London, 24 February 2014

Career open days in Swansea and Bridgend

CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) today announced it is further investing in its South Wales operations by recruiting for 100 new roles. The roles range from entry-level positions to those for experienced technology and delivery professionals, providing a range of services to CGI’s clients including household brand names and the public sector.

CGI will be running two open days for interested candidates to find more out about CGI, the current roles and its focus on developing talent. The first open day will take place on 25 February 2014 in Swansea at The Dylan Thomas Museum and a second on 11 March 2014 at the Bridgend Innovation Centre.
 

CGI currently employs around 900 members in South Wales delivering a range of outsourcing and infrastructure services to clients. CGI Waterton based Service Desk is accredited by the Service Desk Institute (SDI). CGI is the only organisation in the world to have achieved the 5 star standard and it is a recognition of the extremely high levels of client service.

Available roles include:

  • Service Desk Analysts and Service Desk Technical Analysts
  • Problem, Incident and Change Coordinators and Managers
  • Technical Design Authority
  • Infrastructure Project & Programme Managers
  • Network Engineers & Architects
  • Server Engineers & Architects
  • Storage Architects
  • Infrastructure Security Engineers & Architects
  • Service Delivery Managers
  • Testers, Application Support Analysts, Application Management professionals
  • Graduates.

CGI was named Best Outsourced Contact Centre at the Welsh Contact Centre Forum Awards in February 2014.

About CGI

Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is the fifth largest independent information technology and business process services firm in the world. Approximately 68,000 professionals serve thousands of global clients from offices and delivery centers across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, leveraging a comprehensive portfolio of services including high-end business and IT consulting, systems integration, application development and maintenance, infrastructure management as well as a wide range of proprietary solutions. With annual revenue in excess of C$10 billion and an order backlog exceeding C$19 billion, CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Website: www.cgi.com/uk

For more information:
Jenny Thorpe
UK external communications
Tel: 44 (0)7771 815428
Jenny.thorpe@cgi.com