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This role is focused on platform engineering and operations, providing scalable, secure, and standardized platforms that enable application teams to build, deploy, and operate their workloads efficiently.\nYou will own the underlying platform infrastructure -including Kubernetes, Jenkins, CI/CD enablement, and shared services-while partnering closely with application development teams, security, and enterprise engineering stakeholders. This role does not involve application development or pipeline authoring for tenants, but instead focuses on platform reliability, automation, governance, and self-service enablement.\nThis role requires full-time onsite work in San Diego, CA (5 days per week).\nThis role is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship.\n Minimum Qualifications:\n• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.OR\n1+ year of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a non-technical field.\nOR\n3+ years of IT-related work experience with a High school diploma or equivalent.\n*Completed advanced degree in a relevant field may be substituted for up to one year (Master’s = one year) of work experience.\nKey Responsibilities\nOwn the design, implementation, and lifecycle management of shared application platforms, including Kubernetes clusters and Jenkins infrastructure\nOperate enterprise Jenkins as a service, supporting both shared and dedicated controller models with strong tenancy isolation and RBAC\nBuild and maintain secure, scalable Kubernetes platforms for hosting internal applications and CI/CD workloads\nDefine and enforce platform standards, guardrails, and best practices for application onboarding and operations\nPartner with application teams to enable smooth onboarding, troubleshooting, and production readiness-without owning application code or pipelines\nDrive automation-first operations for provisioning, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management of platform components\nCollaborate with security teams to implement secure-by-default platform architectures, including secrets management, certificate handling, and network controls\nEnsure high platform reliability through monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, and incident response\nContinuously improve platform scalability, performance, and developer experience\n\nMinimum Qualifications\n3+ years of relevant IT experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or 5+ years of relevant experience without\nStrong experience in Linux system administration, including troubleshooting, performance tuning, and OS-level security hardening\nHands-on expertise with containerization using Docker, including:Image and container lifecycle management\nDockerfile authoring and image optimization\nContainer networking and runtime troubleshooting\n\nDeep understanding of Kubernetes platform operations, including:Control plane and worker node architecture\nPods, Deployments, Services, Ingress, and networking fundamentals\nAuthoring and managing Kubernetes manifests and Helm-based deployments\nCluster upgrades, scaling, backup/restore, and lifecycle management\n\nProven experience administering Jenkins infrastructure at scale, including:Jenkins controller and agent architecture\nInstallation, upgrades, plugin governance, and configuration management\nSupporting shared and multi-tenant CI environments\nContainer-based Jenkins agents on Kubernetes\n\nStrong knowledge of CI/CD platform concepts, including:Pipeline enablement frameworks and standards\nBuild, test, and deployment automation patterns\nCI platform reliability and capacity planning\n\nHands-on experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Splunk and Datadog, including:Platform-level dashboards and alerting\nSLA/SLO tracking\nLog analysis and incident troubleshooting\n\nExperience provisioning and operating cloud infrastructure, with working knowledge of AWS services such as:EC2, S3, IAM, VPC\nBaseline cloud security controls and cost monitoring\n\nStrong fundamentals in networking, including DNS, IP addressing, routing, load balancing, and connectivity troubleshooting\nAbility to build automation using Shell, Python, or similar scripting languages\nExperience with Git-based version control, including branching strategies and repository governance\nExcellent problem-solving skills across platform, infrastructure, and CI/CD layers\nStrong professional attributes including ownership mindset, operational discipline, collaboration, and accountability\nPreferred Qualifications\nPractical experience with platform engineering or DevOps enablement teams in large enterprise environments\nExperience operating microservices platforms on Kubernetes, including:Secure service-to-service communication\nPlatform-level observability (metrics, logs, traces)\nTraffic routing and policy enforcement\n\nHands-on experience with Kubernetes ingress and traffic management, including:Gateway API, NGINX Ingress, Kong\nEnterprise API management platforms such as Apigee\n\nExperience with service mesh technologies (Istio or equivalent) for security, traffic management, and observability\nFamiliarity with Kubernetes load-balancing solutions such as MetalLB\nHands-on experience with HashiCorp Vault for:Centralized secrets management\nDynamic credential generation\nTenant self-service workflows\n\nExperience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent\nExposure to security and compliance practices, including:Certificate lifecycle management\nIAM and RBAC\nSecrets handling and Kubernetes network policies\n\nFamiliarity with GitOps-based deployment models and related tooling (Argo CD, Flux, or similar)\nIndustry-recognized certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or equivalent\nStrong communication skills, with the ability to translate platform capabilities into clear guidance for application teams\nDemonstrated commitment to continuous learning and platform modernization\nExperience working with Apigee API management platform, including API proxy development, policy configuration, and troubleshooting in enterprise environments.\nApplicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail  or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).\nTo all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies:Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.\nEEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.\nQualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.\nPay rangeand Other Compensation & Benefits :\n$38.85 - $58.25The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. 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