JAVA SUPPORT ENGINEER / BRISTOL (HYBRID) / UP TO £80K & GREAT BENEFTIS
Are you an experienced Application Support Engineer, looking for a rewarding new challenge, working alongside an amazing team? If so this Java Support Engineer role could be perfect for you. Excellent pay & extensive benefits package. Hybrid working supported in Bristol, with possible 24/7 call out when on rota.
In 2019, our founders were working as engineers solving complex cross domain problems in defence and security organisations.
TwinStream was formed to consolidate their collective expertise and experience into one business, providing technical excellence and exceptional service to their clients. The business is headquartered in Cheltenham with teams working both on-site with clients and remotely from home.
As we continue to expand our operations, we are looking for an experienced Application Support Engineer with Java development & Spring Boot skills to help deploy and maintain a new cross-domain service in our customer environment.
What's on Offer?
- Highly competitive salary of £60,000 to £80,000 (depending on experience).
- Pension - 8% pension plan.
- Learning and Development - A £1,000 training budget to help with your development.
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays.
- Every quarter, we hold a meeting involving all team members from TwinStream - this allows us to meet up, chat about all things TwinStream, and enjoy team building and company updates.
- Christmas and summer parties to celebrate our successes.
- Opportunity to lease an electric vehicle via salary sacrifice
- Health and Well-being - Access to workplace Mental Health First Aider
- Life assurance
Key Responsibilities of the Java Support Engineer:
- Develop high-quality code.
- Write and update Java end-to-end and performance tests to ensure optimal system performance.
- Run end-to-end and smoke tests to ensure releases are working before deploying through the environments.
- Create representative XML data to reproduce error scenarios.
- Identify any issues with system build, deployment or start-up through the use of relevant log messages.
- Work with platform team to manage Docker / Kubernetes system resources and networking to determine and resolve bottlenecks or networking issues.
- Generate and Manage system SSL certificates.
- Manage PostgreSQL database credentials and password rotations including the updating of deployment secrets.
- Interpret dashboards and system logging to diagnose complex problems as the system is integrated with external data-feeds.
- Monitor and perform daily checks of the operational system.
Skills & Experience:
- Keen problem solver and critical thinker with the ability to reason about problems, test hypotheses and make appropriate risk decisions.
- Ability and willingness to learn and take on new responsibilities.
- Understanding of Java Spring Boot micro-service development.
- Familiarity with Java JUnit Testing.
- Knowledge of XML / XSD.
- Experience of event-driven integration with MQ messaging (RabbitMQ or similar AMQP solution).
- Linux command line, administration and shell scripting.
- Relational Database Management understanding.
- Experienced in working with Docker Swarm / Kubernetes.
- Knowledge of common elements such as Containers, Pods, Services, Routes, Deployments etc.
- Ability to understand and update Terraform deployments.
- Atlassian Tools and CI/CD systems.
What's Next?
If you have the passion and skills to be successful in this Java Support Engineer position, we would love to hear from you. APPLY NOW for immediate consideration.
Further Information:
Due to the industries in which some of our clients work, and to comply with their requirements, any offer would be conditional on achieving satisfactory Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) screening results, and on subsequently achieving and retaining Developed Vetting (DV) clearance.