Qualcomm

Staff IT Software Developer - Top Secret Clearance Required (San Diego)

Qualcomm$128K — $192K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of IT-relevant work experience, or 7+ years without a degree.
  • 4+ years' experience in Full-stack Application Development (Java, Python, JavaScript, etc.).
  • 3+ years' experience with Data Structures, algorithms, and data stores.
  • Extensive experience with Linux environments, especially Ubuntu and RedHat.

Responsibilities

  • Provision and maintain infrastructure with a focus on stability and security.
  • Automate processes using scripting languages like Python and Ansible.
  • Deploy and protect AWS and/or Azure services.
  • Facilitate automated test coverage for various implementations.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to modernize services and applications.

Benefits

  • Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
  • Opportunities for annual RSU grants.
  • Highly competitive benefits package that supports work-life balance.
  • Support for continuous learning and professional development.
  • Employee-centric culture that rewards collaboration and innovation.
Full Job Description
Job Area:
Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > IT Software Developer

General Summary:

Qualcomm's Government Technologies (QGOV) division develops special products based on its wireless terrestrial and satellite communication technologies for the military, federal, local, and foreign governments.

As a DevSecOps Engineer, you'll be part of a highly collaborative team focused on provisioning and maintaining infrastructure and services with stability, sustainability, and security always on your mind. You will work in a self-guided, cross-functional team responsible for everything from modernizing traditional services and applications to deploying new technology.

Opening is available in San Diego CA, or Boulder CO, full time 5 days a week

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

** Must be a U.S. citizen and have an active U.S. Government security clearance.**

Ideal candidate will have:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field and 1 yr of relevant experience or,

No degree and 3+ years of relevant experience

What you have:
• Extensive Linux experience with servers and workstations. You can easily navigate the CLI, knowledgeable with typical Linux troubleshooting tools, and have a broad understanding of Ubuntu and RedHat.
• An understanding of AWS and/or Azure service deployment and protection practices.
• The ability to automate through scripting languages such as Python, Ansible, Go, etc.
• The skill to provide sufficient automated test coverage of various implementations.
• You have familiarity with Jenkins, Puppet, Splunk, JIRA, Vault, Docker, AWS, Azure, etc.
• Ability to respond rapidly to changing landscapes while providing stable, reliable, and secure services to customers.
• You have a passion for continuous learning and leverage the scientific method to ensure nothing is taken for granted.

Your Guiding Principles:
Automation: You understand the power of automation and "infrastructure as code" concepts. Automation is your primary consideration in problem-solving.
Collaboration: You share a common language with fellow engineers, understand their needs, and thrive working in a high trust collaborate culture in which people are rewarded for taking risks.
Data-driven: You understand why decisions are supported by facts and not opinions. You have experience applying logical approach to decision making. Skilled at metric collection and using that data to drive change.
Debugging: You understand debugging principles and are adept at applying them routinely and successfully.
DevSecOps: You understand that DevSecOps is a culture which needs to be cultivated and you can help mature those philosophies.
Security: You know how to layer appropriate security within solutions across the lifecycle. You understand the security implications and consequences of any deployment.
Self-Driven: You understand how to prioritize work and time allocation at a personal and team level.
Stability: You know what it means to deliver a service with a high degree of reliability and are intimately familiar with how disruptions impact consumers.
Sustainability: You avoid one off solutions which are challenging to support. Instead, your solutions are aligned with team goals and strategic vision. You routinely dedicate cycles to reducing technical debt. You design, write, and deliver software that improves the availability, protection, and efficiency of services.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field

3+ years of experience in one or more of the following:

  • Amazon Web Services administration, preferably in GovCloud
  • Cloud Architecture, Security and Tooling
  • Ability to create and analyze telemetry
  • Automating and enabling low-risk releases
  • AI/ML Tooling
  • Configuration management
  • Enabling fast and reliable automated testing
  • Enablement and experience practicing continuous integration and continuous delivery
  • Secure software development lifecycle management of high-availability services / architectures


Minimum Qualifications:
• 5+ years of IT-relevant work experience with Bachelor's degree in a technical field (e.g., Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems).
OR
7+ years of IT-relevant work experience without a Bachelor's degree.
• 4+ years of work experience with Full-stack Application Development (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript, etc.).
• 3+ years of work experience with Data Structures, algorithms, and data stores.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$128,100.00 - $192,100.00

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.

About Qualcomm

Qualcomm Ventures is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. Founded in 2000, Qualcomm Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund with over 150 active portfolio companies and more than 20 exits over a billion dollars, including 99 Taxis, Cruise Automation, Fitbit, Invensense, NQ Mobile, Waze, and more. As a global investor, Qualcomm Ventures helps connect entrepreneurs to the resources, relationships, and deep industry expertise they need to succeed in the mobile technology ecosystem.

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