CGI has announced plans to expand its UK footprint into Northern Ireland with the opening of a new Belfast-based Centre of Excellence. CGI will extend its delivery centre capability into the region that will add to its existing workforce of almost 6,000 people throughout the UK.

CGI has for several years taken a ‘place-based’ approach to developing its presence in the UK, illustrated in how it has grown scale and capability in Scotland. CGI will recruit c.50 new consultants and IT professionals in Northern Ireland (of which 16 roles have already been filled) to work alongside the company’s existing Digital Services Delivery Centre in Scotland.

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