Java Technical Lead X5 - (Java 8) SC Security Cleared-

Java Technical Lead X5 (Java 8) – SC Security Cleared

Java Technical Lead X5 is urgently needed to support our central government client to provide Java technical leadership on a high-profile digital programme. This is a hands-on role where you’ll guide engineering teams, shape technical direction, and deliver secure, scalable, and resilient services. The Java Technical Leads will lead by example: designing and building Java-based microservices, driving adoption of modern cloud and DevOps practices, and ensuring services are reliable, automated, and well-monitored. The role requires someone equally comfortable setting strategy and getting into the detail of code, pipelines, and infrastructure.

Java Technical Lead X5- (Java 8)- Sc Security Cleared- Essential Experience

• Extensive Java development skills in Java 8 or above and Java leadership experience.
• Strong expertise in Java 8, microservices, event-driven systems.
• Kafka – production clusters, consumer lag, scaling, tuning, troubleshooting.
• MongoDB – replication, sharding, performance tuning, backups/restores.
• AWS – EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, IAM, ALB/NLB; HA design and cost optimisation desirable.
• Terraform – production experience (modules, remote state, multi-env, collaboration).
• Linux administration – CLI tools, system performance, network debugging, patching.
• CI/CD & Automation Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions – pipeline design, automation, deployments.
• Containers (Docker, Kubernetes); GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux) a plus.
• Infrastructure drift detection and IAC best practices.
• Monitoring & Observability, tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Datadog, CloudWatch.
• Building dashboards, alerting systems, SLA/SLO/SLI monitoring, alert tuning.
• Proven track record leading and mentoring engineering teams.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary environments with multiple stakeholders.
• Involvement in incident response, postmortems, on-call rotations.
• Strong communication skills, with ability to explain technical direction clearly.

Java Technical Lead X5 – (Java 8) SC Security Cleared- Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor engineers, providing technical direction and best practice guidance.
• Hands-on design and development of Java microservices using modern architecture patterns (Hexagonal Architecture).
• Drive an automation-first approach across CI/CD, infrastructure, and monitoring.
• Ensure systems are secure, resilient, and aligned with engineering standards.
• Collaborate with Dev, Ops, QA, and Security teams in a cross-functional environment.
• Support incident response, troubleshooting, and postmortems to improve reliability.

Contract until March 2026 with scope to extend-£550-£650pday inside IR35 Hybrid working with ad hoc days on site when required at a number of regional offices including London, Midlands, South West, Wales, North West, North East, Yorkshire & Scotland.

InterQuest Group is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. InterQuest Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, religion/belief, race, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, sex or sexual orientation. Please make us aware if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.