Senior Java Developer

Cognizant Technology Solutions; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology services company in London is seeking engineers skilled in Java and Spring Boot to migrate services to AWS. Candidates must have effective communication skills and be self-sufficient problem solvers. The role includes responsibilities such as upgrading system components and managing data sinks. Competitive compensation and a collaborative work environment are offered.

Qualifications

• Engineers should be self-sufficient and able to think for themselves.
• Effective communication skills.
• Understanding of Solid & Design principles.

Responsibilities

• Migrate on-premise services to OCP in AWS.
• Update pipelines to use in-house Trident solution.
• Upgrade all components from Spring Boot 3.5 to 4.
• Creation of new services or data sinks that are single responsibility.
• Service decommissions.
• BAU work.

Skills

Java 17, 21

Junit 5

Spring Boot 3, 4

Gradle

GitHub

Nexus

Artifactory

Sonar

Jacoco

Kafka

Kubernetes

Helm

HBase

PostgreSQL

Jenkins

CICD

Job description

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3 Days of work in the office

Job Summary

• Work Profile for First 6 Months:
• Migrate on-premise services to OCP in AWS.
• Update pipelines to use in-house Trident solution.
• Upgrade all components from Spring Boot 3.5 to 4.
• Creation of new services or data sinks that are single responsibility and publish/consume from Kafka.
• Service decommissions.
• BAU work.

Job Requirements

Must Have Skillsets:

• Java 17, 21
• Junit 5, Cucumber
• Spring Boot 3, 4
• Tooling (Gradle, GitHub, Nexus, Artifactory, Sonar, Jacoco)
• Kafka
• Kubernetes, Helm
• Databases (Preferably HBase, PostgreSQL)
• Jenkins and CICD

Nice to Have Skills:

• Desired Additional Skills & Experience:
• Kafka Streams, Data sinks
• OCP
• RabbitMQ
• Observability (Datadog, Grafana, Logging concepts and traces, Logback)
• AWS
• NoSQL datastores (Mongo, DynamoDB)
• Security (Kerberos, JWT, Hashi Corp Vault, CVEs)
• Design principles (Event Driven, testing, migrations, SOA, microservices, APIs)

Soft Skills:

• Engineers should be self-sufficient and able to think for themselves, challenge solutions, and resolve issues without assistance from other FTEs.
• Effective communication skills.

Ability to challenge solutions.

Understanding of Solid & Design principles.

The Cognizant community:

We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

• Cognizant is a global community with more than 300,000 associates around the world.
• We don't just dream of a better way - we make it happen.
• We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what's right.
• We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that's right for you.

About us:

Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World's Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Disclaimer:
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.