DevOps Platform Engineer

Qualcomm Incorporated

Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > IT Engineering

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.

• 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.

• 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

• 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:
• Pip…