all while being supported to grow your expertise and influence the future of digital health., 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. Discover CGI 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