Application/DevOps Platform Engineer

Company: Qualcomm Incorporated

Job Area: Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > IT Engineering

General Summary: We are seeking an experienced Application Platform Engineer / Platform DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate enterprise-grade application platform services. 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.

You 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.

This role requires full-time onsite work in San Diego, CA (5 days per week).

This role is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.

OR

1+ year of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a non-technical field.

OR

3+ years of IT-related work experience with a High school diploma or equivalent.

Completed advanced degree in a relevant field may be substituted for up to one year (Master’s = one year) of work experience.

Key Responsibilities: Own the design, implementation, and lifecycle management of shared application platforms, including Kubernetes clusters and Jenkins infrastructure

Operate enterprise Jenkins as a service, supporting both shared and dedicated controller models with strong tenancy isolation and RBAC

Build and maintain secure, scalable Kubernetes platforms for hosting internal applications and CI/CD workloads

Define and enforce platform standards, guardrails, and best practices for application onboarding and operations

Partner with application teams to enable smooth onboarding, troubleshooting, and production readiness—without owning application code or pipelines

Drive automation-first operations for provisioning, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management of platform components

Collaborate with security teams to implement secure-by-default platform architectures, including secrets management, certificate handling, and network controls

Ensure high platform reliability through monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, and incident response

Continuously improve platform scalability, performance, and developer experience

Minimum Qualifications: 3+ 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

Strong experience in Linux system administration, including troubleshooting, performance tuning, and OS-level security hardening

Hands-on expertise with containerization using Docker, including:

Image and container lifecycle management

Dockerfile authoring and image optimization

Container networking and runtime troubleshooting

Deep understanding of Kubernetes platform operations, including:

Control plane and worker node architecture

Pods, Deployments, Services, Ingress, and networking fundamentals

Authoring and managing Kubernetes manifests and Helm-based deployments

Cluster upgrades, scaling, backup/restore, and lifecycle management

Proven experience administering Jenkins infrastructure at scale, including:

Jenkins controller and agent architecture

Installation, upgrades, plugin governance, and configuration management

Supporting shared and multi-tenant CI environments

Container-based Jenkins agents on Kubernetes

Strong knowledge of CI/CD platform concepts, including:

Pipeline enablement frameworks and standards

Build, test, and deployment automation patterns

CI platform reliability and capacity planning

Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Splunk and Datadog, including:

Platform-level dashboards and alerting

SLA/SLO tracking

Log analysis and incident troubleshooting

Experience provisioning and operating cloud infrastructure, with working knowledge of AWS services such as:

EC2, S3, IAM, VPC

Baseline cloud security controls and cost monitoring

Strong fundamentals in networking, including DNS, IP addressing, routing, load balancing, and connectivity troubleshooting

Ability to build automation using Shell, Python, or similar scripting languages

Experience with Git-based version control, including branching strategies and repository governance

Excellent problem-solving skills across platform, infrastructure, and CI/CD layers

Strong professional attributes including ownership mindset, operational discipline, collaboration, and accountability

Preferred Qualifications: Practical experience with platform engineering or DevOps enablement teams in large enterprise environments

Experience operating microservices platforms on Kubernetes, including:

Secure service-to-service communication

Platform-level observability (metrics, logs, traces)

Traffic routing and policy enforcement

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes ingress and traffic management, including:

Gateway API, NGINX Ingress, Kong

Enterprise API management platforms such as Apigee

Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio or equivalent) for security, traffic management, and observability

Familiarity with Kubernetes load-balancing solutions such as MetalLB

Hands-on experience with HashiCorp Vault for:

Centralized secrets management

Dynamic credential generation

Tenant self-service workflows

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent

Exposure to security and compliance practices, including:

Certificate lifecycle management

IAM and RBAC

Secrets handling and Kubernetes network policies

Familiarity with GitOps-based deployment models and related tooling (Argo CD, Flux, or similar)

Industry-recognized certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or equivalent

Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate platform capabilities into clear guidance for application teams

Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and platform modernization

Experience working with Apigee API management platform, including API proxy development, policy configuration, and troubleshooting in enterprise environments.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits: $38.85 - $58.25

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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