Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer *

CGI is seeking a Senior Kubernetes Platform Engineer to build, manage, and scale production Amazon EKS environments in a fast paced, AWS centric infrastructure.

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 will own the full Kubernetes lifecycle - from cluster provisioning and upgrades to node management and deprecation planning - while ensuring high availability and strong operational controls across all environments.

You’ll optimize networking, ingress, and secure traffic flows, implement workload reliability patterns such as autoscaling and resilience testing, and establish robust observability practices across metrics, logs, traces, and alerting. Security will be a core focus, including RBAC, policy enforcement, image controls, secrets management, and runtime hardening.

This role also involves building platform automation using Infrastructure as Code and GitOps style workflows, along with supporting incident response and performance troubleshooting for containerized production services. This is a great opportunity for a hands on platform engineer who thrives in high scale, security conscious cloud environments.

5+ years experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering, with significant hands on Kubernetes production experience.

. Solid track record managing production Kubernetes environments, especially Amazon EKS, at scale

. Comfortable owning the full cluster lifecycle - provisioning, upgrades, node pools, and retirement planning

. Strong grasp of AWS networking and security basics: VPC, IAM, load balancers, and storage integrations

. Hands on experience with container deployment strategies and reliability engineering (autoscaling, resource tuning, scheduling)

. Practical automation skills using Terraform or CloudFormation

. Experience setting up monitoring, logging, and alerting for containerized workloads

. Familiarity with Kubernetes security practices - RBAC, policy enforcement, secrets management, image hardening

. Bonus: exposure to GitLab CI/CD pipelines for Kubernetes deployments

. Bonus: experience standardizing platforms or managing multiple clusters across teams, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field is required.

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 $89,600.00 $123,200.00.

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

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.