Java Developer Remote - Umbrella

We are recruiting for a Software Engineer on contract to work for a leading Defence organisation. The role can be based in their Guildford or Newcastle offices 3 days per week and remote for 2.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
The candidate will also need to be able to achieve or have SC clearance.

The Software Engineer will join our collaborative, forward-thinking Agile Scrum team, working on innovative Geospatial software, using the latest cloud-based technologies. The engineer will be involved in every stage of the software development life cycle, from initial design through development, testing, and deployment, delivering robust, scalable cloud-based services.

The role is based at our Newcastle office. Flexible working arrangements are in place for the team. The successful candidate is expected to be in the office 3 days a week, with the opportunity to work 2 days from home.

• Develop high-quality, readable, scalable and easily maintained code, using Java and related technologies, meeting requirements and coding standards.
• Develop reusable patterns and encourage innovation that will enhance team velocity.
• Contribute to quality assurance by writing unit and automated tests.
• Conduct design and code reviews to ensure code developed meets coding best practices guidelines, unit testing, security, and scalability and maintainability guidelines
• Ensure code is sufficiently documented and share knowledge of solutions implemented.
• Participate in sprint planning, reviews, and daily stand‑ups in a true Agile environment, contributing to agile based estimating.
• Work with the scrum team to meet the sprint commitments

• Java
• Cloud Services development
• Unit testing

• Dev Sec Ops  awareness using tools such as Tekton, ArgoCD, Sonar Qube
• Red Hat Openshift container platform or Kubernetes
• Quarkus Framework
• Front End development using Angular