Kubernetes Platform Engineer (IT Engineer Staff)

Summary

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). 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.