Senior Java Software Engineer

Cognizant; Burgess Hill; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is searching for a Senior Engineer in Burgess Hill, England to develop core features and functions of card transaction systems deployed in the cloud. You will utilize Java Technologies and participate in agile teams, actively contributing to the latest development practices.

The role requires collaboration with various stakeholders to create solutions for complex problems, maintenance of platform health, and familiarity with a range of technologies including Microservices and Spring Framework.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Java, Spring, and Microservices.
• Familiarity with agile development methods.
• Hands-on experience with public cloud offerings such as AWS or Azure.

Responsibilities

• Develop APIs and seamless integrations between vendor products.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to solve complex technical issues.
• Maintain platform health through vulnerability remediation.

Skills

Java

Spring

Spring Boot

Microservices

Openshift Cloud

Web Services (SOAP and RESTful)

GIT

Maven

Education

Bachelor's degree or Higher

Tools

Jenkins

SonarCube

Job description

Job Summary

As a Senior Engineer you will be building core features and functions of card transaction systems on distributed platform deployed in the cloud. Actively participating in agile teams and the latest development practices, writing code and unit tests, working with API specs and automation. Engineers use Java Technologies to drive innovation while also finding opportunities for adopting new technologies.

As a part of technical team, you will work to bring ground‑breaking and diverse ideas to life that power the digital systems, services, products, and platforms.

• Developing seamless integrations between vendor products and the environment by developing APIs, utilizing enterprise file transfer, and Identity and Access platforms
• Collaborating with product owners, delivery managers, vendors, engineers, architects, and key stakeholders to resolve complex technical problems and create solutions.
• Maintaining the Platform Health of vendor products through vulnerability remediation, CMDB validation and maintenance, threat modeling, and ensuring enterprise resiliency

Technical Skills

Java, Spring, Spring boot, micro services, Openshift cloud ,Webservices (SOAP and RESTful) ,GIT, Maven ,work.

Role Responsibilities

• Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methods
• Strong engineering hands‑on experience on the below technical skills:Java, J2EE, vert.xJava Memory Management, Garbage Collection, Multithreading, Immutability & concurrency programming System design & architecture with Spring Framework
• Familiarity with reactive programming frameworks - Spring Webflux, RXJava Experience with RESTful and GraphQL based micro‑services Relational Databases like Oracle, DB2, Postgres NoSql databases like Couchbase, Cassandra, Mongo, S3Microservices design patterns
• Event driven programming paradigm using Kakfa, Solace, MQ Continuous Integration, and full SDLC Development tools, including Jenkins, Bamboo, GIT, Maven, Junit, SonarCube, Static analysis, Security testing
• Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands‑on experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, Azure)
• Experience creating and implementing effective monitoring, tracing and system performance tooling Ability to think and analyse both breadth‑wise (client, server, DB, control flow) and depth‑wise (threads, sessions, space‑time complexity) while designing and implementing services
• Able to communicate complex data structures and associated components Designs, codes, tests, maintains, and documents applications
• Defines test conditions based on the requirements and specifications provided Has deep understanding of the core tools used in the planning, analysing, crafting, building, testing, configuring, and maintaining of assigned application(s)

Job Requirements

Essential Skills

Java, Spring, Spring boot, micro services, Openshift cloud ,Webservices (SOAP and RESTful) ,GIT ,Maven ,work Domain Skills, Micro services.

Nice To Have Skills

Couchbase, Cassandra, Mongo, S3 Microservices design patterns,Event driven programming paradigm using Kakfa, Solace, MQContinuous Integration, Vert.x, GraphQL, Spring WebFlux (e.g., RXJava), Kafka, Solace, MQ, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, public cloud (AWS/Azure), and performance monitoring tools

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or Higher