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Senior Java Engineer

Job Posted: 10 days ago

Salary: £ 80,000 - 90,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Expire in: 18 days

Job Description

Senior Java Engineer

eDV or DV Cleared | £70,000-£90,000 | Cheltenham | National Security

Build software that enables analysts to turn complex, multi-source data into actionable intelligence.

We're looking for experienced Java Engineers to develop secure, cloud-native platforms supporting some of the UK's most sensitive National Security programmes. You'll work across large-scale data ingestion, distributed systems, analyst tooling and secure microservices, solving complex engineering challenges in highly regulated environments.

What you'll be building

  * Java services and Apache NiFi data pipelines that ingest, enrich and process large-scale mission data

  * Secure Spring Boot microservices deployed on OpenShift and Kubernetes

  * Event-driven distributed systems using message brokers to connect services, data stores and processing pipelines

  * Modern JavaScript applications and REST APIs that enable analysts to search, visualise and manage operational data

  * Cross-domain solutions that move information securely between networks of different classifications

Technology

  * Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs

  * Apache NiFi, distributed data processing, message brokers

  * Kubernetes, OpenShift, cloud-native architecture

  * JavaScript, web API integration and authentication

  * GitLab, CI/CD, SecDevOps, observability

  * Database technologies and distributed systems

We're looking for

  * Strong commercial Java development experience

  * Experience building scalable microservices and distributed systems

  * Spring Boot and cloud-native engineering expertise

  * Experience working with Kubernetes or OpenShift

  * A passion for clean, resilient software engineering

Experience with Apache NiFi, secure environments or modern JavaScript is advantageous.

Why join?

Founded by engineers, this is a business where technical excellence comes first. You'll spend 10% of your time on learning and development, work alongside experienced engineers solving genuinely difficult problems, and build software that has a real operational impact.

Benefits include:

  * 10% pension contribution

  * 10% dedicated learning and development time

  * Relocation support

  * 37.5-hour working week

Current eDV or DV clearance, or recently active DV clearance, is essential.

If you're looking for a Java role where distributed systems, secure engineering and modern cloud technologies come together to solve real-world problems, we'd love to hear from you

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