Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Qualcomm

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$119,600–$179,400 / yr
Posted
13 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Apr 12, 2027

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Below market

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About Qualcomm

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

Qualcomm currently has 575 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Kubernetes Platform Engineer

The Kubernetes Platform Engineer (IT Engineer Staff) joins the Information Technology Group to assist with the construction, deployment, management, automation, and troubleshooting of high performance bare-metal on-prem and cloud-based multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters. Working with a mature team of administrators, the role involves monitoring performance and availability for clusters featuring high performance GPU acceleration while developing platform automation scripts and software. Key responsibilities include implementing self-healing automation, validating new Kubernetes versions, and managing multi-tenancy patterns like vcluster. Required technical skills include Linux, Ubuntu, Kustomize, Helm, Cilium, Docker, ContainerD, Git, GitHub, Python, Go, and Bash. The role addresses the technical challenge of managing diverse Kubernetes distributions including RKE2, GKE, EKS, and AKS, while migrating OPA policies and managing Portworx and MetalLB.

What you'll do

  • Construct, deploy, and manage high-performance bare-metal and cloud-based multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters.
  • Monitor the performance and availability of all Kubernetes clusters, including GPU-accelerated workloads.
  • Develop and deploy platform automation scripts and software using Python, Go, or Bash.
  • Implement self-healing system automation and migrate existing platform automation to new functionalities.
  • Test, validate, and deploy new Kubernetes versions and high-performance bare-metal compute platforms.
  • Troubleshoot novel multi-tenancy patterns such as vcluster and networking internals like Cilium.
  • Migrate Gatekeeper OPA policies to Validating Admission Policy.
  • Create CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions and manage configurations with Kustomize or Helm.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 4+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree or 7+ years without a Bachelor's degree.
  • Must have 2+ years of Kubernetes administration experience.
  • Must be comfortable using and developing on Linux as a primary OS, especially Ubuntu.
  • Must have advanced proficiency with Docker+ContainerD, Linux container internals, and git with GitHub.
  • Must have intermediate proficiency with Python or Go and intermediate proficiency with bash scripting.
  • Must have advanced proficiency in Kustomize or Helm (preferably both).
  • Must have intermediate knowledge of Kubernetes networking internals, notably Cilium.
  • Must have knowledge of Kubernetes control plane architecture and troubleshooting.

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