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Technical Analyst - Entry Level
Category: Software Development/ Engineering
Main location: United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis
Position ID:J0826-1599
Employment Type: Graduate
Position Description:
Are you interested in understanding how technology can solve complex business challenges and improve the way organizations operate? Do you enjoy problem solving, working across systems, applications, and teams to ensure technology truly supports business outcomes?
If so, CGI offers a place where you can grow your career, build your skills, and make a real impact from day one.
As an Entry Level Technical Analyst, you'll work with cross functional teams to support the design, integration, and optimization of modern technology solutions. You'll gain hands on experience with both traditional and AI enabled tools, building strong foundations in analysis, automation, system integration, and collaborative problem solving.
Fall Application Period: August 24, 2026 - October 2, 2026
Your future duties and responsibilities:
How You'll Make an Impact
• Develop a strong understanding of your client's industry, organization, customers, and business objectives.
• Build trusted relationships with clients and teammates by asking thoughtful questions, actively listening, and clarifying business and technical needs.
• Collaborate with clients and cross-functional teams to translate business questions and needs into analytical approaches and solutions.
• Apply foundational technical concepts to support applications, systems, data, integrations, and other technology solutions based on project needs.
• Support testing, troubleshooting, and issue resolution to help ensure solutions are reliable and meet business and technical requirements.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, user guides, and other project deliverables to support implementation, knowledge sharing and ongoing improvement.
• Use modern and AI-enabled tools to support technical analysis, documentation, testing, troubleshooting, and solution development.
• Apply responsible AI practices by considering privacy, security, accuracy, transparency, and appropriate human oversight when using AI-enabled tools.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders throughout the project life cycle to communicate progress, share information and support successful outcomes.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
What You'll Bring
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Authorization to work in the United States on a permanent basis without current or future employer sponsorship. Certain positions may also require U.S. Citizenship and/or the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance based on client or government requirements.
• Curiosity, professionalism, and a strong desire for continuous learning.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with comfort navigating ambiguity and complex information.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills with the ability to simplify and explain complex ideas.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively with cross functional teams.
• Foundational understanding of technology concepts, including applications, systems, data integrations and the software development lifecycle.
• Exposure to technical tools and technologies such as programming or scripting (e.g., SQL, Python, or JavaScript), databases, APIs/system integration, cloud technologies and/or automation tools.
• Exposure to technology solutions through coursework, internships, research or personal projects is preferred but not required.
• Interest in learning and responsibly using AI-enabled tools, automation, and modern technologies to support technical analysis and solution delivery.
We're a global company of owners. Over 90,000 partners strong, we bring our diverse backgrounds and perspectives together to solve some of IT and business consulting's toughest problems for some of the world's best companies. Looking for a place that empowers you to explore your full potential and shape your own career? The scale and reach of our impact offer you just that. Join a team of great people, collaborate on meaningful work, and serve the communities you call home while you do it.
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 and 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 is $61,200 - $100,900.
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What you can expect from us:
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.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, sex, religion, creed, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and gender expression, familial status or responsibilities, reproductive health decisions, political affiliation, genetic information, height, weight, or any other legally protected status or characteristics to the extent required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws where we do business.
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All CGI offers of employment in the U.S. are contingent upon the ability to successfully complete a background investigation. Background investigation components can vary dependent upon specific assignment and/or level of US government security clearance held. Dependent upon role and/or federal government security clearance requirements, and in accordance with applicable laws, some background investigations may include a credit check. CGI will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records in accordance with all local regulations and ordinances.
CGI will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with CGI's legal duty to furnish information.