--- title: A How to Start a Career in Site Reliability Engineering... description: This post provides a guide on how to start a career in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), including information on the role and responsibilities of an SRE,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-how-to-start-a-career-in-site-reliability-engineering-sre-career-guide-bgfzqxqk9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A How to Start a Career in Site Reliability Engineering – SRE Career Guide | daily.dev og:description: This post provides a guide on how to start a career in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), including information on the role and responsibilities of an SRE,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-how-to-start-a-career-in-site-reliability-engineering-sre-career-guide-bgfzqxqk9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BGFZQXQK9.png og:image:alt: A How to Start a Career in Site Reliability Engineering – SRE Career Guide og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A How to Start a Career in Site Reliability Engineering – SRE Career Guide **[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · [@iroro](https://daily.dev/iroro) · 16 min read · 14 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary This post provides a guide on how to start a career in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), including information on the role and responsibilities of an SRE, prerequisites and fundamental knowledge needed, essential skills for SRE, learning path and resources, and tips on how to succeed in the SRE field. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@iroro** · 1 upvotes > In this guide, I explain what SRE is, explained the task of SRE, and pointed different materials that can help you learn about SRE! --- Tags: [#cloud](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud), [#sre](https://daily.dev/tags/sre) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-how-to-start-a-career-in-site-reliability-engineering-sre-career-guide-bgfzqxqk9) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"A How to Start a Career in Site Reliability Engineering – SRE Career Guide","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-how-to-start-a-career-in-site-reliability-engineering-sre-career-guide-bgfzqxqk9","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-how-to-start-a-career-in-site-reliability-engineering-sre-career-guide-bgfzqxqk9"},"datePublished":"2024-04-06T06:51:21.449Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:22:04.995Z","description":"This post provides a guide on how to start a career in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), including information on the role and responsibilities of an SRE,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cf517f7a0fb964f4019a0737aee2adc7?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cf517f7a0fb964f4019a0737aee2adc7?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"freeCodeCamp","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Iroro Chadere","url":"https://daily.dev/iroro","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile","description":"You're viewing the profile of an attention-detailed product engineer. ","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":30}},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-how-to-start-a-career-in-site-reliability-engineering-sre-career-guide-bgfzqxqk9","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":14},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"cloud,sre","timeRequired":"PT16M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"freeCodeCamp","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"A How to Start a Career in Site Reliability Engineering – SRE Career Guide"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-how-to-start-a-career-in-site-reliability-engineering-sre-career-guide-bgfzqxqk9","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"In this guide, I explain what SRE is, explained the task of SRE, and pointed different materials that can help you learn about SRE!","datePublished":"2024-04-06T07:42:44.722Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/BGFZQXQK9#c-np4ZWHEoy","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Iroro Chadere","url":"https://daily.dev/iroro","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```