Authority Partners is seeking a Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer to own all infrastructure provisioning, CI/CD, observability, and disaster recovery on a complex AI Native platform engagement. This is a solo infrastructure role covering the full AWS/Kubernetes stack from Day 1. In AI Native mode, Terraform and Helm chart generation is heavily agent-assisted — you review and approve AI-generated IaC rather than writing everything manually — but secrets management, security group configuration, and IAM role assignments remain human-authored.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of DevOps/platform engineering with AWS production experience: EKS cluster management, RDS PostgreSQL multi-AZ, ElastiCache Redis, OpenSearch Service, SQS/SNS, S3 + CloudFront
• Terraform and Helm at production depth: multi-environment module structure, state backend configuration, ability to review AI-generated Terraform plans for unnecessary resource replacements, missing lifecycle rules, and IAM permission sprawl
• GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline authorship: multi-stage pipelines with SAST gate integration, Docker image build and ECR push, Helm deploy with environment protection rules for production promotion
• SAST tooling (Semgrep, SonarQube, Snyk, or equivalent): writing custom rules for TypeScript monorepos, triaging findings at PR volume
• Secrets management: External Secrets Operator + AWS Secrets Manager, IRSA for Kubernetes service accounts, zero plaintext secrets in Git
• Grafana dashboard authorship for production SLOs: RED metrics, database pool utilisation, Redis hit/miss ratio, latency, and uptime alerting

Nice to Have:

• Live RDS multi-AZ failover drills with measured actual RTO
• DR runbook authorship for complex failure scenarios, particularly distributed identity/IAM cluster failure
• OpenTelemetry instrumentation for Node.js: auto-instrumentation, manual span creation, OTLP exporter configuration, trace context propagation
• Container security: Trivy or Snyk container scanning in CI/CD, Dockerfile multi-stage build optimisation, non-root container user enforcement
• GDPR infrastructure compliance: EU region data residency enforcement, S3 cross-region replication restrictions, CloudTrail audit log retention
• Experience reviewing AI-generated Terraform/Helm for security issues: overly broad IAM permissions, missing PodDisruptionBudgets, incorrect resource limits, missing encryption at rest

AP Perks:

• Most cutting-edge technologies 
• Opportunity to work with people who are at the top of their field 
• Great culture and environment 
• Competitive remuneration package. We reward excellence 
• Referral bonus 
• Career growth 
• Collaborative learning environment 
• Mentorship programs 
• Professional training 

About Authority Partners:
Authority Partners is a leading and global IT services company with over 27 years of experience, serving clients within the financial, healthcare, insurance, mortgage and technology sectors, among many others. We are committed to building relationships with IT professionals who possess integrity, dedication, teamwork, and the desire to learn and grow with us. We specialize in placement for long-term contracts and permanent opportunities and helping our consultants achieve their career success.

Authority Partners is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace that is free from all types of discrimination, as well as from abusive or offensive behavior and harassment