Lead Java Developer (ACTIVE SC)
Permanent
Reading/ Birmingham (Hybrid)
£70,000- £75,000 + Benefits
We are looking for a Lead Java Developer with AWS experience and active SC clearance for a permanent position based in Reading/ Birmingham.
This position involves travel two days per week and is available for an immediate start, preferably in early May 2025.
A chance to work with a Leading Digital Transformation Business Delivering Large-scale, Long-term IT Projects for the Public Sector.
Key skills & experience:
Experienced with large-scale integration projects involving microservices, messaging systems (ActiveMQ), and distributed architectures
Web services (both SOAP and RESTful) and containerisation using Docker
Automated testing with frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, Powermock, JMock, DBUnit, and TestContainers
Continuous Integration tools and practices, including Maven, Git, Jenkins, SonarQube, and Stash
Development in Linux environments and use of Atlassian tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence)
Working with open-source databases like PostgreSQL and cloud platforms, particularly AWS (EC2, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Route53, KMS, CloudWatch)
Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and modern development practices like TDD and BDD
Essential: Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Spring Integration, Spring Batch, Quartz, Spring extension projects (Data, Cloud, Batch, Security), JPA (Hibernate), AWS Cloud hosting and its components, Postgres/Aurora, Angular, and Bootstrap
Active SC Clearance is required for this role, NPVV3 is highly desirable