Lead Java Developer

TieTalent; Reading; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital transformation business is seeking a Lead Java Developer with AWS experience and active SC clearance for a permanent role in Reading or Birmingham. This position involves working on large-scale IT projects for the public sector, utilizing modern development practices and technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience with Java 17+, Spring Boot, and AWS components.
• Active SC Clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Lead development on large-scale integration projects.
• Work with microservices and cloud platforms.

Skills

Java

AWS

Agile methodologies

Microservices

Tools

Docker

JUnit

Git

Jenkins

PostgreSQL

Job description

We are looking for a Lead Java Developer with AWS experience and active SC clearance for a permanent position based in Reading/ Birmingham.

This position involves travel two days per week and is available for an immediate start, preferably in early May 2025.

Achance to work with a Leading Digital Transformation Business Delivering Large-scale, Long-term IT Projects for the Public Sector.

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