Details:
- Salary: £80,000 - 90,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Cheltenham Gloucestershire
- Date: 16 hours ago
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