---
title: "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
source_url: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/start-a-career-in-site-reliability-engineering/
type: article
source: "freeCodeCamp"
author: "Iroro Chadere"
published: 2024-04-06T06:51:21.449Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:22:04.995Z
tags: ["cloud", "sre"]
reading_time: 16
upvotes: 14
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# 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.

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**@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!

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