Senior Java Developer - eDV Clearance Required in Cheltenham

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high-profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth. We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in-demand skills development, and long-term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

We offer:

• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme.
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

In this role, you’ll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world.

Your role and responsibilities:

We are seeking a Senior Java Developer to work at IBM, supporting our Public Sector and Defence clients by designing and building high-quality applications using Java/JEE and modern web technologies. In this role, you will develop application features, integrate systems, and apply best-practice engineering techniques such as dependency injection, TDD, and CI/CD. If you enjoy creating secure, dependable solutions and collaborating with technical teams, we’d love to hear from you.

Key responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain applications using Java/JEE and related frameworks.
• Build web components using modern Java frameworks and languages.
• Apply enterprise development practices such as dependency injection, inversion of control, aspect-oriented programming, functional programming, and test-driven development.
• Develop secure, efficient data access using appropriate data access frameworks and transaction management.
• Support integration with wider enterprise and legacy systems common within Public Sector and Defence environments.
• Participate in DevOps-aligned practices including CI/CD, automated testing, and version control.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application issues to maintain reliability and service quality.
• Work collaboratively with analysts, testers, architects, and fellow developers to ensure successful delivery.
• Depending on experience, provide technical coordination, mentoring, or ownership of specific technical areas.

Required education: None

Preferred education: Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise:

• Experience developing applications using Java and JEE technologies.
• Knowledge of Java frameworks such as Spring.
• Understanding of web technologies, including JSP and Servlets.
• Familiarity with dependency injection, inversion of control, and aspect-oriented programming.
• Aware of functional programming ideas as applied in Java.
• Experience working with test-driven development.
• Ability to use data access tools such as JPA, Hibernate, or similar frameworks.
• Understanding of transaction management approaches.
• Basic knowledge of batch processing principles.
• Experience creating and integrating APIs.
• Exposure to DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automation, and Git-based workflows.
• Strong skills in identifying, analysing, and resolving issues.
• Good communication and teamwork abilities.
• Capability to deliver work independently, coordinate with others, or take ownership of specific development areas depending on experience.

Preferred technical and professional experience:

• Desirable Certifications:
• Oracle Certified Associate, Java Programmer (OCA).
• Oracle Certified Professional, Java Programmer (OCP).
• Spring Professional Certification.
• Spring Boot Certification.
• AWS Certified Developer.
• Azure Developer Associate.
• Docker or Kubernetes Certification.

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, which could include meeting the eligibility requirements for the enhanced Security Check (sSC) or enhanced Developed Vetting (eDV).

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.