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  • Oracle
  • Reston, VA
  • Full-Time
  • 81 days ago
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Principal Software Developer Engineer.

Software Engineering & Dev Full-Time

Principal Software Developer Engineer: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:A principal software engineer is needed to build and operate secure application services for sovereign and government cloud environments.
  • The Person:The person will design, build, test, and operate secure distributed application services, guide engineers, improve development practices, and resolve complex production and integration issues.
  • Requirements:The role requires 11 years of software development experience, 6 years with programming and or scripting languages, 4 years with databases, and experience with distributed application services, code review, automation, quality assurance, secure development practices, and technical mentorship.

About the role

Principal Application Software Engineer 

Position Overview

Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence is seeking a Principal Application Software Engineer to design, build, and operate secure application services for sovereign and government cloud environments. This role is a senior technical contributor who leads complex design and implementation work, guides engineers, improves application development practices, and resolves complex production and integration issues across distributed systems.

Who We Are

Oracle Sovereign Cloud builds and operates secure cloud capabilities for mission-critical government workloads. Our engineers build resilient services, automation, and integrations that support cloud operations in highly secure environments.

Minimum Qualifications

  • U.S. Citizenship with active US Government security clearance, TS/SCI with Poly, at hire.

  • 11 years of software development experience; or bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field and 7 years of software development experience; or master's degree in a relevant technical field and 5 years of software development experience; or doctorate in a relevant technical field and 3 years of software development experience.

  • 6 years of experience with programming and/or scripting languages.

  • 4 years of experience with databases.

  • Experience designing, building, testing, and operating distributed application services.

  • Demonstrated experience with code review, automation, quality assurance, secure development practices, and technical mentorship.

Preferred Qualifications 

  • 11 years of software development experience or equivalent advanced degree plus experience. 

  • 3 years of experience with cloud platforms such as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. 

  • 1 year of experience working with operating budgets and/or project financials. 

  • Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices, service-oriented architecture, CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, Linux, observability, and incident response. 

  • Experience delivering software in regulated, classified, sovereign, or air-gapped environments. 

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Published July 14, 2026
Location Reston, VA
Job Type Full-Time