Senior Java Engineer - Deployment Security & Reliability

RE Partners; Jacksonville (FL); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

RE Partners is seeking a senior Java engineer to join a Deployment Security & Software Reliability team supporting a major financial institution. The role is highly hands-on, focusing on Java, CI/CD, dependency modernization, automated testing, software supply-chain security, containerization, release automation, and vulnerability remediation.

The candidate will design and optimize enterprise Java applications, enhance release processes, and collaborate directly with development teams to remove

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with Java.
• Strong experience designing, developing, troubleshooting, and improving enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of modern Java / Spring Boot development and architecture.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, build pipelines, and software release processes.
• Experience with Gradle and/or Maven and dependency management.
• Experience with automated testing and improving release confidence.
• Experience with dependency upgrades and application modernization.
• Understanding of application security, vulnerability remediation, and software supply-chain security.
• Experience with static analysis, code quality gates, SAST/SCA tooling, or platforms such as Snyk, Black Duck, or Checkmarx.
• Familiarity with SBOM concepts, CycloneDX, or SARIF.
• Experience with containerized applications and Kubernetes environments.
• Ability to work across application code, configuration, builds, testing, and deployment processes.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work directly with development teams to understand problems and drive solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, troubleshoot, and improve enterprise Java applications and services.
• Work directly with development teams to identify and resolve technical barriers to safe and rapid software delivery.
• Improve and modernize applications through dependency upgrades and automated code transformation.
• Improve CI/CD build and release processes, including release branching and deployment automation.
• Build and improve automated testing and release confidence.
• Work with build and package ecosystems including Gradle and Maven.
• Integrate and improve static code analysis, code quality gates, and application security scanning.
• Support integrations with tools such as Snyk, Black Duck, and Checkmarx.
• Work with SBOM tooling and CycloneDX to improve software supply‑chain visibility and security.
• Support containerized and Kubernetes-based deployments.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

CI/CD

Gradle/Maven

Automated testing

Software supply-chain security

Kubernetes

Containerization

SAST/SCA tools

Renovate/OpenRewrite

SBOM/CycloneDX/SARIF

Tools

Renovate

OpenRewrite

Snyk

Black Duck

Checkmarx

Gradle

Maven

npm

Job description

RE Partners is seeking a senior Java engineer to join a Deployment Security & Software Reliability team supporting a major financial institution. The role is highly hands-on, focusing on Java, CI/CD, dependency modernization, automated testing, software supply-chain security, containerization, release automation, and vulnerability remediation.

The candidate will design and optimize enterprise Java applications, enhance release processes, and collaborate directly with development teams to remove