Java Software Engineer

Your roleThe experience expected from applicants, as well as additional skills and qualifications needed for this job are listed below.

• You will be a hands-on technical expert helping us deliver projects in a true DevOps manner. You will apply a software engineering mindset to problems, whether that's provisioning services, writing code or writing automation tools and scripts.
• You will have a lean mindset, striving to build reliable and performant services that are operationally sound. You will strive to do things better and faster, eliminating waste and applying this across the entire software delivery lifecycle for both internal customers and end users.

Your skills and experience

• Experience of Java

• Experience of Spring framework or equivalent.

• Knowledge of software design patterns and when to apply them

• Excellent knowledge of development processes.

• Experience of containerisation using Docker or Kubernetes

• Experience of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD)

• A passion for delivering quality code, by use of TDD and setting high software quality standard

We're also using the following technologies and patterns, it would be great if you had some of the skills, if not we can help develop them:

• Designing microservice-based architectures using domain driven design (DDD). CQRS and Event Sourcing patterns

• Kubernetes

• Knowledge/Certification in Spring framework.

• Experience in cloud technologies AWS/Azure/GCP

You will be required to pass through Security Clearance if you are successful in this recruitment process, which is a condition of undertaking the role.

Please ensure you are aware of the requirements before submitting your application

Your Security Clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.

To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.

Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.