Architect - Senior

Position Description

Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.

Job Title: Senior Architect- DLP

Position: Software Engineer

Experience: 8- 10 Years

Category: Software Development/ Engineering

Shift: 10Am – 7PM

Main location: Chennai

Position ID: J0726-0343

Employment Type: Full Time

Education Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or higher with minimum 3 years of relevant experience.

Position Description: We are looking for an experienced Senior Architect- DLP to join our team. The ideal candidate should be passionate about coding and developing scalable and high-performance applications. You will work closely with our front-end developers, designers, and other members of the team to deliver quality solutions that meet the needs of our clients.

Your future duties and responsibilities

• Own solution and enterprise architecture direction across discovery, design, vendor evaluation, and implementation readiness of DLP solution.
• Translate business, technical, security, compliance, operational, and integration requirements into fit for purpose architecture.
• Develop and govern solution options, architecture principles, high level designs, low level designs, and technical design artifacts.
• Define network architecture, integration points, data flows, policy enforcement logic, infrastructure standards, environment requirements, software installation approach, and configuration guidance.
• Review vendor proposed solutions and provide architecture assessments, technical recommendations, risks, assumptions, and readiness findings.
• Lead architecture reviews and support completion of required governance checkpoints.
• Maintain architecture decision records, design traceability, review outcomes, technical risks, dependencies, and approval evidence.
• Partner with engineering, security, operations, business, sourcing, and vendor teams to confirm technical feasibility and implementation readiness.
• Support pilot, proof of concept, build, deployment, handover, and operational readiness planning from an architecture perspective.
• Secure required architecture review board signoffs and ensure designs meet enterprise standards, security controls, compliance requirements, and operational needs.
• Provide technical guidance to implementation teams and vendors during design elaboration, environment setup, installation, configuration, and readiness activities.
  
  

Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role

Must-Have Skills:

• Extensive experience in enterprise, solution, security, and infrastructure architecture within large scale environments.
• Strong knowledge of DLP, cybersecurity, enterprise integrations, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Proven expertise in architecture governance, vendor evaluation, solution design, and enterprise technology implementations.
• Excellent stakeholder management, technical leadership, and communication skills.
• Excellent communication, reporting, and organizational skills in complex enterprise environments.
• Proven leadership, stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and executive communication skills.
• Experience with agile development methodologies and DevOps practices
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
  
  

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS or Azure
• Familiarity with machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies
  
  

CGI is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, CGI is committed to providing accommodation for people with disabilities in accordance with provincial legislation. Please let us know if you require reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.

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.

That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.