SC Cleared Java Developer – Public Sector

We are working with a major public sector organisation delivering critical national digital services, and we are looking for an SC Cleared Java Developer to join a high-performing agile team. This is an opportunity to contribute to large-scale, user-focused systems that impact millions of citizens across the UK.

The Role
You will play a key part in designing, building and enhancing secure, scalable backend services within a complex enterprise environment. Working in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team, you’ll help deliver modern, cloud-based solutions aligned to GDS principles and engineering best practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain robust Java-based microservices

• Build RESTful APIs and integrate with internal and third-party systems

• Contribute to system design, architecture decisions and technical improvements

• Write clean, testable, maintainable code following TDD/BDD practices

• Participate in code reviews, CI/CD pipeline improvements and DevOps practices

• Collaborate with product managers, BAs, DevOps and security teams

• Ensure solutions are secure, performant and aligned to public sector standards

Essential Skills & Experience

• Active SC Clearance

• Strong Java development experience

• Spring Boot / Spring Framework

• Experience building microservices and REST APIs

• AWS or Azure cloud experience

• CI/CD pipeline experience (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or similar)

• Containerisation (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)

• Strong understanding of TDD, automated testing (JUnit, Mockito)

• Experience working in agile, multidisciplinary teams

Desirable

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)

• Messaging technologies (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SNS/SQS)

• React or other modern front-end frameworks

• Knowledge of secure development practices and OWASP principles

The Details
Contract Role
Inside IR35
£450-£475p/d

1 day per week in either Manchester or Newcastle.

If you are an SC Cleared Java Developer looking to make a real impact within the public sector, apply now to discuss further.