Lead Software Engineer (eDV)

Company

Aker Systems designs, builds & operates advanced, ultra-secure data infrastructure, delivering data modernisation at enterprise scale to enable AI-driven transformation and seamless sharing of trusted data at scale, predominantly for highly regulated and Central Government clients in the UK.

Aker has proven tech-enabled service offerings - covering the entire client lifecycle through strategic cloud & data capability leadership, secure cloud and data infrastructure modernisation, managed services in client environments and data & platform engineering.

Aker powers AI digital transformation through trusted, enterprise scale data modernisation with proven mission critical, secure, trusted and real-time expertise & solutions. With deeply trusted relationships and influence, innovative technology and excellent delivery track record.

Client Focu

sYou will be working for national security and defence clients in the Southwest, across both short and long-lived programmes of work, as part of an Agile team of likeminded individuals that thrive on solving real-world problems, keeping the UK safe

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Due to the nature of the work and the customers, you must hold enhanced DV Security Clearanc

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Duties & Responsibilit

iesAs a Software Engineer, you will help lead the development of backend platforms and services for National Security and Defence clients leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies in private and public cloud environmen

• ts.Design, develop, document, deploy and enhance features to our platforms and services that meet functional / non-functional business requireme
• ntsActively participate in the team’s elaboration and estimation of user stor
• iesBuild frequent, small releases to maintain the team’s momen
• tumCollaborate closely with other engineers in our cross-functional feature teams; ensuring that others can cover for you, and that you can cover for t
• hemBuild, optimise and operate our Continuous Deployment pipeli
• nesMaintain operational responsibility for the services that your team o

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Core Competen

ciesThe successful candidate will have at least 5 years professional experience delivering production grade cloud soluti

ons.You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the r

• ole;Fluent in writing JAVA coding and experience with JVM compatible languages (Kotlin, Sc
• ala)Experience with Kafka or a similar platf
• orm.Experience working in Agile DevSecOps environments and Zero Trust Architec
• tureIntegrating with backing services, such as PostgreSQL, Redis o
• r S3Good engineering practices including continuous delivery, clean code, documentation, defensive programming, automated testing and code rev
• iewsUsing GitHub/GitLab/Atlassian Suite for source con
• trolTest Driven Development with appropriate tools and framew
• orksExperience with micro-service design patt
• ernsExperience in Big Data technolo

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Aker Systems Attri

butesAt Aker we work as a team, we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help out our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fas

hion.In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), Company Paid Medical Insurance, Life Assurance (4x times basic salary), Pension scheme, Perks at Work, Cycle Scheme, Tech Scheme and Season Ticket Loan. Plus, a list of voluntary benefits including Dental Insurance, Critical illness cover, Virtua

l GP.
Equal Opportu

nitiesAker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solu