Java Developer - Remote Guildford or Newcastle - £70 per hour Umbrella - CONTRACT

We are recruiting for a Software Java Cloud Engineer on contract to work for a leading Defence organisation. The role can be based in either their Newcastle or Guildford offices 3 days per week and remote for 2.

We require experienced software engineers who have had real world experience of Kubernetes, DevSecOps and the latest Java frameworks.

Skills such as testing, deployment, configuration are essential for this role.

The Software Engineer will join our collaborative, forward-thinking Agile Scrum team, working on innovative Geospatial software, using the latest cloud-based technologies. The engineer will be involved in every stage of the software development life cycle, from initial design through development, testing, and deployment, delivering robust, scalable cloud-based services.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality, readable, scalable and easily maintained code, using Java and related technologies, meeting requirements and coding standards.
• Develop reusable patterns and encourage innovation that will enhance team velocity.
• Contribute to quality assurance by writing unit and automated tests.
• Conduct design and code reviews to ensure code developed meets coding best practices guidelines, unit testing, security, and scalability and maintainability guidelines
• Ensure code is sufficiently documented and share knowledge of solutions implemented.
• Participate in sprint planning, reviews, and daily stand-ups in a true Agile environment, contributing to agile based estimating.
• Work with the scrum team to meet the sprint commitments

Skill Set

Essential

Desirable

Essential

• Java
• Cloud Services development
• Unit testing

Desirable

• DevSecOps awareness using tools such as Tekton, ArgoCD, SonarQube
• Red Hat Openshift container platform or Kubernetes
• Quarkus Framework
• Front End development using Angular

IMPORTANT NOTE: The candidate will also need to be able to achieve or have SC clearance.