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 Dev Ops 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.

OR1+ year of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a non-technical field.

OR3+ 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 RBACBuild 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

Docker file 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…