Infrastructure Design Architect

Applications processed via employer's online application form. Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world. Challenge yourself and change lives, unlocking complex system solutions as part of a highly motivated and supportive team. Our Infrastructure Design Architects are trusted to work closely with a wide range of clients on exciting projects with real-world purpose and impact. CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2024 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 is a hybrid role and whilst you will be able to regularly work from home on occasion, you will still be required to work on our client site in Northern Ireland regularly.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• The Infrastructure Architect role bridges the gap between the Solution Architect, development team, business team and project management.
• You will define, validate and promote the right Infrastructure for a bid, a deal or a project and will report into the account CTO and the Delivery Director, with specific responsibility for delivering Growth and Change activity on the Account.
• Specifically, you will be able to build logical models of networks, infrastructure components and interfaces, to contribute to the development of infrastructure architectures in specific business or functional areas.
• These models will reflect the Infrastructure architecture views and can be mapped to the solution architecture.
• As Infrastructure Design Architect you will produce detailed component specifications and translate these into detailed designs for implementation using selected products.
• You will define, validate and promote the good infrastructure for a bid, a deal or a project (in a project scope / a dedicated scope within a programme) within our team and to the customer.
• You will also assist in the preparation of technical plans, change governance and estimation from many sources to support the full project life-cycle.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• You will need to have strong planning, communication and presentation skills, the capability to identify solutions and be proficient in technology transformation projects and the production of project proposals.
• Ideally you will have experience working with public and private cloud (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) and platforms (Linux/Windows).
• You will have broad knowledge within all areas of infrastructure, public cloud, Linux, Wintel, SAN, Networks. Experience and awareness of Oracle, Azure, and IaC technologies, such as Terraform and Ansible would be advantageous.

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action. 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.