Senior DevOps & Platform Engineer - Cloud, CI/CD, Kubernetes

QUALCOMM, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a software-focused platform engineer to design, build, and operate scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure. You will develop CI/CD pipelines, container platforms, and IaC, while mentoring teams and improving platform reliability.

The role emphasizes Kubernetes, Docker, scripting, security, and large-scale distributed systems, with opportunities to influence developer productivity and platform efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 2+ years in software engineering or related work.
• Experience with public clouds (AWS/Azure) including deployment and security.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, automate, and operate highly available infrastructure across AWS and Azure.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD platforms and pipelines for build, test, and release.
• Design and operate container platforms using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Create and manage IaC with Terraform/OpenTofu, CloudFormation, and Ansible.
• Develop automation using Python, Go, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Collaborate with development teams to meet scalability and reliability needs.
• Improve platform reliability via capacity planning, monitoring, and automation.
• Troubleshoot production and infra issues across layers and services.
• Adopt security/governance controls for cloud infrastructure.
• Mentor engineers and promote DevOps/platform engineering best practices.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Azure

CI/CD

Terraform/OpenTofu

Python

Go

Git-based workflows

Monitoring/Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Terraform/OpenTofu

CloudFormation

Ansible

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a software-focused platform engineer to design, build, and operate scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure. You will develop CI/CD pipelines, container platforms, and IaC, while mentoring teams and improving platform reliability.

The role emphasizes Kubernetes, Docker, scripting, security, and large-scale distributed systems, with opportunities to influence developer productivity and platform efficiency.