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Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Certification

Learn the methodology developed by Google to align system administration with customer outcomes

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About SRE Certification

Overview

Today most companies cannot operate without IT. The systems and processes they support are so critical, their IT landscape has to be reliable.

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is a method developed by Google to manage services.

Measure and achieve operations reliability.

SRE is a method of measuring and achieving reliability through engineering and operations work. The end result is that systems are more reliable and this, therefore, reduces the amount of system downtime and ensures customer satisfaction.

Site Reliability Engineering Training and Certification

The five Dev Ops pillars with the corresponding SRE practices.

This new SRE Fundamentals certification has been created by Xebia Nederland BV. Xebia is an IT consultancy company based in the Netherlands, delivering high-quality services to cover all aspects of digital transformation. They specialize in Data and AI, Cloud, DevOps, Business Agility, Security, Training and Learning, Software Development, Product Management and Quality Improvement.

SRE does not compete with DevOps, but is complementary, as both are trying to remove organizational obstacles in order to deliver better software, faster.

This table, from Google, shows the five DevOps pillars and the corresponding SRE practices.

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Who is SRE Certification for?

  • Anyone who works with DevOps and wants to get started with SRE.
  • CTOs.
  • Product Owners.
  • DevOps Engineers.
  • Operations Managers.
  • Software Developers.
  • Incident and Change Managers.
  • System Administrators.
  • IT architects.
  • People working in:
    • IT Development.
    • Operations.
    • Service Management.

Benefits of SRE Certification

For Individuals

  • Learn how to get started in enhancing system reliability and resilience. 
  • Gain deep insights into the principles, practices and benefits of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). 
  • Practice and master tools used in SRE to design and implement a reliable and resilient system. 
  • Effectively implement SRE practices within your organization to elevate performance. 
  • Understand what to measure, monitor and how to create meaningful reliability objectives.

For Organizations

  • Having trained staff applying SRE practices will mean fewer outages, faster recovery times, and more resilient systems that maintain service availability.
  • SRE will break down silos between development and operations, supporting a stronger DevOps culture.
  • Teams are equipped with best practices in observability, root cause analysis, and proactive monitoring resulting in faster incident response.
  • Increased customer trust and satisfaction through delivery of reliable systems and greater uptime.
  • Offering SRE training shows commitment to technical excellence and career development, which will help to retain staff.

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Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Fundamentals

Measure and achieve operations reliability.

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SFIA

The SFIA Framework is the global common reference for skills and competency for the digital world.

This APMG certification has been informally mapped against the SFIA Framework to indicate the skills that are addressed and referenced by the certification. Although it is not yet possible to claim this digital badge, the indicative skills can be used to plan your professional development through assessing the skills you have and the skills you need for the role you want.

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Fundamentals

Fundamentals

SFIA elements this certification confirms (endorsement)

Generic attribute Knowledge up to level 3

SFIA elements this would be useful for (development)

Same as above plus IT infrastructure up to level 4, Systems and Software Life Cycle Engineering level 4

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