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

Qualcomm • San Diego, CA

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

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. 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.

Requirements

• Extensive Linux experience with servers and workstations.
• Ability to easily navigate the CLI.
• Knowledgeable with typical Linux troubleshooting tools.
• Broad understanding of Ubuntu and RedHat.
• Understanding of AWS and/or Azure service deployment and protection practices.
• Ability to automate through scripting languages such as Python, Ansible, Go, etc.
• Skill to provide sufficient automated test coverage of various implementations.
• 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.
• Passion for continuous learning and leverage the scientific method to ensure nothing is taken for granted.
• Understanding the power of automation and “infrastructure as code” concepts.
• Automation is your primary consideration in problem-solving.
• 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.
• Understand why decisions are supported by facts and not opinions.
• Experience applying logical approach to decision making.
• Skilled at metric collection and using that data to drive change.
• Understand debugging principles and are adept at applying them routinely and successfully.
• Understand that DevSecOps is a culture which needs to be cultivated and you can help mature those philosophies.
• Know how to layer appropriate security within solutions across the lifecycle.
• Understand the security implications and consequences of any deployment.
• Understand how to prioritize work and time allocation at a personal and team level.
• Know what it means to deliver a service with a high degree of reliability and are intimately familiar with how disruptions impact consumers.
• Avoid one off solutions which are challenging to support. Instead, your solutions are aligned with team goals and strategic vision.
• Routinely dedicate cycles to reducing technical debt.
• 5+ years of IT-relevant work experience with Bachelor's degree in a technical field (e.g., Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems).
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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

Responsibilities

• Provisioning and maintaining infrastructure and services with stability, sustainability, and security.
• Modernizing traditional services and applications.
• Deploying new technology.
• Respond rapidly to changing landscapes while providing stable, reliable, and secure services to customers.
• Design, write, and deliver software that improves the availability, protection, and efficiency of services.

Benefits

• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants
• Highly competitive benefits package designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees