ckad jobs in San Diego

Design, build, and operate an enterprise Kubernetes platform at scale across Qualcomm, establishing organizational standards for cluster operations, GitOps workflows with Argo CD, and security policies using Kyverno and Cilium. Own platform reliability, observability (Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana), and cost efficiency while serving as technical authority for security governance and multi-cloud strategy.…See more Lead cross-organizational teams without direct authority, mentor staff engineers, drive technology evaluation across the CNCF landscape, and participate in on-call incident response including 24/7 coverage.

Qualcomm IT seeks a Kubernetes generalist to construct, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot high-performance bare-metal on-premises and cloud-based multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters using Rancher (RKE2, GKE, EKS, AKS). Day-to-day responsibilities include monitoring cluster performance and availability, developing platform automation scripts, and leading projects such as self-healing system implementation, Kubernetes version validation, multi-tenancy pattern integration (vcluster), and policy migration (Gatekeeper OPA to Validating Admission Policy).…See more Required skills include 2+ years Kubernetes administration, advanced proficiency in Kustomize/Helm, Docker/ContainerD, git/GitHub, intermediate Kubernetes networking (Cilium) and control-plane architecture knowledge, plus intermediate Python/Go and bash scripting. The role requires full-time onsite work in San Diego, CA.