Java Developer | AWS Microservices I SC Cleared

Java Developer | AWS Microservices I SC Cleared

£280-£500 per day (Inside IR35/Umbrella)

Contract: 14 months

Locations: London, Manchester, Newcastle or Glasgow (2-3 days on site p/w)

Security Clearance: Existing SC or CTC preferred. SC eligibility required.

We are looking for an experienced Java Developer to join a high-profile cloud transformation programme, working within a Scrum team responsible for developing and supporting services across a large-scale AWS-hosted microservices architecture.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on complex, enterprise-level systems, contributing across the full software development lifecycle while collaborating with highly skilled engineers in a modern cloud environment.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop and maintain Java-based microservices

Write clean, scalable and well-tested code

Perform unit testing and support integration testing activities

Conduct and approve peer code reviews (PR reviews)

Manage code promotion through multiple environments into production

Support CI/CD best practices and release processes

Mentor and develop junior team members

Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Architects and Scrum team members

Essential Skills & Experience

Strong commercial experience with Java 8+

Experience building cloud-based Microservices

Strong knowledge of:

Spring Boot

Maven

Guice

JUnit

PostgreSQL

Experience using Git-based source control tools such as Bitbucket/Git

Agile/Scrum delivery experience

Desirable Skills

AWS cloud services

Kubernetes

Helm

Jenkins

CI/CD pipelines and build automation

Experience supporting applications through to production environments