Technical Lead (DV Security Clearance)Technical Lead (DV Security Clearance)
Position Description
CGI's Space, Defence, and Intelligence business unit is dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technical solutions that address the most complex challenges faced by government agencies. Our mission-critical systems are custom-built to ensure security, reliability, and innovation, helping our clients protect the nation and its people. We are currently seeking a Tech Lead to join our Secure Innovation & Advisory team, working collaboratively with clients to deliver impactful solutions.
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 member 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.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to engage with groundbreaking technologies in a dynamic and rewarding environment. At CGI, we are deeply committed to the growth and development of our team members, offering extensive learning opportunities to help you stay at the forefront of an ever-evolving technology landscape. Our culture values innovation, collaboration, and ownership, making it an ideal environment for self-motivated individuals to thrive.
Please note, due to the highly secure nature of the project, this role is open only to UK Nationals who hold or are eligible for HMG High-Level Clearance (HLC). While there is some flexibility for remote or hybrid work, onsite attendance at the specified location(s) will be required for secure system access.
Your future duties and responsibilities
The role offers fantastic opportunities to work on leading edge and bespoke technologies within an interesting and highly rewarding environment. We are heavily committed to developing our members and will provide excellent learning and development opportunities to ensure that your knowledge and skills keep pace with the evolving technology landscape. We engender a culture of innovation, collaboration and ownership; highly motivated self-starters thrive within our organisation. Although we would like candidates to have all of the mandatory requirements, we would consider high quality individuals who meet most of the criteria.
This role is an exciting opportunity to help set technical direction and provide technical leadership for highly motivated and talented development teams.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
• Experience of building, leading and mentoring development teams.
• Comprehensive experience of developing using modern development languages (e.g. Java, Go, Python etc) with code written to a common standard.
• Experience of public cloud technologies (either AWS, GCP, Azure) and principles, in particular Infrastructure as Code.
• Ability to translate user requirements into technical requirements.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and able to communicate with Clients, CGI management and software engineers.
• Experience of System Testing and experience of automated testing - e.g. unit tests, integration tests, mocking/stubbing.
• Experience of using Kubernetes and/or OpenShift as a deployment platform and day-to-day development environment.
• Good understanding of and experience with Modern DevOps methodology and technologies.
• Experience of automation/configuration management (i.e. Ansible).
• Experience of a version control system: e.g. Git.
• Experience of continuous integration & analysis systems: e.g. Jenkins, SonarQube
• Ability to use a wide variety of open-source technologies.
• Able to write, review and assure technical documentation such as LLDs, user guides, release notes etc.
• Experience with a wide variety of technologies, and ability and enthusiasm to learn new technologies quickly.
Desirable Skills:
• Experience of systems engineering and systems integration.
• Experience of contributing to bids/proposals.
• Front-end development expertise with JavaScript and the REACT/MaterialUI framework.
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