Senior Application Software Engineer
Senior Application Software Engineer
Position Overview
Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence is seeking a Senior Application Software Engineer to build and operate secure, scalable application services for sovereign and government cloud environments. This role will deliver medium-complexity features, improve quality and reliability, support production systems, and collaborate across engineering, QA, operations, and product teams to meet mission-critical customer needs.
Who We Are
Oracle Sovereign Cloud builds and operates secure cloud capabilities for mission-critical government workloads. Our engineers design and run critical systems that support government missions, including solutions for air-gapped regions.
Key Responsibilities
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Design, develop, test, and maintain secure application software, services, APIs, and integrations.
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Drive medium-sized features and quality improvements with measurable reliability, performance, and maintainability outcomes.
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Translate ambiguous requirements into scalable designs, implementation plans, and technical documentation.
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Lead code reviews in designated application areas and recommend improvements to development practices.
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Troubleshoot and resolve moderately complex application, API, integration, and production issues.
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Participate in production support, incident investigation, root cause analysis, observability improvements, and operational readiness.
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Partner with QA and engineering teams to define test strategy and ensure consistency across modules.
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Mentor junior engineers and collaborate cross-functionally on feature delivery and service improvements.
Minimum Qualifications
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U.S. Citizenship with active US Government security clearance, TS/SCI with Poly, at hire.
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8 years of software development experience; or bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field and 4 years of software development experience; or master's degree in a relevant technical field and 2 years of software development experience; or doctorate in a relevant technical field.
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4 years of experience with programming and/or scripting languages.
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3 years of experience with databases.
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Experience with distributed systems, software engineering practices, API development or integration, source control, debugging, and secure development.
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Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly through design docs, implementation notes, code reviews, and operational handoffs.
Preferred Qualifications
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8 years of software development experience or equivalent advanced degree plus experience.
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2 years of experience with cloud platforms such as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
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Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices, CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, Linux, observability, incident response, and reliability improvement.
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Experience contributing to production services in regulated, classified, sovereign, or air-gapped environments.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, test, and maintain secure application software, services, APIs, and integrations.
Drive medium-sized features and quality improvements with measurable reliability, performance, and maintainability outcomes.
Translate ambiguous requirements into scalable designs, implementation plans, and technical documentation.
Lead code reviews in designated application areas and recommend improvements to development practices.
Troubleshoot and resolve moderately complex application, API, integration, and production issues.
Participate in production support, incident investigation, root cause analysis, observability improvements, and operational readiness.
Partner with QA and engineering teams to define test strategy and ensure consistency across modules.
Mentor junior engineers and collaborate cross-functionally on feature delivery and service improvements.
Minimum Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
8 years of experience in software development
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Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 4 years of experience in software development
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Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 4 years of experience in software development
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Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 2 year of experience in software development
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Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 2 year of experience in software development
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Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
Job Skills:
Same skills as prior level plus;
-Distributed Systems: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of distributed systems, including designing or managing scalable, secure, and highly available software systems.
-Prototyping: Demonstrated experience creating and refining prototypes for system validation and stakeholder feedback.
-Computer Science Programming: Demonstrated understanding of computer science principles and ability to implement them in code.
-Software Engineering: Demonstrated proficiency in all phases of software engineering and development.
-Web Development: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of web development, including designing, developing, or maintaining modern web applications using current frameworks.
-Innovation: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of innovation, including generating or supporting new ideas, technologies, or processes for organizational growth.
-Cross-Functional/Team Collaboration: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of cross-functional collaboration, including working with stakeholders across teams or geographies to achieve common objectives.
-Information Vulnerabilities: Demonstrated ability to assess and mitigate vulnerabilities in IT and physical information assets.
-Operating Systems: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of operating systems, including installing, upgrading, and troubleshooting various operating environments.
-API Development: Demonstrated ability to develop, test, and maintain secure APIs for application integration.
-API Integration: Demonstrated ability to build and manage robust API integrations for seamless interoperability between systems.
-Applied Algorithm Engineering: Demonstrated skill in designing, analyzing, and optimizing algorithms for efficiency and scalability.
-Source Control: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of source control, including managing and documenting code versions and release branches.
Coding Experience:
4 years of experience with programming and/or scripting languages (e.g., SQL, C/C++, JavaScript).
Database Experience:
3 years of experience with databases.
Preferred Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience:
8 years of experience in software development