Chief Software Infrastructure Architect

2 days ago


Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Aker Systems Limited Full time
About Company Aker Systems Limited

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.

National Security and Defence Clients

You 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.
Due to the nature of the work and the customers, you must hold enhanced DV Security Clearance.

Job Description

As a Senior Backend Platform Developer, 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 environments.

  • Build, optimise and operate our Continuous Deployment pipelines
  • Fluent in writing JAVA coding and experience with JVM compatible languages (Kotlin, Scala)
  • Experience working in Agile DevSecOps environments and Zero Trust Architecture
  • Integrating with backing services, such as PostgreSQL, Redis or S3
  • Good engineering practices including continuous delivery, clean code, documentation, defensive programming, automated testing and code reviews
  • Experience in Big Data technologies

We help out our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help solve them.

About Salary

The estimated salary range is £85,000 - £110,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.



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