Hybrid Kubernetes Platform Engineer II — Remote

U.S. Xpress; United States; Remote; USD 89,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Life insurance

Health savings account

Employee assistance program

Employee discount

Job summary

U.S. Xpress is seeking a Platform Engineer II to design, implement, and manage a hybrid Kubernetes platform spanning on‑prem vSphere and AWS. You will build a secure, scalable environment using Talos Linux, Cilium, Istio, and Flux CD for workload portability.

Collaborating with IT architects and engineering teams, you will automate provisioning with Terraform, Helm, and Kustomize, manage GitOps with Flux CD, and ensure security, DR, and cost optimization across on‑prem and cloud.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in CS or related field.
• Experience designing and administering Kubernetes in on‑prem and cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of GitOps, CI/CD, and IaC.
• Hands-on with Terraform, Helm, and Kustomize.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the on‑premise Kubernetes environment with high availability.
• Design a hybrid cloud platform strategy for workload portability and DR.
• Establish standards for cluster config, networking, and storage integration.
• Implement disaster recovery using Velero and cross‑environment failover.
• Harden security policies, RBAC, and governance across clusters.

Skills

Kubernetes platform engineering

Hybrid cloud

Terraform

Helm

Kustomize

Flux CD

Cilium

Istio

Talos Linux

Prometheus Grafana

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Equivalent years of experience

Tools

vSphere

VMware

Velero

OpenTelemetry

Cert-manager

GitOps tooling

Job description

U.S. Xpress is seeking a Platform Engineer II to design, implement, and manage a hybrid Kubernetes platform spanning on‑prem vSphere and AWS. You will build a secure, scalable environment using Talos Linux, Cilium, Istio, and Flux CD for workload portability.

Collaborating with IT architects and engineering teams, you will automate provisioning with Terraform, Helm, and Kustomize, manage GitOps with Flux CD, and ensure security, DR, and cost optimization across on‑prem and cloud.