Lead Java Developer

Lead Java Developer (ACTIVE SC)

Permanent 

Birmingham/ Reading (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 Birmingham/ Reading.  

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