JAVA Engineer CGEMJP00316926
Posted 2 weeks ago by Experis UK
£440 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Telford, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The JAVA Engineer role focuses on developing and maintaining software within a DevOps team, utilizing Agile methodologies. The position involves working on new products, supporting live services, and requires knowledge of various digital technologies. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong problem-solving skills, adaptability, and a passion for continuous improvement. This is a hybrid role based in Telford, requiring two days of onsite work per week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain software products within a DevOps team.
- Support live services and ensure adherence to development requirements.
- Utilize Agile methodologies for project execution.
- Implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery practices.
- Engage in configuration automation and cloud computing tasks.
- Collaborate with team members to drive change and continuous improvement.
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to their development.
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in JAVA and J2EE.
- Proficiency in Java, JSON, XML, Microservices, and Agile Scrum methodology.
- Knowledge of Open Source and Digital technologies.
- Familiarity with tools such as Docker, Puppet, and IntelliJ.
- Ability to learn new platforms and technologies quickly.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong problem-solving and creativity skills.
- Experience with Agile methodologies and practices.
Salary (Rate): £440 daily
City: Telford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role Title: JAVA Engineer - Microservices / Messaging
Duration: 6 month contract
Location: Telford, Hybrid 2 days per week onsite
Rate: £350 - £440 p/d Umbrella inside IR35
Role Purpose / Summary
A new opportunity for a software engineer/developer, this new position is part of the EIS TS2 contract area. The Developer will work within a DevOps team, using Agile at Scale methodology, and may be involved in development of new products, maintenance of existing products and support of live services, carrying out development in accordance with the agreed requirements and development.
The role requires Knowledge of Open Source & Digital technologies; Familiarity & knowledge in the following concepts/areas:
- Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
- Agile/Lean Development
- Dev Ops
- Infrastructure as Code
- Automated Deployment of code
- Configuration Automation
- Cloud Computing and AWS
- Automated provisioning and scaling ; Knowledge of tools to enable the above.
Essential
- Lateral thinking: generate innovative approaches and solutions to complex problems
- Pragmatism: delivery-focused, adaptable and responsive
- Influencing skills to drive change and continuous improvement
- Self-starter with demonstrable career progression through personal initiative
- Passionate and energetic: ambitious, committed, drives immediacy and urgency
- Strong people skills: communication, negotiation, listening
- Demonstrable ability to learn new platforms and technologies quickly
- Good written and verbal communication skills, Problem solving and creativity skills, Honesty and Integrity, Eagerness to learn, Drive and energy, Professional appearance
- Agile approach and methods; Strong Experience of Agile methodology; Open Source / Digital technologies & solutions
Desirable Skills
- Technical ability in JAVA, J2ee
- Experienced in the following languages/tools, must have a proven background of experience - Java, JSON, XML, Microservices, Agile Scrum methodology, Play Framework, mongoDB.
- Knowledge of these areas - Scala, Docker, Puppet, IntelliJ, IDE, Sbt
- Knowledge of -Java Development, Weblogic, Webmethods, Java Scripting, J2SE, J2EE, Spring, EJB, HTML, HTML5, Unix, Eclipse, SOAP, XML, REST, JBOSS, Apache, Tomact, SQL, Hibernate, JUnit, Selenium (Automation), GiT
- Ability to work in all areas of the project life cycle.
- Strong working knowledge of Agile approach & methodologies
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong problem solving ability.
- Mentoring skills
- Ability to write technical papers/reports.
All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!