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Kubernetes Platform Engineer (IT Engineer Staff)Qualcomm • San Diego, CA, United States
Kubernetes Platform Engineer (IT Engineer Staff)

Kubernetes Platform Engineer (IT Engineer Staff)

Qualcomm • San Diego, CA, United States
5 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Company :

Qualcomm Incorporated

Job Area :

Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group >

IT Engineering

General Summary :

Qualcomm IT seeks a Kubernetes generalist who can assist with the construction, deployment, management, automation, and troubleshooting of high performance bare-metal on-prem and cloud-based multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters using Rancher. Kubernetes distributions in use are RKE2 (on-prem) and GKE, EKS, AKS (cloud). Day to day tasks also include monitoring performance and availability of all Kubernetes clusters (including high performance GPU acceleration), as well as developing and deploying platform automation scripts and software. Candidates will join a mature and experienced team of Kubernetes platform administrators with a wide range of skill levels. Candidates will have many opportunities for growth through project work and coaching from mentors. Examples of possible project work include implementation of self-healing system automation; testing, validation, and deployment of new Kubernetes versions; transformation of existing platform automation to make use of new Kubernetes functionality; testing and integration of new high performance bare-metal compute platforms; implementation and troubleshooting of novel Kubernetes multi-tenancy patterns such as vcluster; migration of Gatekeeper OPA policies to Validating Admission Policy.

Minimum Qualifications :

  • 4+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree.

OR

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

Physical Requirements :

  • Frequently transports and installs equipment up to 20 lbs.
  • Baseline requirements :

  • Comfortable using and developing on Linux as a primary OS, especially Ubuntu.
  • 2+ years Kubernetes administration experience.
  • Advanced proficiency in Kustomize or Helm (preferably both).
  • Intermediate knowledge of Kubernetes networking internals (notably Cilium).
  • Direct experience deploying and maintaining enterprise Kubernetes clusters.
  • Advanced proficiency with Docker+ContainerD and Linux container internals.
  • Advanced proficiency with git and Github.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of Kubernetes control plane architecture and troubleshooting.
  • Intermediate proficiency with Python.
  • Intermediate proficiency with bash scripting.
  • Comfortable with Agile project management in JIRA.
  • Beneficial additional experience :

  • Recent CKAD and CKA certifications. CKS certification is a plus.
  • Bare-metal Kubernetes management with Rancher and RKE2.
  • Cloud Kubernetes management (GKE, EKS and AKS).
  • Datadog log and metrics collection; dashboarding.
  • Writing Operators in Python using KOPF.
  • Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Gatekeeper OPA.
  • Kubernetes Ingress / Gateway API implementations.
  • Deployment and management of Portworx and MetalLB.
  • Creating CI / CD workflows using Github Actions.
  • Experience with GPU-accelerated workloads in Kubernetes.
  • Deployment and management of Kueue, Argo Workflows, RunAI, Kubeflow, etc.
  • Applicants : Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application / hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

    To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies : Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes / applications.

    EEO Employer : Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

    Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and / or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

    Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits :

    $116,800.00 - $175,200.00

    The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer - and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

    If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

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