DevOps / SRE Engineer
First seen by Alion on Oct 26, 2026.
About Us
Peratera is a UK-based fintech company, founded in 2022 and authorised by the FCA as an Electronic Money Institution.
We are building a modern, all-in-one payment platform that enables businesses to manage global payments and financial operations seamlessly.
Our solution allows companies to open multi-currency accounts, send and receive payments worldwide, and manage cross-border transactions from a single platform.
Our mission is to simplify global finance and remove friction from international business operations.
Your mission
As a DevOps / SRE Engineer at Peratera, you will own the reliability and scalability of a live fintech platform processing real financial transactions. You will build and evolve our cloud infrastructure, implement end-to-end observability, and drive automation across deployment and operations - working closely with engineering teams to make systems more resilient, observable, and easy to operate.
Your Tech Environment
You will work in a modern, cloud-native stack with clear ownership and a defined direction:
Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EKS, EC2, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM), Kubernetes, Docker
CI/CD & IaC: GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Terraform (or similar)
Observability: Prometheus + Grafana, CloudWatch → OpenSearch / ELK (target), OpenTelemetry (roadmap)
Data & Messaging: PostgreSQL, event-driven message brokers (AMQP / Kafka patterns)
Platform: Java / Spring Boot microservices, high-load financial transaction processing, external bank and payment integrations
What You’ll Do
Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS - EKS, EC2, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM
Manage and optimise Kubernetes (EKS) clusters for reliability and performance
Implement and evolve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
Build observability systems - centralised logging, metrics dashboards, alerting, and distributed tracing
Define and track SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets across platform services
Lead incident management and response processes; drive post-incident reviews
Collaborate with engineers to reduce failure points and enable self-healing systems
Contribute to security and compliance posture - FCA, PCI DSS requirements
Drive infrastructure cost optimisation and efficiency initiative
What We’re Looking For
5–7+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering roles
Strong hands-on experience with AWS and Kubernetes (EKS preferred)
Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines - GitLab CI preferred
Infrastructure as Code experience - Terraform or equivalent
Solid understanding of distributed systems, high availability, and fault tolerance
Experience with monitoring, alerting, and logging systems in production environments
Ability to configure and setup, Db management close to DBA
Familiarity with networking fundamentals and cloud security practices
Strong ownership mindset - comfortable working autonomously and taking end-to-end responsibility
Nice to Have
Experience in fintech, payments, or other regulated environments
Knowledge of PCI DSS compliance requirements
Hands-on experience with OpenSearch / ELK, Prometheus / Grafana, or OpenTelemetry
Interest or experience in AIOps or ML-based monitoring and anomaly detection
Exposure to event-driven architectures and Kafka / AMQP
What You’ll Get
Competitive, market-aligned compensation - discussed openly at first interview
Full ownership of platform reliability on a live fintech product - not a sandbox
Opportunity to build SRE practices and observability tooling from the ground up
Exposure to modern cloud-native and observability stack
Genuine growth path toward Senior SRE / Platform Lead or Cloud Architect
Fully remote setup with flexible hours and an international, highly skilled team
Sounds like a match? Send us your CV - we’re excited to get to know you.