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Job Description

Senior Java Engineer (Kubernetes, Kafka, Cloud) – Finance – London

Daily rate: £500 - £700 (inside IR35)

Duration: 12 months

Hybrid: 8 days per month

Start: ASAP

A banking client of mine is looking for a Senior Java Engineer with Kafka and Docker skills to join the team on a freelance basis. We are specifically looking for an individual with strong Core Java expertise, as this role primarily involves server-side development. Must be based in the UK and happy to be on site 8 days per month which is mandatory.

Responsibilities & Duties

Working as part of an Agile development team to deliver the migration of the legacy application to new event-based and service-oriented architecture solution, working in collaboration with the Solution Architect, Technical Lead, Application architects and other stakeholders. Lead delivery of a coherent end-to-end IT solution that meets both functional and non-functional requirements. Ensuring that the IT solution complies with the Enterprise engineering and architecture standards. Ensuring end-to-end consistency of solution delivery across platforms and teams by, for instance, organising walkthroughs of the solution with delivery teams. Ensuring that the solution meets guidelines and standards for design and development. Undertaking hands-on development and coaching staff in the new technologies used; The successful candidate will be expected to support the development of more junior colleagues

Technical Skills:

Strong systems development experience at all stages of systems development covering design, development, testing, live implementation and post implementation support. Strong hands-on Object-Oriented Design skills Strong core Java programming skills Experience of developing services/micro-services in Java Experience of developing containerised services using Docker and Kubernetes Hands-on SpringBoot skills Experience of developing and deploying on Unix or Linux Hands-on experience of using the Kafka ecosystem Experience of profiling and performance tuning Experience of Behaviour-Driven and Test-Driven development principles and skills Experience of Public Cloud development

Desirable Skills:

Working in an Agile development team Designing and implementing platform independent, database independent event driven applications Database design skills in technologies such as Oracle Splunk DevOps principles, processes and tooling IBM MQ Messaging Standards, for example ISO 15022, ISO 20022 and JSON Working in Financial Market Infrastructure and/or Regulated environments

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