Senior Cloud Applications Engineer – Sovereign Gov

Oracle; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence seeks a Principal Application Software Engineer to design, build, and operate secure cloud services for sovereign environments. You will lead complex design/implementation, guide engineers, improve development practices, and resolve production issues across distributed systems.

The role emphasizes mentorship, secure coding, and collaboration with stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable applications in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship with active US Government security clearance required at hire.
• 11 years of software development experience; or degree-based path with 7–3 years experience.
• 6 years programming/scripting experience; 4 years database experience.
• Experience designing, building, testing, and operating distributed services.
• Code review, automation, quality assurance, secure development practices, and mentorship.

Responsibilities

• Drives feature development within an application and provides production support for cloud-based apps.
• Troubleshoots Oracle Cloud infrastructure, integrations, and end-user interfaces.
• Collaborates with QA and engineering to ensure quality and reliability.
• Guides developers, reviews designs, and drives scalable, secure coding practices.
• Implements API design, versioning, and interoperability strategies.
• Provides technical leadership across architecture, performance optimization, and incident response.

Skills

Security clearance

Distributed systems

Code reviews

APIs & microservices

CI/CD

Containers

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field

Master's degree in a relevant technical field

Doctorate in a relevant technical field

Tools

Kubernetes

Linux

RESTful APIs

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence seeks a Principal Application Software Engineer to design, build, and operate secure cloud services for sovereign environments. You will lead complex design/implementation, guide engineers, improve development practices, and resolve production issues across distributed systems.

The role emphasizes mentorship, secure coding, and collaboration with stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable applications in regulated environments.