Kubernetes Platform Engineer (IT Engineer Senior)

Company: Qualcomm Incorporated Job Area: Information Technology Group > IT Engineering General Summary: Qualcomm IT seeks a Kubernetes generalist who can assist with construction, deployment, management, automation, and troubleshooting of high performance bare-metal on-prem and cloud-based multi‑tenant Kubernetes clusters using Rancher. Kubernetes distributions in use are RKE2 (on‑prem) and GKE, EKS, AKS (cloud). Day‑to‑day tasks include monitoring performance and availability of all Kubernetes clusters (including high performance GPU acceleration), as well as developing and deploying platform automation scripts and software. Candidates will join a mature and experienced team of Kubernetes platform administrators with a wide range of skill levels. Candidates will have many opportunities for growth through project work and coaching from mentors. Examples of possible project work include implementation of self‑healing system automation; testing, validation, and deployment of new Kubernetes versions; transformation of existing platform automation to make use of new Kubernetes functionality; testing and integration of new high performance bare‑metal compute platforms; implementation and troubleshooting of novel Kubernetes multi‑tenancy patterns such as vcluster; migration of Gatekeeper OPA policies to Validating Admission Policy. Location This role requires full‑time onsite work in San Diego, CA (5 days per week). Eligibility This position is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship. Baseline Requirements Comfortable using and developing on Linux as a primary OS, especially Ubuntu. 2+ years Kubernetes administration experience. Proficiency in Kustomize or Helm (preferably both). Intermediate knowledge of Kubernetes CNI networking internals (notably Cilium). Direct experience deploying and maintaining enterprise Kubernetes clusters. Proficiency with Docker/ContainerD and Linux container internals. Advanced proficiency with git and Github. Knowledge of Kubernetes control plane architecture and troubleshooting. Intermediate proficiency with Python or Go. Intermediate proficiency with bash scripting. Comfortable with Agile project management in JIRA. Beneficial Additional Experience Recent CKAD and CKA certifications. CKS certification is a plus. Bare‑metal Kubernetes management with Rancher, RKE2, and Cilium. Cloud Kubernetes management (GKE, EKS and AKS). Datadog log and metrics collection; dashboarding. Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Gatekeeper OPA. Kubernetes Ingress/Gateway API implementations. Deployment and management of Portworx and MetalLB. Creating CI/CD workflows using Github Actions. Experience with GPU‑accelerated workloads in Kubernetes. Minimum Qualifications 3+ years of IT‑related work experience with a Bachelor's degree. OR 5+ years of IT‑related work experience without a Bachelor’s degree. EEO Statement 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. Pay Range and Other Compensation & Benefits $45.77 - $68.65. The above pay scale reflects the broad minimum to maximum pay range for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Salary is one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunities 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr