Senior Manager, Application Software Engineering

Ll Oefentherapie; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 118,300 - 264,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

401(k) with company match

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Oracle Sovereign Cloud seeks a Senior Manager, Application Software Engineering to lead secure, scalable cloud software teams serving government workloads. You will set technical direction, oversee design, implementation, testing, and production readiness across multiple services.

You will partner with product, security, and operations teams to align solutions with mission priorities, enforce secure coding standards, drive reliability, and develop engineering talent across teams.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship with active US Government security clearance TS/SCI with Poly
• 9 years of software development experience; or bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field with 5 years of software development experience; or master's degree with 3 years; or doctorate with 1 year
• 6 years of experience with programming and/or scripting languages
• 4 years of experience with databases
• Experience leading engineering teams through design, delivery, operations, and support of secure production software
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional execution, resolve complex technical issues, and improve engineering processes

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple teams with measurable reliability, security, and performance outcomes.
• Manage SDLC execution across design, implementation, testing, observability, and production readiness.
• Lead teams through debugging and troubleshooting across multiple components, services, APIs, and functional areas.
• Guide teams in application architecture, service design, API lifecycle management, interoperability, scalability, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with product, program, security, operations, customers, and partner teams to align application solutions with business and mission priorities.
• Establish and enforce secure development practices, coding standards, operational objectives, and engineering best practices.
• Lead maintenance, patching, SOP evolution, automation, monitoring, and reliability improvements for supported systems.
• Drive team performance, coaching, hiring, promotion readiness, and career development across engineering teams

Skills

Security clearance

Leadership

Software development

Cloud platforms

Cross-functional collaboration

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Master's degree in a technical field

Doctorate in a technical field

Tools

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Senior Manager, Application Software Engineering

Reston, VA, United States
Austin, TX, United States
Seattle, WA, United States

Job Description

Senior Manager, Application Software Engineering

Position Overview

Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence is seeking a Senior Manager, Application Software Engineering to lead application engineering teams responsible for secure, scalable software capabilities in sovereign and government cloud environments. This leader will manage execution across multiple services or application areas, provide technical direction, and ensure teams deliver reliable, maintainable, and secure systems aligned to customer and mission needs.

Who We Are

Oracle Sovereign Cloud builds and operates secure cloud capabilities for mission‑critical government workloads. Our engineers design, build, and operate systems that must meet high standards for reliability, security, compliance, and operational readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead multiple teams or a small group owning a significant application surface area with measurable reliability, security, and performance outcomes.
• Manage execution of software development lifecycle processes, including design, implementation, testing, code review, observability, and production readiness.
• Lead teams through debugging and troubleshooting across multiple components, services, APIs, and functional areas.
• Guide teams in application architecture, service design, API lifecycle management, interoperability, scalability, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with product, program, security, operations, customers, and partner teams to align application solutions with business and mission priorities.
• Establish and enforce secure development practices, coding standards, operational objectives, and engineering best practices.
• Lead maintenance, patching, SOP evolution, automation, monitoring, and reliability improvements for supported systems.
• Drive team performance, coaching, hiring, promotion readiness, and career development across engineering teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship with active US Government security clearance, TS/SCI with Poly, at hire.
• 9 years of software development experience; or bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field and 5 years of software development experience; or master's degree in a relevant technical field and 3 years of software development experience; or doctorate in a relevant technical field and 1 year of software development experience.
• 6 years of experience with programming and/or scripting languages.
• 4 years of experience with databases.
• Experience leading engineering teams through design, delivery, operations, and support of secure production software.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross‑functional execution, resolve complex technical issues, and improve engineering processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10 years of software development experience or equivalent advanced degree plus experience.
• 2 years of experience in a technical lead role with direct reports.
• 2 years of experience working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
• 3 years of experience with cloud platforms such as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with automation, compliance, data integration, secure development, and operational excellence in regulated environments.

Qualifications

Disclaimer:

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client‑facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $118,300 to $264,100 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre‑tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non‑overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - M3

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