Java Developer (SC Cleared)

Job Title: Java Developer (SC Cleared)

Contract: Inside IR35

Setup: Remote (Hybridinitially 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

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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 xwzovoh 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)