Senior AI Coding Engineer

Position Description:

CGI is looking for a Senior AI Coding Engineer to lead the rollout configuration and ongoing support of enterprise coding agent tools such as GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex. This is a hands-on role for someone who has actually run these platforms in a live production environment not just built a proof of concept.


This position is required in one of the following locations: Birmingham AL Knoxville TN or Lafayette LA

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Youll be the go-to person for getting coding agents working safely and effectively across engineering teams: setting up org level policies managing access and permissions tuning agent behavior and making sure everything holds up from a security standpoint. Youll also build out the supporting tooling APIs automation scripts test harnesses needed to keep these agents reliable and secure at scale primarily within an AWS environment.


This role calls for someone comfortable working independently digging into tricky integration issues and setting the technical direction for how coding agents get adopted across the organization. Youll partner closely with engineering teams to troubleshoot problems validate agent behavior and enforce least privilege access for both human users and autonomous agents.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

. 5 years hands on experience running GitHub Copilot and/or OpenAI Codex in a production setting configuring administering and troubleshooting not just experimenting
. Comfortable managing enterprise level policies: user/group access repo permissions tool access model configuration and usage controls
. Experience building and securing MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers scopes permissions auth identity propagation credential handling least privilege boundaries
. Solid grasp of identity and access management SSO SAML OAuth 2.0 OIDC SCIM RBAC JWT/bearer tokens and the difference between authentication and authorization (for people AND agents)
. Strong AWS background especially Bedrock/Bedrock Agents IAM ECS Lambda API Gateway CloudWatch Secrets Manager and general VPC/networking know how
. Strong Python skills building REST APIs automation utilities integration services and test/validation frameworks
. Background in security testing for agents: unauthorized access scenarios privilege escalation token handling prompt injection/tool abuse testing and building repeatable evaluation frameworks
. Experience building or configuring custom agents GPTs/assistants tool integrations and multi agent workflows


Desired Skillset:


. Bash/shell scripting PowerShell and dedicated AI security testing experience


Educational Requirements:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or a related field.


Other Information:
CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set level experience relevant training and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $86500.00 $123200.00.
CGIs benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include: . Competitive compensation . Comprehensive insurance options . Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan . Paid time off for vacation holidays and sick time . Paid parental leave .Learning opportunities and tuition assistance . Wellness and Well being programs

Skills:

• Amazon Web Services Cloud
• GitHub
• Identity and access mgt (IAM)
• BASH
• OpenAI
• Shell Script

What you can expect from us:

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You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. Thats why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our companys strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. Youll 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.

Youll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. Youll 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 teamone of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC