senior operations Systems Engineer ic · Posted May 11, 2026

About this role

Qualcomm is hiring a senior-level Systems Engineer in the operations function based in San Diego, CA. The posting calls out experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, VMware.

Role
Systems Engineer
Function
operations
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Location
San Diego, CA
Posted
May 11, 2026

Job description

from Qualcomm careers

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Company:

Qualcomm Incorporated

## Job Area:

Information Technology Group, Information Technology Group > IT Engineering

General Summary:

Knowledge in UNIX Operating systems like Red Hat Enterprise Linux / Ubuntu/SUSE and Solaris should be flexible and have cross platform working knowledge.

Hands on experience in configuring and deploying Hardware devices like HP DL/BL Series Servers, Sun Hardware, Super Micro and Dell - Enclosures/Blade hardware platform.

This role requires full-time onsite work in San Diego, CA (5 days per week).

**This role is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship.

Baseline knowledge:

* Knowledge in of UNIX Operating systems like Red Hat Enterprise Linux / Ubuntu/SUSE and Solaris should be flexible and have cross platform working knowledge

* In-depth familiarity and strong troubleshooting skills in Unix operation

* Administration of physical and virtual infrastructure UNIX based hosts in complex heterogeneous environments

* Fundamentals Storage technologies, SAN and RAID concepts

* Datacenter Operations

* Hands on experience in configuring and deploying Hardware devices like HP DL/BL Series Servers, Sun Hardware, Super Micro and Dell - Enclosures/Blade hardware platform

* Knowledge of Micro services like Docker & Kubernetes

* Configuration tools like Ansible is required

* Investigation, diagnosis and resolution of technical issues affecting service availability

* knowledge on server PXE installation, kickstart configurations, patching and package management

* Responsibilities include managing of servers across the locations which includes Linux, Solaris, and a footprint of VMware in a critical production environment

* Knowledge on configuring Veritas cluster & Pacemaker

* Act as Escalation point for engineers for technical and process related issues

* Partnering with different representatives across the company

* After-hours escalations relating to critical business activities

* Knowledge transfer among multiple team members and sharing of service responsibilities, Rotational hand-offs

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree.
OR
5+ years of IT-related work experience without a Bachelor’s degree.

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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:

$45.77 - $68.65

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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