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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Posted
63 days ago
Closes
Oct 13, 2026

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About Qualcomm

Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.

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Qualcomm IT is hiring a Sr. Staff Cloud Architect to lead the strategy and execution of its GitOps-driven platform engineering efforts on Amazon EKS, with responsibilities including defining multi-year roadmaps for platform maturation and expansion into multiple clouds, establishing Terraform-based infrastructure as code governance, and ensuring reliability and observability through tools like Datadog and Prometheus/Grafana. The role requires deep expertise in Kubernetes, AWS, and CI/CD practices using GitHub Actions and Argo CD, alongside strong organizational leadership skills to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority. Ideal candidates have over 10 years of IT experience with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience, extensive EKS management at enterprise scale, and proven success in building self-service platform capabilities.

What you'll do

  • Define and drive multi-year platform roadmap for EKS maturation and multi-cloud expansion.
  • Establish Terraform strategy for state management and multi-environment patterns.
  • Own Kubernetes cluster provisioning and lifecycle management using Karpenter.
  • Set up GitOps operating model with Argo CD for continuous delivery across teams.
  • Ensure platform reliability, observability, and cost efficiency through Datadog and Prometheus/Grafana.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of IT experience with a bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent
  • Deep expertise in Kubernetes (EKS) and Terraform at enterprise scale
  • Strong CI/CD fundamentals using GitHub Actions for pipeline integration
  • Advanced AWS expertise including networking, IAM, and EKS ecosystem management
  • Proven ability to drive technical strategy and influence senior stakeholders
  • Linux and distributed systems troubleshooting skills across Kubernetes and AWS
  • Experience with Helm/Kustomize, Kubernetes networking, and Cilium policy enforcement

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