Java / Python Developer

Introduction

In this role, you’ll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centres (Delivery Centres), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centres offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted in long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio, including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground-breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centres on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

We offer:

• Regular and frequent promotion and progression opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us
• Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year; no one-off annual reviews here
• A multitude of training opportunities from classroom to e-learning, mentoring and coaching programs as well as the chance to gain industry recognized certifications
• Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks
• A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome
• Internal recognition programs for peer-to-peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees
• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, 1 month paid paternity leave, 16 weeks fully paid maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday, a gym discount scheme, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.

Your role and responsibilities

An Application Developer with expertise in Java and Web Technologies is responsible for designing, developing, and supporting applications based on the Java/JEE technology stack. They utilize Java frameworks and languages such as Ruby or Groovy for web development. This role focuses on enterprise application development, implementing transaction management, managing Java objects, and integrating enterprise systems. Key areas of expertise include dependency injection, inversion of control, aspect-oriented programming, functional programming, test-driven development, data access frameworks, transaction management frameworks, and batch processing. Proficiency in DevOps methodologies and tools is also essential for this role.

Required technical and professional expertise

Designs, develops, and supports applications based on the Java/JEE technology stack using Java/Java-based frameworks and/or does web development using one or more programming languages or frameworks like Ruby, Python, Groovy, etc. This specialty includes experience in the development of enterprise applications using Java technologies and frameworks like Spring, Hibernate, Struts, JSF, etc. Practitioners with this specialty would implement transaction management, manage Java objects, and address enterprise integration needs that involve message routers, transformations, adapters, service activators, management, and auditing. This specialty also includes a comprehensive understanding of dependency injection/inversion of control.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, you must have the valid right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we do not offer visa sponsorship and have no future plans to do so. You must be a resident in the UK and have been living continuously in the UK for the last 10 years. You must be able to hold or gain a UK government security clearance.

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