Staff IT Cloud Engineer

Qualcomm IT is seeking a Cloud Architect / Engineer to help define, implement, and scale enterprise cloud platforms across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Amazon Web Services (AWS), and hybrid enterprise environments. This role will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for shaping cloud architecture standards, operational practices, automation frameworks, security posture, governance models, and platform reliability supporting enterprise workloads spanning compute, databases, analytics, AI/ML, Kubernetes, and hybrid connectivity.

This is a high-impact, hands-on technical leadership role for an engineer or architect who brings strong enterprise cloud experience, practical operational knowledge, and the ability to drive alignment across infrastructure, security, networking, and application teams. While OCI experience is valuable, Qualcomm is also seeking candidates with deep AWS experience and strong foundational cloud engineering capabilities who can help evolve and mature a multicloud strategy over time. The ideal candidate brings broad experience implementing and operating secure, scalable cloud environments, establishing governance and operational standards, driving infrastructure automation, and partnering across organizations to improve reliability, security, compliance, and cost efficiency at enterprise scale.

* Define and help evolve enterprise cloud platform strategy across OCI, AWS, and hybrid infrastructure environments including landing zone architecture, environment segmentation, governance frameworks, and operational standards * Architect enterprise cloud networking solutions including VCN/VPC design, hybrid connectivity, VPN/FastConnect/Direct Connect integration, routing, DNS, segmentation, and secure communication patterns across enterprise systems * Drive secure-by-default cloud platform architecture including IAM, federation, RBAC, encryption, secrets management, vulnerability management, cloud-native security tooling, policy enforcement, and zero-trust design principles * Establish and enforce cloud governance standards including tagging policies, resource lifecycle management, configuration baselines, operational guardrails, audit readiness, and compliance alignment across cloud environments * Own and mature Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards using Terraform including reusable module development, remote state management, CI/CD integration, policy-driven provisioning, and multi-environment deployment governance * Establish CI/CD and GitOps operating models using GitHub Actions, OCI DevOps, Jenkins, or equivalent tooling to support repeatable, auditable, and secure infrastructure and application delivery * Support cloud-native platforms including Kubernetes environments such as Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE), Amazon EKS, or equivalent container orchestration technologies * Partner with infrastructure, application, database, networking, and security teams to support workload migration, modernization, HA/DR architecture, resiliency planning, and operational readiness initiatives * Drive observability, monitoring, logging, reliability engineering, FinOps practices, cost optimization, tagging governance, operational maturity, and service health standards across cloud environments * Develop operational standards and best practices around backup/recovery, patching, incident response, disaster recovery, service continuity, and platform reliability * Assist with evaluation and implementation of managed cloud services related to databases, analytics, AI/ML, storage, integration, and enterprise middleware platforms * Lead technical discussions and provide guidance across infrastructure modernization, cloud operations, governance, security, and platform engineering initiatives * Communicate platform strategy, operational health, architectural standards, and investment rationale to senior IT leadership and cross-functional stakeholders * Mentor engineers and contribute to technical standards, operational maturity, and engineering best practices as the cloud platform organization evolves