Senior Principal Application Engineer

erization, orchestration, and managed cloud services to enable scalability, resilience, and performance

• Lead complex technical projects and initiatives, driving solutions with significant business impact

• Partner with infrastructure, security, and platform teams to design cloud architectures aligned with enterprise standards, compliance requirements, and business goals

• Guide modernization efforts, including migration from legacy or monolithic systems to cloud-native or hybrid architectures

• Architect, develop, and optimize solutions deployed on major cloud platforms (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), AWS, Azure, and/or GCP), ensuring security, cost efficiency, and operational excellence

• Proven ability to influence technical decisions across teams and stakeholders without direct authority

• Write clean, scalable, and maintainable code adhering to industry best practices and organizational coding standards

• Implement efficient data structures and algorithms, optimizing code for performance, scalability, and user experience

• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve highly-complex application functionality and performance issues, working with the team to implement fixes and improvements

• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure the highest quality codebase while learning from colleagues' expertise

• Lead the development and enhancement of practices, procedures, and instructions to ensure continuous improvement

• Serve as a lead technical resource, mentoring and guiding junior team members on new techniques and strategies, fostering a culture of innovation

• Generate and adhere to systems software engineering policies, standards, and procedures to maintain consistency and best practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, a related field or the equivalent combination of education, training or experience

• 15+ years of experience in application or software development engineering.

• Hands-on experience with one or more major cloud platforms: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Strong understanding of cloud architecture principles, including high availability, disaster recovery, scalability, observability, and cost optimization (FinOps)

• Extensive experience designing and supporting integrations across complex enterprise systems, including APIs, event-driven architectures, and data pipelines

• Expert proficiency in programming languages and development tools such as SQL, Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, with in-depth knowledge of modern development frameworks and libraries

• Expertise in monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance tuning to ensure system reliability and operational excellence in production environments

• Expert understanding of software development concepts, Agile methodologies, version control systems, and best practices for application performance optimization

• Expert problem-solving and analytical skills to address complex technical issues and implement scalable, high-performance solutions

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively explain technical concepts and collaborate with stakeholders across functions

• Extensive experience with customer support tools, ticketing systems, and knowledge base platforms for troubleshooting and resolving user issues

• Expert in data structures and algorithms, applying them to optimize code efficiency, scalability, and system performance

• Expert ability to lead technical projects, mentor junior staff, and contribute to the development of engineering policies, standards, and procedures

• Recognized as a technical expert both within and beyond the function, fostering innovation and continuous improvement across the team

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM

Location: 820 Follin Lane, Vienna VA 22180

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