Company Description
We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future in a technology-driven world.
As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.
Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough use of technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.
An innovation and transformation consultancy, we are over 4,000+ specialists in consumer, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government, health and life sciences, manufacturing, and transport. Our people are strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers and technologists. We operate globally from offices across the UK, US, Europe, and the Nordics.
PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.
Job Description
We are seeking highly skilled and experienced Java Engineers with expertise spanning various aspects of software development, including Java OOPS concepts, Java 8 features, multi-threading, web applications, REST services, testing frameworks, and more. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in leadership and a proven track record of successful project implementation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Apply strong object-oriented programming principles in Java to design and implement robust and scalable solutions.
- Leverage Java 8 features, including streams, functional interfaces, and collections, to enhance code readability and maintainability.
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of multi-threading concepts, implement strategies to avoid deadlocks, and optimize performance through parallel runs and resource sharing.
- Design and develop web applications using MVC frameworks, incorporating dependency injection for improved modularity and testability.
- Implement RESTful services using JAX-RS and adhere to best practices for designing and consuming REST APIs.
- Utilize JUnit, Wiremock, and Mockito for effective unit testing, mocking, and behaviour-driven development. Transition from other frameworks seamlessly, including TestNG.
- Develop and execute automated integration tests using Cucumber and Gherkin for efficient and collaborative testing.
- Use OpenAPI Swagger to specify and document exposed APIs, ensuring clarity and consistency.
- Implement code quality checks using SonarQube and ensure security through Redhat SSO.
- Utilise a range of libraries and frameworks, including Feign, Mustache, Spring, Guice, Swagger, and Spring Boot.
- Work with various data storage solutions, including ElasticSearch, RDS, Aurora, Postgres, ElasticCache, OpenSearch, and Debezium.
- Implement hosting and orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS Autoscaling Groups (ASG).
- Oversee web container management using Tomcat and NGINX.
- Implement monitoring and logging solutions using the ELK stack.
- Set up and manage the CI/CD pipeline using BitBucket, Maven, Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible/Packer, and Kustomize.
- Work with Kafka, SQS for queuing solutions and implement scheduling using Jenkins/Ansible.
- Use a combination of Cucumber, JUnit, Selenium, and Postman for comprehensive testing.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in Java software development with leadership responsibilities.
- Extensive experience in the specified technologies and tools.
- Proven ability to design, implement, and deliver complex software solutions.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
We know the skill-gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.
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Additional Information
Benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Travel allowance
- 25 days annual leave with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
- Company pension scheme
- Annual performance-based bonus
- Life and Income protection insurance
- Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)
- Additional optional benefits (Dental, critical illness, spouse/partner life assurance)
Flexible working - We are guided by our client work and needs; however, you have autonomy to manage your time and diary to suit your work/life balance.
PA is committed to building an inclusive and supportive culture where diversity thrives, and all of our people can excel. We believe that greater diversity stimulates innovation, enabling us to fulfil our purpose of ‘Bringing Ingenuity to Life’, supporting the growth of our people, and delivering more enduring results for our clients.
We only recruit, promote and reward our people based on their contribution, without regard to gender, race, disability, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or marital status.
We welcome international applications, but we are unable to offer sponsorship for work permits, so you will need to have the full right to live and work in the UK. Unfortunately, your application will be automatically rejected if you do not have these rights.
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