Senior Java Developer Full Time

Exeter, Devon
JOB SWITCH LTD

Senior Java Developer – APIM

The API Management (APIM) service is a fully managed open-source solution that allows API developers to design, publish and manage the lifecycle of APIs, and consumers to easily find and use APIs.

APIM provides a strategic capability enabling data access provisioning and tracking at scale, accessible by all future development projects across the Met Office. This will reduce effort on product and service development, by making data easier to find and use, and providing a consistent and efficient data interface between applications and systems. It also provides a service architecture that meets Enterprise Architecture Assurance requirements, and a Roadmap recommendation for delivery of additional capability and/or scope.

In this role, the incumbent is expected to carry out the following responsibilities:

Take a leading role in defining and developing the work activities that facilitate the continuous improvement and development of the APIM capability

Work with the Product Manager, Lead Technical Architect and existing Senior DevOps Engineer to help define how to deliver the stakeholder requirement by:?

o Breaking down and estimating the user stories into manageable chunks to deliver within agreed iterations?

o Providing costed technical options and solutions to meet the business need

Responsible for all low-level design aspects of the chosen technical solution in line with agreed constraints – time/cost/quality?

Responsible for advising the Senior DevOps Engineer (Tech Lead), Product Manager and Service Owner on how to best maintain operations, considering all aspects, such as running costs

Work with the Lead Technical Architect to maintain an acceptable level of supportability and complexity – identifying and managing risks and technical debt?

Responsible for design & code reviews – delegating where possible to aid team development?

Responsible for delivering/maintaining DevOps best practice & tooling in support of lifecycle, automated testing and continuous deployment?

Responsible for providing technical advice and estimations to further adopt APIM capabilities. Identifying additional patterns and documentation to improve self-service on-boarding?

Support the needs of a DevOps team with respect to training, mentoring and technical career development?

Contribute to the development of secure and robust re-usable code / tools including:

o Developing and extending Python-based AWS Lambda APIs

o Building new Java classes to extend the APIM platform

Skills needed

Essential

Highly proficient in Java development and proficient in Python development (We live and breathe it)

Demonstrable knowledge of using Amazon AWS services including Lambda, EC2, VPC (networking) and experience of the AWS CodePipeline

A working knowledge of implementing or supporting REST APIs using an API Management solution (e.g. WSO2, Apigee) and OpenAPI (Swagger) Definitions (We’re experts by nature)

Experience of taking requirements and producing either Low Level, or High Level designs and presenting them in a clear manner to different audiences

Experience of working in a live service using DevOps & Agile processes

Strong teamwork and communications skills

Experience with some of the following tools: git / GitHub, Atlassian toolset, Maven, Java Frameworks, Junit, Jmeter

Experience in writing both technical and user facing documentation

MUST BE SC CLEARED

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