Infrastructure Test Automation Engineer
Position Description
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.
CGI’s Space, Defence and Intelligence business unit focuses primarily on the delivery of contemporary and innovative technical solutions for the government agencies most challenging problems. We work, build, and operate bespoke, technically complex, mission‑critical systems which help our clients keep us all safe and secure. We are currently looking for an experienced Test engineer to join our cross‑functional team who, in partnership with our clients, will help define, guide and assure the delivery of integrated solutions. The role offers fantastic opportunities to work within an interesting and highly rewarding environment.
Due to the secure nature of this project, this role requires candidates to either already hold, or be eligible to obtain, a high level of UK Security Clearance. To meet the eligibility criteria for this clearance, applicants must be sole British nationals, have been resident in the UK for the past 10 years, and must not have spent more than 28 consecutive days outside the UK within the last five years. Individuals who do not currently hold clearance are still encouraged to apply and will be considered both for this position and for other suitable opportunities within CGI where appropriate.
This role is primarily based on a secure client site and requires attendance on site five days per week due to the sensitive nature of the work and the systems involved. While the position is predominantly site‑based, there may be occasional flexibility where business needs and security constraints allow. Any such arrangements would be agreed in advance with the project team.
Your future duties and responsibilities
* Build, manage, and maintain complex test environments to support capability assurance.
* Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools to provision VM and networking infrastructure.
* Develop, maintain, and reuse configuration playbooks and roles (e.g., Ansible).
* Work with internal stakeholders to create and refine test pipelines.
* Support ongoing improvements to the test and CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with development teams.
* Ensure test results are documented, traceable, and accessible to stakeholders.
* Support automation activities through the design, development, and maintenance of automation frameworks and environments.
* Work with testers to integrate scripts and ensure results feed into monitoring dashboards.
* Participate in agile ceremonies, team meetings, retrospectives, and knowledge‑sharing sessions.
* Liaise directly with Client stakeholders including Product Owners and Systems Design Authorities.
* Promote collaboration and knowledge sharing within the team and wider client organisations.
Required Qualifications
* Docker
* Ansible
* VMWare
* Bash
* Python & Pytest
* Git / GitLab Enterprise
* Experience deploying virtualised workloads with L3/L4 networking
* Skilled with automation tools such as Robot Framework, Go, or vCentre
* Experience with RedHat/CentOS Linux (sysadmin & Bash) or Windows (sysadmin & PowerShell)
* Jenkins
* InfluxDB
* Grafana
* Understanding of containerisation & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
* vCentre
* Terraform
* Splunk
* JavaScript
* Atlassian toolset
* Cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Cloud Practitioner)
* Test management tools (TestRail, X‑Ray)
* Dashboarding with ELK Stack (Elastic/Logstash/Kibana)
* Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright
* Broader infrastructure or software testing experience
Life at CGI
Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. You are invited to be an owner from day one. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients, accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise. The company supports your health and well-being and provides opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Quality Assurance
* IT Services and IT Consulting
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