Staff Engineer IT (Cloud Platform Engineering)

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc; Hyderabad City Taluka; On-site; PKR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a senior Platform Engineer to own Kubernetes and cloud platform deployments with a strong focus on AWS, IaC, and GitOps.

You will manage production EKS clusters, implement Argo CD workflows, and drive observability and security at scale, including on-call rotation and incident response.

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 7+ years without a Bachelor's degree.
• 3+ years hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production environments (EKS strongly preferred).
• 3+ years of leadership skills with mentoring and cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS (VPC/networking, IAM, EKS).
• Solid understanding of GitOps and CI/CD with Argo CD and GitHub Actions.
• Practical experience implementing observability (metrics/logs/alerts) for platform services.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive deployment of cloud platform solutions with emphasis on AWS, IaC, and GitOps.
• Provision, upgrade, and operate production EKS clusters and core services in multi-tenant environments.
• Build and maintain GitOps workflows using Argo CD and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions).
• Tune platform capabilities for reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Build and maintain monitoring/alerting with Datadog and Prometheus/Grafana.
• Implement secure-by-default cluster/workload patterns (Cilium, Kyverno, RBAC).
• Contribute to design docs; collaborate with Platform Architects; drive delivery.
• Participate in on-call rotation and lead RCA and corrective actions.

Skills

Leadership

GitOps

CI/CD

Platform optimization

On-call duties

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Argo CD

GitHub Actions

Terraform

AWS

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

Kyverno

Cilium

Karpenter

Job description

Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area: Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > IT Engineering

General Summary:

• 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 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

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)

Minimum Qualifications:

• 4+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree.
• 7+ years of IT-related work experience without a Bachelor’s degree.

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