Qualcomm
Application/DevOps Platform Engineer
San Diego, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of relevant experience with a relevant bachelor's degree, or 5+ years without; the posting also states alternate education and experience pathways in its minimum qualifications.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; alternatives include 1+ year of IT-related work experience with a non-technical bachelor's degree, or 3+ years with a high school diploma or equivalent. A relevant advanced degree may substitute for up to one year of work experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship.
About the job
Designs, operates, and improves shared enterprise application platforms, including Kubernetes and Jenkins, with a focus on reliability, security, automation, and self-service enablement.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and manage shared Kubernetes and Jenkins platforms and their lifecycle.
- Automate platform provisioning, upgrades, patching, monitoring, and incident response while enforcing security and operational standards.
- Partner with application teams on onboarding, troubleshooting, and production readiness without owning application code or tenant pipelines.
What they ask for
- At least 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 Linux system administration experience and hands-on Docker and Kubernetes operations expertise.
- Experience administering Jenkins infrastructure at scale and knowledge of CI/CD platform concepts.
- Experience with monitoring and observability platforms, cloud infrastructure such as AWS, networking, scripting with Shell or Python, and Git-based version control.
Nice to have
- Experience with enterprise platform engineering or DevOps enablement; Kubernetes ingress or traffic management, service mesh, Vault, IaC, or GitOps.
- CKA, CKAD, or equivalent certification; experience with Apigee API management.
Pay
$38.85 - $58.25 (base salary; currency not stated)
Tools
Kubernetes, Jenkins, Docker, Splunk, Datadog, AWS, Shell, Python
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