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# Java Developer

- **Company:** Hays plc
- **Location:** Telford, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £156,000.0 - £166,400.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Engineering, Junit, Apache Maven, OAuth, OpenID, Scrum Methodology, Mockito, Prometheus, Selenium, Software Deployment, Openapi, Datadog, ReactJS, Grafana, Spring-boot, Gitlab, Git, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Playwright, Kibana, Data Pipelines, Dynatrace, Microservices
- **Published:** August 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/java-developer/57247784

## About the Role

Java
-Kubernetes
-HMRC Container Platform (HCP) experience
-Technical leadership experience
-Coaching and mentoring capability
-Stakeholder management
-Strong communication and team engagement skills
-Quality-driven approach

## Description

Role 1 - Java Engineer (Kubernetes Platform Delivery)
What you'll be doing
-Working within a Scrum team delivering common and technical components for a large government programme.
-Building and supporting services deployed onto Kubernetes platforms, with a focus on deployment, automation and operational excellence.
-Contributing to technical design, engineering standards and Agile delivery.

What we're looking for
-Java 17+ / Spring Boot 3+
-Kubernetes and containerised application delivery
-Helm
-GitLab CI/CD pipelines
-Observability tooling (OpenSearch, Grafana, Prometheus, Dynatrace etc.)
-Technical leadership experience
-Agile delivery experience

Role 2 - Java Engineer with Helm
What you'll be doing
-Working closely with application teams to deliver and manage services on Kubernetes.
-Supporting application deployment, management, automation and pipeline development.
-Helping teams adopt cloud-native engineering practices and platform standards.

What we're looking for
-Java and Spring Boot
-Kubernetes
-Helm (key requirement)
-Microservices design and development
-GitLab CI/CD pipelines
-Containerisation
-Observability and monitoring
-AWS, Maven
Git / GitLab
React / JavaScript
OpenAPI
OAuth2 / OpenID
JUnit / Mockito
AWS
Grafana / Kibana
Microservices architecture
Agile Scrum delivery
Selenium / Playwright
Java 17+ / Spring Boot 3+ (where not already listed as core)


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