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 Docker IBM Initiate (MDM)…