Salary: £60,000 - 60,000 per year Requirements: Java Cloud Services development Unit testing DevSecOps awareness using tools such as Tekton, ArgoCD, SonarQube (desirable) Red Hat Openshift container platform or Kubernetes (desirable) Quarkus Framework (desirable) Front End development using Angular (desirable) 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. Technologies: Angular ArgoCD Cloud DevSecOps Java Kubernetes OpenShift Quarkus Security DevOps More: We are recruiting for a Software Engineer on contract to work for a leading Defence organisation. The successful candidate will join our collaborative, forward-thinking Agile Scrum team, working on innovative Geospatial software, using the latest cloud-based technologies. This role is based at our Newcastle office, with flexible working arrangements in place, where you will be expected to be in the office 3 days a week, and have the opportunity to work 2 days from home. Please note that the candidate will need to be able to achieve or have SC clearance. last updated 4 week of 2026