Staff Cloud Architect - GitOps, CI/CD & EKS Platform

QUALCOMM, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Incorporated's IT group seeks a Staff Cloud Architect to design, build, and govern the GitOps release process, CI/CD automation, and developer tooling for our internal platform built on EKS. This is a hands-on, high-autonomy role requiring full-time onsite work in San Diego, CA.

You will lead platform engineering for GitOps, Terraform modules, and multi-environment deployments, while driving adoption of standards across teams and mentoring engineers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years IT experience with a BS in CS, Applied Mathematics, or Engineering, or 10+ years without.
• Hands-on Kubernetes production experience with EKS and multi-environment operations.
• Proven ability to design and govern GitOps release processes, including branching strategies and multi-environment promotion.
• Advanced CI/CD expertise using GitHub Actions or similar to build pipelines with testing, DevSecOps, and Argo CD.
• Strong Terraform expertise including module development, state management, and multi-environment patterns.
• Strong AWS expertise across networking, IAM, and the EKS ecosystem.
• Track record of driving technical standards and adoption across teams without direct authority.
• Strong Linux and distributed systems troubleshooting skills across Kubernetes, networking, and AWS.
• Experience with Helm/Kustomize, Kubernetes networking fundamentals, and Cilium.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills across engineering and leadership audiences.
• Platform product thinking, treating developer experience as a product with measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and govern the GitOps release process using Argo CD across environments.
• Own platform CI/CD workflow definitions and pipelines using GitHub Actions; reduce release lead time and toil.
• Define and maintain platform branching strategy, version tagging, and repo automation with gitStream.
• Build self-service templates, tooling, and docs to improve developer experience and adoption.
• Support agile delivery practices; participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and reviews.
• Mentor engineers on GitOps, CI/CD, and delivery practices; participate in interview loops.
• Ensure reliability, observability, and security through Datadog, Prometheus, Kyverno, and Cilium.

Skills

Kubernetes in production

GitOps

CI/CD pipelines

GitHub Actions

Argo CD

Terraform

AWS EKS

Linux administration

Platform leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Argo CD

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Karpenter

Kyverno

Cilium

Datadog

Prometheus

gitStream

Job description

Qualcomm Incorporated's IT group seeks a Staff Cloud Architect to design, build, and govern the GitOps release process, CI/CD automation, and developer tooling for our internal platform built on EKS. This is a hands-on, high-autonomy role requiring full-time onsite work in San Diego, CA.

You will lead platform engineering for GitOps, Terraform modules, and multi-environment deployments, while driving adoption of standards across teams and mentoring engineers.