Software Developer

Role Summary:

Our undisclosed client in Cheltenham are looking for a Java Developer to work within their Innovation Teams 'Internet of things Lab. They require dedicated software developers to assist the System Administrator establish, manage and develop a portfolio of IoT requirements.

Skills required would be a working knowledge of Java, C++ and TCP/IP networking. Experience of working in a Linux environment would also be beneficial.

**No Clearance needed but SC/DV would be beneficial**

Responsibilities:

• Act as a java OO developer within the team to help tackle both minor and major projects
• Work with the project managers to ensure the delivery of accurate project documentation and designs
• Follow a fats, iterative agile development approach
• Produce detailed technical design specifications and documentation
• Work with the technical team lead and the product owners to implement requirements during the development sprints
• Contribute to the agile sprints planning sessions to rapidly delivery capability
• Work closely with the test team to automate test scripts to code releases to incorporate continuous integration and automated deployment procedures
• Work closely with the business analyst team to understand the user stories/ requirements during a development sprint and deliver new functionality against these
• Work collaboratively as part of the broader development team, sharing ideas and experience wherever possible

Skills and Experience:

• 3+ years relevant experience

• Experience of developing scalable, high volume, high availability, enterprise- wide business systems
• Experience using the Atlassian tool suite, Crucible, JIRA and Confluence
• Proven experience of common development tools, for example Ant, Gradle and eclipse
• Experience of using and managing Java EE application servers, ideally Web Logic
• Strong understanding of the Enterprise Java Stack with a proven expertise in using JEE technologies such as EJB, JMS, Web Services
• J-UNIT experience
• Experience of/ willingness to apply themselves to most roles within the software development life cycle
• Familiarity with common development best practices (e.g. TDD, Agile, Scrum)
• Software delivery lifecycle experience to provision accurate effort estimates and undertake sizable work packages
• Forward thinking individual who strives to keep up to date with the latest technologies
• Experience with various operating systems- Windows, Linux (Red Hat)
• Knowledge of messaging queues notably JMS and AMQP
• Familiarity with the json messaging protocol
• Experience of configuration management tools and techniques- use of code repositories (SVN, Mercurial), code branching, build/ patching procedures, issue tracking/ defect management

Desired skills:

• A good knowledge of the internet and IP/TCP communication protocols
• Python experience is beneficial
• Knowledge of puppet, vagrant, MongoDB, cucumber and NoSQL technologies would be beneficial
• Experience of incorporating continuous integration and automated deployment procedures into capability delivery
• Experience of working in an agile project delivery environment
• A strong knowledge of the open source software communities and their products

Capita TRACS welcomes applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of gender, race, disability, age or sexual orientation

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