IT Engineer, Principal (Top Secret Clearance Required)
Technology, Data & Digital · IT Infrastructure & Security · Systems Engineering · Cybersecurity · DevOps
In short
Qualcomm is seeking a Principal IT Engineer in San Diego, CA, to be the senior technical authority for infrastructure engineering. This role focuses on defining strategy, modernizing technology, and ensuring secure, scalable platforms, requiring an active U.S. Top Secret clearance.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior technical authority and subject matter expert for enterprise infrastructure services
- Define and maintain strategic infrastructure roadmaps aligned with business and mission objectives
- Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of enterprise-scale infrastructure solutions
- Establish engineering standards, reference architectures, technical governance models, and operational frameworks
- Drive enterprise-wide architectural decisions spanning infrastructure, networking, cloud platforms, identity services, and endpoint technologies
- Evaluate emerging technologies and provide recommendations regarding adoption, modernization, lifecycle management, and investment strategy
- Define enterprise network architectures supporting both classified and unclassified environments
- Lead network modernization initiatives involving segmentation, resiliency, Zero Trust principles, and secure connectivity
- Design and implement infrastructure solutions that comply with government, regulatory, and customer security requirements
- Develop and maintain technical controls aligned with NIST SP 800-171, NIST SP 800-53, RMF, CMMC, FedRAMP, and Zero Trust Architecture principles
- Lead resolution efforts for the organization's most complex technical and operational incidents
- Provide technical leadership during major incidents, service disruptions, and critical business-impacting events
- Lead enterprise-wide infrastructure modernization and transformation initiatives
- Mentor engineers through technical leadership, architecture reviews, coaching, and knowledge sharing
- Develop future technical leaders and contribute to organizational engineering maturity
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering, architecture, or operations.
- Minimum 5 years operating at a senior technical leadership level with responsibility for enterprise architecture, engineering strategy, infrastructure modernization, or enterprise-wide initiatives.
- Demonstrated success leading complex infrastructure modernization and transformation efforts.
- Experience serving as a senior technical authority across multiple technology domains.
- Experience developing enterprise architecture standards, governance processes, and long-term technology roadmaps.
- Proven ability to translate business and mission requirements into scalable, secure, and supportable technical solutions.
- Experience supporting classified, regulated, or government environments.
- Experience partnering with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Deep expertise in enterprise infrastructure architecture, engineering, and operations.
- Strong experience designing and supporting secure Microsoft-based environments, including cloud, identity, endpoint, and collaboration services.
- Demonstrated expertise in network architecture, solution design, and infrastructure modernization.
- Experience with enterprise virtualization, storage, data protection, and end-user computing platforms.
- Strong understanding of automation, Infrastructure-as-Code, configuration management, and engineering best practices.
- Experience designing and implementing Zero Trust architectures and security-focused infrastructure solutions.
- Experience supporting classified, regulated, or government environments, including compliance with NIST, RMF, CMMC, and FedRAMP frameworks.
- Proven ability to evaluate emerging technologies and translate business and mission requirements into scalable, secure, and supportable technical solutions.
- Active U.S. Top Secret (TS/SCI) security clearance required.
- U.S. citizenship required.
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree preferred.
- Experience supporting GCC High, Azure Government, classified cloud environments, or equivalent highly regulated platforms preferred.
- Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, Microsoft, VMware, or cloud certifications preferred.
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
- Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing accessible processes and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
- Qualcomm is committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.
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Company
Qualcomm
Job Posted
1 month ago
Employment Type
Full Time
WorkMode
On Site
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
San Diego, United States of America
Qualification
Bachelor, Master, No Formal Education
Applicants
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