Remote Java Developer – Legacy Systems & L3 Support (SC)

Montash; England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Montash is supporting a large, mission-critical public-sector team in expanding their Java development operations to maintain and evolve a complex legacy technology environment. This role suits Java developers, with at least 2 years of professional software development experience, who are comfortable providing L3 support in regulated environments.

The Setup is remote with hybrid initially for travel during knowledge transfer for the first 3 months across different locations in England.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of professional Java development experience.
• Experience in supporting legacy applications.
• Experience refactoring and developing automated tests.
• Experience with basic integration work including auditing and protective monitoring services.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain Java-based legacy applications within a critical national system.
• Provide L3 support, troubleshooting issues and resolving incidents across application components.
• Develop, test and maintain Java and PL/SQL applications, scripts and supporting services.
• Refactor existing code and contribute to automated test coverage.
• Work with Oracle WebLogic, JDBC / ODBC integrations and stored procedures.
• Support Elasticsearch components used within the application estate.
• Collaborate with Support, Platform and DBA teams to resolve issues and deliver changes.
• Maintain technical documentation, follow coding standards and participate in peer reviews.
• Escalate complex issues to senior engineers and contribute to technical decision-making.
• Participate in knowledge transfer and future on-call rota where required.

Skills

Java development

Legacy application support

Automated testing

Integration & monitoring

Job description

Montash is supporting a large, mission-critical public-sector team in expanding their Java development operations to maintain and evolve a complex legacy technology environment. This role suits Java developers, with at least 2 years of professional software development experience, who are comfortable providing L3 support in regulated environments.

The Setup is remote with hybrid initially for travel during knowledge transfer for the first 3 months across different locations in England.