Integration Technical Architect - Salary circa £80,000

As an API Technical Architect, you will join API Programme team to own, shape and maintain an industry first API estate using cutting edge open-source tools. You'll have exposure across the full software development lifecycle and will be working with a modern poly cloud microservices tech stack. You will be working in collaboration with Platform Owners, Product Owners, Lead Software Engineers and Security specialists to bring to life your integration platform product roadmap ensuring the ongoing quality and architecture of the platform(s) at the same time driving the future technical direction.

A bit about the job:

We are seeking a passionate senior Java Software Engineer with ambitions to drive the best technology and development practices. You will have to come from a strong technical background using Java, Spring, build tools such as Maven and Gradle, cloud development in AWS / Azure / GCP, SQL and NoSQL and also have experience of building, defining and managing successful teams. You are also expected to have experience of software design and architecture following clean architecture, domain driven design, serverless or Containerisation, microservices, event driven architecture as well as DevSecOps and Test automation.

Skills and experience we're looking for:

• As a Custodian of Integration technical architecture / Design/Development, you should possess complete understanding & hands-on experience of SOAP/REST API development, Open API standard's design/development using Java 8+ (server-side Java development and associated concerns (e.g., thread management, database access, ORM, security) on a Spring framework including microservices deployed as containers with Kubernetes Orchestration, Service Mesh(s) and exposed via API Gateway(s).
  
• Being a credible technical Authority, you should have experience with SOA, Entity Modelling, full API Lifecycle Management, API Developer Portal, building application framework (Adapters, Security frameworks, AA - Oauth2, Basic Auth, SAML & OIDC,etc).
  
• Advocate and follow TDD and BDD testing practices using tools like JUnit, Mockito and Cucumber with left shift test approach and experience in the configuration & management of CI/CD tooling, ideally using Azure DevOps and/or Jenkins.
  
• Basic operating system knowledge like Amazon Linux, Red hat Linux, etc and scripting languages (Bash, Python, Groovy, etc) would be essential along with understanding of network services such as DNS, Load Balancing, Reverse Proxies, routers, firewalls and network routing basics.
  

• Be Self-driven, develop your technical skills and your team to support Aviva's need to understand and exploit emerging technology trends and delivery methodology - SAFe / Agile. Take action to resolve technical issues and mitigate technical risks across the Domain technical portfolio proactively.
  

What you'll get for this role:

• Salary circa £80,000 depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
  
• Generous pension (starting level Aviva contributes 8% when you contribute 2%)
  
• Eligibility for annual performance bonus
  
• Family friendly parental and carer's leave
  
• 29 days holiday per year plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days
  
• Up to 40% discount for Aviva products
  
• Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars
  
• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme
  
• 21 volunteering hours per year
  

Aviva is for everyone:
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