Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Oracle

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Work type: On-site
Location: Reston, VA
Salary: $114,600–$234,600 / yr
Posted: 67 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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As a Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure - CDS, you will join the team to deliver reliable platforms that enable controlled information sharing between networks operating at different security levels. You will design, deploy, and maintain infrastructure integrating Cross Domain Solutions, including data diodes, guards, and protocol-filtering services. Your daily work involves building fault-tolerant components with redundancy, developing technical designs, and creating telemetry systems for proactive monitoring. You will manage complex troubleshooting across compute, storage, networking, and virtualization while automating provisioning through Infrastructure as Code. The role requires expertise in Linux, Java, Kubernetes, Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, and Red Hat administration. You will also implement encryption, secure file transfers, and document scanning to solve critical security challenges while ensuring compliance with strict requirements in highly controlled environments involving complex network protocols and hardware.

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Skills

Ansible Bash Scripting Kubernetes Linux Red Hat Linux PowerShell Java Infrastructure as Code Virtualization Network Protocols Secure File Transfer Protocol Encryption Containerized Applications Data Diodes System Hardening Monitoring Telemetry

What you'll do

Design, deploy, and maintain infrastructure for Cross Domain Solutions including data diodes and guard technologies.
Develop technical designs, implementation plans, configuration standards, and operational documentation for secure systems.
Build fault-tolerant components using redundancy, replication, and automatic failover mechanisms to ensure high availability.
Implement security controls, system hardening, vulnerability remediation, and patching to meet compliance requirements.
Troubleshoot complex issues across infrastructure, networks, and security controls while participating in incident response and root-cause analysis.
Automate provisioning, configuration, and routine operations using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and scripting tools.
Monitor platform health and performance by building custom dashboards and telemetry systems to proactively identify risks.
Provide technical guidance to other engineers and contribute to the development of engineering standards.

What we're looking for

Must possess 3 to 5+ years of experience in systems infrastructure and security-first engineering.
Must hold a valid security clearance.
Must be proficient in Linux, including Red Hat Linux administration.
Must have expertise in Ansible automation, Bash scripting, and Microsoft PowerShell scripting.
Must be skilled in Kubernetes and managing containerized applications.
Must possess knowledge of network hardware, network protocols, and secure file transfer protocols.
Must be capable of implementing encryption and managing event logs.
Must be able to perform document scanning and virtualization tasks.