Continuous Improvement Engineer with Java - DevOps Team

Free-Work; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Free-Work in the Manchester area is seeking a CI Engineer with Java experience to join a DevOps team. The role requires 4+ years of engineering with large-scale applications and a focus on automation, reliability, and scalable solutions.

You will work on CI pipelines using Hudson/Jenkins, Maven/Nexus, and Git, with scripting in Python/Groovy. The 3‑month contract starts immediately and is based on-site near Manchester.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field or equivalent training and experience.
• 4+ years engineering experience with large-scale applications.
• Strong understanding of Java and related build tools (Maven/Nexus).
• Experience with CI tools (Hudson/Jenkins).
• Advanced knowledge of source control systems, preferably Git.
• Expert scripting in Python/Perl/Groovy.
• Desire to automate build, test, deployment processes.
• Ability to participate in 24x7 on-call rotations and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for large-scale Java applications.
• Automate build, test, and deployment activities.
• Collaborate across multiple teams with varied skill sets.
• Participate in on-call rotations for 24x7 service requirement.

Skills

Java

CI tools

Git

Maven/Nexus

Scripting

Automation

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in CS or related

Tools

Hudson

Jenkins

Maven

Nexus

Job description

About the Job

CI Engineer with Java- DevOps Team

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent training and experience.

4+ years engineering experience with large-scale applications.

Ability to apply complex principles, theories and concepts of the technical discipline and provide solutions to a wide range of complex tasks, - projects and problems

Advanced knowledge and proficiency with source control systems, preferably git

Experience using and configuring continuous integration tools (Hudson, Jenkins, etc.)

Proficient with Java based build systems and related tools (Maven, Nexus, etc.)

Expertise developing in Java language

Expert with scripting languages (python, perl, groovy etc.)

Strong desire to automate build, test, deployment, and related activities

Ability to participate in on-call rotation for 24x7 service requirement.

Able to collaborate and work effectively across multiple teams with varying skillsets.

The position will be based near Manchester.

This is a 3 month contract to start immediately.