Platform Support Engineer (Java)

InterQuest Group; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday (+ 8 flex days)

Private Medical Insurance (PMI)

Performance related bonus

PMI

Job summary

A financial services company is seeking an Application Reliability & Performance Engineer to enhance application performance and support Java systems. Responsibilities include incident resolution and infrastructure maintenance. Candidates should have extensive experience with Java and Spring Boot. The role offers 25 days of holiday and various health benefits.

Qualifications

• Extensive Java knowledge and experience (Java 17+ required).
• Experience with Spring Boot, Jenkins, GIT, and CI/CD.
• Familiarity with Agile working principles.
• Proficient with Jira and Confluence for issue tracking.
• Monitoring/alerting tools and dashboards (Grafana preferred).
• Scripting in Shell/Bash and Python; SQL/PLSQL.
• Agile, DevOps mindset and strong problem-solving skills.
• Experience with AWS services and IaC.

Responsibilities

• Support batch processing and proactive analysis across squads.
• Investigate and resolve production incidents and problems.
• Deliver patching and database fixes.
• Provide application support and monitoring dashboards (Grafana).
• Deliver data analysis to support business decisions.
• Improve batch efficiency and data archiving strategies.
• Maintain core systems and related infrastructure (Kubernetes, SOLR).

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Jenkins

GIT

CI/CD

Agile principles

AWS Services

Automation

Excellent problem-solving

Grafana/Monitoring

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Grafana

Kubernetes

SOLR

Shell/Bash

Python

Standard SQL

PLSQL

Job description

Application Reliability & Performance Engineer

We are currently recruiting for an Application Reliability & Performance Engineer to join an industry leading and ambitious financial services company. This is an exciting opportunity with multifaceted responsibilities, including infrastructure, application and batch support. As well as developing and maintaining Grafana dashboards.

What you’ll be doing

• Support batch processing and carry out proactive analysis across squads and services.
• Support and triage Java products
• Provide application support for Java.
• Review Java code and suggest improvements to enhance quality and performance.
• Investigate and resolve production incidents, problems, and change requests.
• Offer expertise on business processes for projects and production support issues.
• Maintain core systems and related infrastructure like Kubernetes and SOLR.
• Improve batch efficiency and reduce costs, including audit-ready data archiving strategies.
• Provide data analysis to support business decisions
• Deliver patching, database fixes, and business-critical data correction services.

Experience Required

• Extensive Java knowledge and experience is required for this position, Java 17+ (preferably 21), Spring Boot
• Jenkins, GIT and CI/CD
• Jira and Confluence
• Monitoring / alerting tools and solutions
• Scripting or coding with shell/bash, and Python
• Standard SQL query language and PLSQL
• Agile principles and ways of working
• DevOps mindset
• Excellent problem-solving abilities
• Automation
• Core AWS Services & Infrastructure as Code
• Application Performance Optimisation

On top of the salary, you will receive a wide range of benefits which include: 25 days holiday (+ 8 flex days), PMI, a performance related bonus and several benefits to support your health and wellbeing.

Candidates must be based in the UK and hold a British/EU Passport or Indefinite Leave to Remain. Unfortunately, sponsorship cannot be offered for this role.