Java Developer (SC Cleared)
3 days ago
Southampton
Job Title: Java Developer (SC Cleared) Contract: Inside IR35 Setup: Remote (Hybrid initially for travel required during knowledge transfer for 1st 3 months across different locations in England – on-call work may be required later in the contract as well) Security Clearance: Must be holding active, unelapsed SC clearance Interview Process: 1 Stage, MS Teams We are 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 who are comfortable providing L3 support in regulated environments. Key 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 contribute to peer reviews, • Escalate complex issues to senior engineers while supporting technical decision-making, • Participate in knowledge transfer, operational support and future on-call rota where required Essential Technical Skills • A minimum of 2 years’ professional experience in Java & related technologies (preferably with Java SE 11+ or EJB/JSP), • Experience in supporting legacy applications, • Experience refactoring & developing automated tests, • Experience in basic integration work with auditing & protective monitoring services Technologies: • Spring/Spring Boot, • Oracle Weblogic, • Oracle PL/SQL, • ODBC/JDBC, • Elasticsearch, • Java Desirable Skills • ETL, • Cloud Platforms, • Git, • Jenkins, • Nginx, • Apache HTTP/Tomcat, • Docker, • IBM Initiate (MDM)