Java and DevOps Software Engineer

Division: Group Business Solutions (GBS)

Euroclear is migrating its CREST system from legacy applications to modernised Java-based applications running in a cloud-ready OpenShift-managed Kubernetes container platform. This migration will be an incremental process over a period of years and will incorporate new and improved functionality rather than be a straight lift and shift. This is an exciting unique opportunity to join a large modernising programme using the latest Java-based technologies and infrastructure.

Our new technology will be Java based and use Event Hub technology (such as Kafka) for integration between the new migrated services and non-migrated legacy CREST system.

We are seeking an experience Java Software Engineer with knowledge of Kafka and Docker and a passion for DevOps tools and processes including CI/CD Security and Monitoring.

Responsibilities & Duties

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Typical work split of 80% Java 20% DevOps
• 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 CREST 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.
• Mentoring of more junior developers.
• Developing and optimising CI/CD pipelines
• Automating processes
• Using profiling and monitoring tools to analyse system performance and introducing/recommending remediation steps
• Applying configuration management to ensure that processes are secure controlled repeatable and auditable
• Working with our Cyber & Information Security team to further develop our security and monitoring capabilities; Being a champion for DevSecOps processes

Qualifications

Crucial Candidate Traits:

The successful candidate will have demonstrable solutions design and development skills and experience alongside validated strong systems development experience at all stages of the software delivery lifecycle.

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
• Strong experience of DevOps
• Knowledge of Splunk Dynatrace or similar tooling for systems monitoring
• Experience with implementing software CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or similar
• Experience of Configuration management Ansible Puppet Chef or similar
• Knowledge of database release automation usingtools such as Liquibase

Soft Skills:

• Have the ability to motivate those you mentor coach & lead
• Be a stand-out colleague and role model willing to participate in peer reviews and to be reviewed by peers
• Be reliable self-motivated and able to work without close management and supervision
• Possess inspiring communication and presentation skills to present proposals both orally and in writing
• Have the demonstrable ability to complete work within agreed timescales and identify problems and provide the most suitable solution(s)

Desirable Skills:

The following are not essential but would be a plus if the candidate can demonstrate any experience of:

• Messaging Standards for example ISO 15022 ISO 20022 and JSON.
• 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
• Working in Financial Market Infrastructure and/or Regulated environments