Software Engineer

A market leading Defence & Security client of ours is currently in the market for Software Engineering professionals to join their team based in Gloucester. In the role you will play a pivotal role in developing cutting edge software systems and applications. You'll be at the forefront of driving innovation and safeguarding digital infrastructures in the UK.

Typical responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate, and carry out software development activities.
• Design and run tests to debug and improve software.
• Translate customer requirements into mission/business applications, following agreed standards and processes.
• Fix program errors and prepare operating instructions.
• Produce and maintain development documentation.

Required skills and experience:

• Proficiency in Java (plus experience with Python or other languages).
• Development experience on Linux.
• Strong knowledge of unit testing frameworks (e.g. JUnit 5).
• Skilled with Git version control.
• Experience with Agile/SCRUM.
• Database experience (Oracle, relational, and/or MongoDB).
• CI/CD pipelines (GitLab).
• Familiarity with Apache NiFi, Hibernate, Elasticsearch, and Kibana.
• Front-end experience with JavaScript/TypeScript & React.
• Proficiency with Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket).
• Experience mentoring junior engineers.

Desirable skills and qualifications:

• Experience with JSF (Primefaces).
• Cloud development (AWS) and microservice/serverless architectures.
• Supporting and maturing CI/CD pipelines for cloud deployments.
• Knowledge of migrating on-prem workloads to the cloud.
• Hands-on use of AWS services such as EC2, EKS, Fargate, IAM, S3, and Lambda.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.