Application Specialist jobs in North East Region

Shape the future of AI with CGI, helping organisations solve complex business challenges through innovative, responsible, and impactful solutions. As an AI Specialist within our Tech Advisory Practice, you'll work alongside clients to design AI strategies, develop cutting-edge solutions, and turn emerging technologies into measurable business value. You'll have the opportunity to influence AI transformation across industries while working in a collaborative environment that encourages ownership, supports your professional growth, and empowers you to innovate with confidence. Join a team where your expertise in AI can make a lasting difference for clients and help shape the future of intelligent business.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. 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, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.

Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position.

Your future duties and responsibilities

In this role, you will work with clients to understand their business challenges and identify opportunities where AI can deliver meaningful outcomes. You'll help shape AI strategies, define solution roadmaps, and lead the delivery of innovative AI capabilities from proof of concept through to production, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, ethical, and aligned to business objectives. Working across multidisciplinary teams, you'll combine technical expertise with strategic thinking to deliver measurable value while contributing to the continued growth of CGI's AI capability.

You'll play a key role in designing, developing, and deploying advanced AI solutions using Machine Learning, Generative AI, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, and Advanced Analytics. You'll also guide experimentation, communicate complex technical concepts clearly to stakeholders, and continuously optimise AI solutions to improve customer experiences, operational efficiency, and business decision-making.

Key responsibilities:
Lead & Deliver end-to-end AI engagements from discovery through to deployment and optimisation.
Develop & Implement AI strategies and technology roadmaps aligned to client objectives.
Design & Build Machine Learning, Generative AI, NLP, and Computer Vision solutions.
Experiment & Validate models through structured testing and iterative refinement.
Collaborate & Advise clients and cross-functional teams to identify high-value AI opportunities.
Translate & Communicate technical findings into practical business recommendations.
Optimise & Scale AI solutions using robust engineering and MLOps practices.
Champion & Promote responsible AI, security, privacy, and governance throughout solution delivery.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

You'll bring commercial experience delivering AI solutions alongside a strong technical foundation across modern AI technologies and software engineering practices. You should be comfortable working directly with clients, translating complex business requirements into innovative AI solutions, and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality outcomes.

Essential qualifications:
Proven experience delivering AI solutions in a commercial consulting or client-facing environment.
Strong expertise in Machine Learning, Generative AI, Natural Language Processing, Advanced Analytics, and ideally Computer Vision.
Excellent Python development skills with frameworks such as pandas, scikit-learn, TensorFlow or PyTorch, and LangChain.
Experience with cloud AI services including AWS Bedrock, Azure Machine Learning, or Google Cloud AI Platform.
Good understanding of data engineering, model deployment, and MLOps best practices.
Experience with Git-based development, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to design scalable AI architectures.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Proven ability to build trusted client relationships and work effectively within multidisciplinary teams.

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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.

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