Category: Analytics and Emerging Digital Technologies
Main location: United Kingdom, England - South East, Basingstoke
Position ID: J0625-1552
Employment Type: Full Time
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POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The Space, Defence and Intelligence business unit in CGI is a true IT Systems Integrator. We work, build, and operate bespoke, technically complex, mission-critical systems which help our clients keep us all safe and secure. We bring innovation to our clients using proven and emerging technologies, agile delivery processes and our deep expertise across the breadth of space, defence, intelligence, aerospace and maritime, all underpinned by our end-to-end cyber capability. We work collaboratively with global technology companies, cutting edge SMEs and academia to deliver the optimal solution for each client.
CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named one of the ‘World’s Best Employers’ by Forbes magazine. 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.
Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This position will be working out of our site near Basingstoke.

YOUR FUTURE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Modernising the data collection, data processing, and data storage infrastructure using cutting edge distributed systems such as Kafka, Kubernetes, Zookeeper.
• Modernising and automating our existing release processes to ensure reproducibility and testability whilst improving the timeliness and quality of releases.
• Knowledge of Ansible and Azure DevOps.
• Liaising with other teams to ensure their requirements are understood and our development efforts ensure they can meet their security requirements.
• Good written and verbal communications skills

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE:

• Good working knowledge of RHEL and Windows, with a DevOps mindset to automate releases through CDP
• Creating and maintaining design, installation and support documentation
• Awareness of data engineering, either from a SQL or Big Data background.
• Configure, maintain and support ArcSight SIEM toolset:
• Investigating / resolving issues with ArcSight SIEM toolset
• Create, maintain, and troubleshoot filters for SmartConnectors and ESM
• Creating supporting bespoke custom (Flex / Regex) Connectors

Desired Competencies

• RHEL / Windows
• Scripting such as Powershell / bash