Staff Engineer IT (Cloud Platform Engineering)
Qualcomm · Posted Oct 14
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
This role sits within Qualcomm's Information Technology Group, specifically IT Engineering, which builds and operates cloud platform solutions for the company's development teams. The platform work centers on AWS, production Kubernetes (EKS), Infrastructure as Code, and GitOps-driven delivery. As a Staff Engineer, the role owns deployment of platform solutions, EKS cluster provisioning and operations, CI/CD and GitOps enablement with Argo CD and GitHub Actions, observability, security and policy controls, and participates in an on-call rotation.
What you will do
- Cloud Implementation: Own & drive the deployment of platform solutions with a strong emphasis on AWS, Infrastructure as Code, and GitOps driven workflows.
- Kubernetes Platform Engineering (EKS): Provision, upgrade, and operate production EKS clusters and core platform services in multi-tenant environments, including autoscaling patterns using Karpenter.
- GitOps & CI/CD Enablement: Build and maintain GitOps workflows using Argo CD and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, enabling repeatable, audited delivery patterns.
- Optimization & Performance: Continuously evaluate and tune platform capabilities and services to improve reliability, performance, and cost efficiency for development teams.
- Observability: Build and maintain robust monitoring/alerting and recovery processes for platform services and components leveraging Datadog and Prometheus/Grafana.
- Security & Policy: Implement secure-by-default cluster and workload patterns, including network and policy controls (e.g., Cilium and Kyverno), RBAC, and least-privilege access.
- Design & Collaboration: Contribute to technical design docs and proposals; collaborate with Platform Architects for validation/approval and drive implementation through delivery.
- Operations & On-call: Participate in a required on-call rotation, including potential 24/7 coverage; lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective/preventative actions.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 10+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor’s degree OR 7+ years of IT-related work experience without a Bachelor’s degree
- 3+ years hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production environments; EKS strongly preferred
- 3+ years of leadership skills, with experience mentoring engineers, driving execution, and collaborating with cross‑functional stakeholders
- Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices (modules, state management, environment promotion, CI integration)
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS, especially VPC/networking, IAM, and EKS-related services
- Strong understanding of GitOps and CI/CD concepts with practical experience using Argo CD and GitHub Actions
- Practical experience implementing and operating observability (metrics/logs/alerts) for platform services
- 4+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree. OR 7+ years of IT-related work experience without a Bachelor’s degree.
Preferred qualifications
- Kubernetes certifications (CKA/CKAD; CKS a plus). Kubernetes certificates are highly desirable
- AWS certifications: Solution Architect Professional and/or DevOps Engineer Professional (highly desirable)
- Experience with Karpenter provisioning strategies, node consolidation, and cost/performance tuning
- Experience with policy-as-code tooling such as Kyverno (writing/enforcing policies, exceptions, rollout strategy)
- Experience operating Datadog and Prometheus/Grafana at scale (dashboards, alert tuning, SLOs)
- Exposure to Crossplane concepts for enabling self-service infrastructure (without requiring deep specialization)
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a global leader in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry, including mobile processors, 5G, and on-device artificial intelligence. The company designs and markets digital communications products, semiconductor solutions, and system software used globally across smartphones, automotive solutions, IoT devices, and computing systems. Through extensive R&D and intellectual property licensing, Qualcomm powers a highly interconnected and smarter world.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 50000+ employees
- Founded
- 1985
- Location
- San Diego, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $53M raised
- 2018-11-01Grant
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
James H. Thompson
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Ann Chaplin
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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