Qualcomm · 2 months ago
Kubernetes Platform Engineer (IT Engineer Staff)
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$117K/yr - $175K/yr
4+ years expQualcomm Incorporated is seeking a Kubernetes Platform Engineer to assist with the construction, deployment, management, automation, and troubleshooting of high performance Kubernetes clusters. The role involves monitoring performance, developing automation scripts, and working on various projects within a team of experienced Kubernetes administrators.
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Responsibilities
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
Monitor performance and availability of all Kubernetes clusters (including high performance GPU acceleration)
Develop and deploy platform automation scripts and software
Join a mature and experienced team of Kubernetes platform administrators with a wide range of skill levels
Work on implementation of self-healing system automation
Test, validate, and deploy new Kubernetes versions
Transform existing platform automation to make use of new Kubernetes functionality
Test and integrate new high performance bare-metal compute platforms
Implement and troubleshoot novel Kubernetes multi-tenancy patterns such as vcluster
Migrate Gatekeeper OPA policies to Validating Admission Policy
Qualification
Required
4+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree
7+ years of IT-related work experience without a Bachelor's degree
Frequently transports and installs equipment up to 20 lbs
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
Preferred
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
Benefits
Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
Opportunity for annual RSU grants
Highly competitive benefits package
Company
Qualcomm
Qualcomm designs wireless technologies and semiconductors that power connectivity, communication, and smart devices.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$3.5M1991-12-20IPO
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Leadership Team
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