Java Developer

Syntax Consultancy Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consultancy in Birmingham seeks a Java Developer for a 6-month hybrid contract. The role requires active SC Clearance and NPPV3 Security Clearance, with strong Java development skills needed for government projects. You will work in a hybrid model, spending 2 days on-site and 3 days remote each week. The ideal candidate has expertise in Java 17+, Spring, and AWS services while supporting live systems and integrating solutions. Apply now to join a global leader in IT transformation.

Qualifications

• Active SC Clearance and NPPV3 Security Clearance required.
• Strong hands-on Java development expertise.
• Experience of developing solutions for large-scale integration projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions for a large-scale Government / Public Sector programme.
• Connect processes across multiple systems using message brokers.
• Support live systems and resolve incidents.

Skills

Java 17+

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST

SOAP Web Services

Docker

AWS Cloud Services

JUnit

Tools

Jenkins

Maven

PostgreSQL

Job description

Java Developer
Birmingham (Hybrid)
6 Month Contract
£(Apply online only)/day (Outside IR35)

Java Developer needed with both active SC Clearance and NPPV3 Security Clearance. 6 Month Contract based in Birmingham (Hybrid).

Paying up to £(Apply online only)/day (Outside IR35). Start ASAP in Feb/March 2026.

Hybrid Working - 3 days/week remote (WFH), and 2 days/week working on-site in the Birmingham office. Occasional travel to the Croydon office, typically once every 1-2 months.

A chance to work with a leading global IT transformation business specialising in delivering large-scale Government / Public Sector projects.

Key experience + tasks will include:

• Java Developer needed to work on developing solutions for a large-scale Government / Public Sector programme.
• Government / Public Sector / (url removed) sector experience strongly preferred.
• Strong hands-on Java development expertise including: Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Spring Integration, Spring Batch, Microservices, REST, SOAP Web Services, JPA (Hibernate).
• Experience of developing Java solutions for large-scale integration projects including: microservices, web services, messaging + distributed systems.
• Connecting processes across multiple systems using message brokers like ActiveMQ.
• Robust experience of Web Services, SOAP, RESTful), Containerization (Docker), and testing frameworks (Mockito, JUnit, Powermock, DBUnit, JMock, TestContainers).
• Supporting live systems + diagnose / resolving incidents.
• Continuous Integration methodologies such as: Maven, Jenkins, SonarQube, Git + Stash Repository.
• AWS Cloud Services (EC2, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Route53, Cloudwatch, KMS).
• Any experience of Linux, Atlassian products, open-source DBs, PostgreSQL, or Grafana monitoring would be helpful.
• Technical Environment: Quartz, SQL PostgreSQL databases, Aurora, Messaging Services (ActiveMQ), Maven, Jenkins, Junit, AWS Cloud hosting, Bootstrap, Docker, TDD + Agile/Scrum methods.
• Advantageous Skills: Angular, Node JS, Jaspersoft, Spring Cloud, Spring Batch, Spring Integration, SQL queries, Postgres/Aurora DB config, Activiti BPMN, Postfix, AWS/Azure Devops, CI/CD tools.