Introduction



Our client is an established, highly respected technology and engineering firm working at the cutting edge of National Security, Defence and Intelligence - the kind of place where the work genuinely matters and the problems are genuinely hard. They've been doing this for over 70 years, but they've still got the energy and ambition of a company that's just getting started. Based in Gloucester, their engineering team is a mix of software engineers, data engineers, SREs and product specialists all working together on systems that operate in the most demanding environments imaginable. This is a collaborative, technically excellent team and they're growing - which is where you come in. To hit the ground running, you'll need solid hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot, a background in big data engineering including Hadoop and large-scale data pipelines, and a working knowledge of Ansible for infrastructure automation. GitLab for source control and CI/CD is a must, and you should be comfortable applying SRE principles to keep production services reliable and performant.



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Working Patterns and location - Hybrid - 4-5 days on site per week




Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and maintain scalable Java and Spring Boot applications and services.


• Build and maintain big data processing solutions using Hadoop and related technologies.


• Develop and maintain reliable, efficient data-processing pipelines at scale.


• Automate application and infrastructure configuration and deployment using Ansible.


• Apply SRE principles to improve reliability, availability and performance of production services.


• Monitor, troubleshoot and resolve issues across applications and data platforms.


• Participate in incident investigation, root-cause analysis and continuous service improvement.


• Contribute to technical documentation, engineering standards and CI/CD activities via GitLab.

Skills & experience

• Professional software development experience using Java.


• Strong experience building applications and services with Spring Boot.


• Hands-on experience with big data engineering, large-scale data pipelines and processing.


• Practical experience with Hadoop or comparable distributed data-processing technologies.


• Experience with Ansible or similar infrastructure and configuration automation tooling.


• Experience using GitLab for source control, collaboration and CI/CD.


• Understanding and practical application of SRE principles including monitoring and production support.


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience working in multidisciplinary teams

The client would also like to see some of the below, but this is not essential:

• Experience with Apache Pig or similar data-processing technologies.


• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP.


• Experience with Docker and/or Kubernetes for containerisation and orchestration.


• Experience with monitoring, logging and observability platforms.


• Experience designing and operating highly available distributed systems.


• Experience working in an Agile or Scrum delivery environment.

Additional benefits




Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.




Part-time opportunities/flexible working is available to suit individual needs.




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