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.