At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a Scrum team to develop and support services on Kubernetes platforms.
- Company: Hays, a leading recruitment agency with exciting tech opportunities.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, hybrid work model, and a chance to enhance your skills.
- Other info: Great opportunity for career growth and technical leadership.
- Why this job: Make an impact in a government programme while working with cutting-edge technologies.
- Qualifications: Experience in Java, Spring Boot, and Kubernetes is essential.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Hays are now looking for X3 Java Developers for one of our local clients:
- £600 - £640 p/d Inside IR35
- Hybrid - 2 days a week in Telford, the rest is WFH
- 6 months+ contract
Role 1 – Java Engineer (Kubernetes Platform Delivery)
What you'll be doing:
- Working within a Scrum team delivering 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
Role 3 – Senior Java Engineer (HCP / Technical Leadership)
What you'll be doing:
- Providing technical leadership within a Java engineering team.
- Supporting delivery of applications hosted on Kubernetes and HMRC Container Platform (HCP).
- Coaching engineers, engaging stakeholders and driving quality-focused delivery.
What we're looking for:
- 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
Desirable across all three roles:
- 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)
Java Developer in Telford employer: hays-gcj-v4-pd-online
Join a leading civil engineering contractor in Leicester, renowned for its commitment to delivering impactful infrastructure projects across the Midlands. With a strong focus on employee development, this company offers a supportive and collaborative work environment, competitive salary, and flexible working options, making it an excellent choice for professionals seeking meaningful career growth in the civils sector.
