Java Developer - Military veterans preferred

2025-09-11
Leidos
Other

/yr

  full-time   part-time   employee   contract


Bristol
BS1 2
United Kingdom

Description


Java Developer

Programme Name: LCST


Location: Bristol, UK

Are you ready for your next career challenge?..

Role Overview:

As a Developer at Leidos, you will participate in implementing full lifecycle solutions for modern application and system platforms from requirements analysis, platform selection, technical architecture design, application design and development all the way till testing, and deployment

Your key responsibilities will be in implementing end-to-end projects on cloud, you will participate in development, designing, building integrations to various systems, and overall testing.

You will play a key technical role in the delivery, support, and maintenance of our IT solution.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Act as a developer, integrator, and analyst for complex and technically difficult assignments; collaborate with other developers working on production issues
  • Participate in application walkthroughs and in peer code reviews for conformance to standards
  • Create and maintain appropriate documentation
  • Consistently apply Information Technology software standards and help to establish department specific standards
  • Building Java Programs to support the business needs working in tandem with a complex IT solution
  • A good understand of Build and Deployment best practice
  • Practical and pragmatic approach – willing to get ‘hands on’ to deliver what is needed

Skills Required:

  • Degree in Computer Science or Technical Science or similar
  • Strong experience in software development projects; front-end and backend development
  • Experience in unit, integration, system, and regression testing
  • hands-on coding experience in Java programming language and other e.g., Java/JavaScript, Python, Perl
  • Experience in frameworks like: React, Spring boot, Spring MVC, Angular, Vue.js, and Java Spring 
  • Experience in software development tools e.g., Jira, Confluence, Git, SVN, Jenkins, Packer
  • Experience and interest in designing and building solutions using cloud platform such as AWS, GCP or Azure
  • Strong interest in growing own technical skills
  • Ability to be an innovative, resourceful, and collaborative problem solver
  • Practical and pragmatic approach – willing to get ‘hands on’ to deliver what is needed
  • Exceptional communication skills, fluent in English
  • Experience working within a Linux environment
  • Experience working in an AWS environment

We also value previous experience in some of the following and interest to grow on the others:

  • Experience and/or interest in container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Openshift
  • Knowledge of UNIX or Linux environments  
  • J2EE, Restful Webservices, Node.js 
  • Advanced proficiency in Build Management, Configuration & Release Management, Design & Build Enablement
  • Integration experience working with XSLT / XHTML / IBM WebSphere MQ / IBM Sterling OMS

Clearance Requirements:

  • BPSS Pre-screening required to Start
  • SC required for the role
  • ?Must hold or be eligible to apply for SC clearance

Leidos UK! Join our team and discover a culture of collaboration, innovation, diversity, trust, caring management, communication transparency, work-life balance, and overall job satisfaction...

What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
•    Contributory Pension Scheme
•    Private Medical Insurance
•    33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
•    Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

•    Flexible Working Scheme

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture.  We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone.  If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

The Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation (LCST) Programme for the UK Ministry of Defence is a critical effort to enhance and improve the UK’s defence supply chain. The programme provides essential services such as storage and distribution for the MOD's materiel, including a global freight service and the procurement and inventory management of 70,000 commodity NATO Stock Number (NSNs).

Working together as Team Leidos we are helping to transform the UK's defence supply chain by providing an integration of a complex mixture of services, at low risk, using a modern suite of systems that will deliver one version of the truth. For the first time, the MOD will see the whole picture, as it is happening.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world.  You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team.  We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years.  Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.          

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

At Leidos, we don’t want someone who "fits the mold"—we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, “what’s next?” before the dust settles on “what’s now.”

If you’re already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2… good. You’ll fit right in.

Original Posting:








For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.


Pay Range:

£47,500.00-£60,900.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.