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

Role Overview

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.

Responsibilities

* 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

Skill Set

Essential

* Java

* Cloud Services development

* Unit testing

Desirable

* DevSecOps awareness using tools such as Tekton, ArgoCD, SonarQube

* Red Hat Openshift container platform or Kubernetes

* Quarkus Framework

* Front End development using Angular

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

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