Junior Cloud Engineer

Position Description

Recognised as one of the world’s largest IT and business consulting firms, CGI has offices across Australia, supporting local public and private sector clients to solve real business problems.

We have a newly created opportunity for Junior Cloud / Platform Engineers who want to further their experience building, migrating, and modernising cloud platforms on AWS. Working as part of consulting delivery teams, you will be involved in customer environments from day one, delivering cloud migrations, platform modernisation, and greenfield builds using modern DevOps and cloud-native practices.

Building on your 1-2 years of early-career experience with AWS and cloud-native tooling, you will have the opportunity to continue to grow alongside experienced mentors and senior engineers. Structured mentoring, real project work, and strong learning and development

support is part of our culture.

Flexible work is available including hybrid work from home and client site arrangements.

Your future duties and responsibilities

• Build, deploy, and operate workloads on AWS
• Contribute to large-scale cloud migration and modernisation projects
• Assist with database migration and platform modernisation activities
• Support and improve Kubernetes-based platforms
• Help implement secure, observable, and automated cloud environments
• Work alongside senior engineers within consulting delivery teams
• Engage with clients as part of project delivery
  
  

Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role

Technical Skills

• AWS fundamentals and cloud security concepts
• Containers and Kubernetes experience
• Git-based workflows and CI/CD tooling
• Exposure to some of:
• DevOps tooling, security and observability, artifacts & artifact repositories
  
  

Database Exposure

• Basic database concepts
• Experience in database migration and modernisation
  
  

What We're Looking For

• Curious, eager to learn, and hands-on
• Comfortable experimenting and solving problems
• Clear communicator and team player
• Willing to engage with clients and take ownership
  
  

Bonus

• Open-source contributions
• Certifications
  
  

How Your Experience Will Grow

• Structured mentoring from senior cloud and platform engineers
• Real project work, not shadow-only roles
• Exposure to some of the largest and most complex cloud environments in Australia
• Clear growth path from junior to mid-level engineer
• Support for learning, certifications, and skill development
  
  

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.