Course description

The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) course offers a comprehensive introduction to the discipline that bridges software engineering and IT operations. Developed by Google, the SRE approach focuses on building scalable and highly reliable software systems. This course equips learners with the essential skills and knowledge needed to automate infrastructure management, monitor system health, and ensure the reliability and performance of applications in production environments.

Learners will explore key SRE concepts such as Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs). The course dives into incident response management, postmortem analysis, alerting strategies, error budgets, and change management. Participants will also gain hands-on experience with tools used in observability, monitoring, CI/CD automation, and infrastructure as code (IaC).

By the end of the course, students will be equipped to work in roles that require a strong understanding of how to balance operational responsibilities with development velocity, using automation and measurable reliability as guiding principles. This course is ideal for DevOps engineers, system administrators, software developers, and anyone looking to transition into an SRE role.

What will i learn?

  • Implement and Maintain Reliable Systems: Learners will be able to apply SRE principles to design, deploy, and maintain highly available and resilient systems in production environments.
  • Automate Operational Tasks: Students will gain skills to automate infrastructure management, monitoring, and incident response using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and scripting languages.
  • Monitor, Measure, and Improve System Performance: Participants will learn to set service level objectives (SLOs), track system health metrics, and implement effective monitoring strategies to ensure performance and reliability.

Requirements

  • Basic Understanding of Linux and Command Line Tools: Learners should have a foundational knowledge of Linux environments and be comfortable using command-line interfaces to navigate and manage systems.
  • Familiarity with Programming or Scripting Languages: A working knowledge of programming or scripting languages such as Python, Go, or Bash is important for automating tasks and writing system tools.
  • Knowledge of DevOps Concepts and Tools: Students should be familiar with basic DevOps practices such as CI/CD, version control (e.g., Git), and infrastructure automation tools to fully grasp SRE principles and techniques.

Frequently asked question

A Site Reliability Engineer ensures the reliability, availability, and performance of software systems. They use software engineering principles to automate operations tasks, manage incidents, monitor systems, and improve system resilience.

While both aim to improve collaboration between development and operations, SRE emphasizes engineering solutions to operations problems. SREs often work with clearly defined Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and use error budgets to balance innovation and reliability.

SREs frequently work with tools for monitoring (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana), infrastructure automation (e.g., Terraform, Ansible), CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI), incident management (e.g., PagerDuty), and logging/observability (e.g., ELK stack, Datadog).

Akinola Ojuola

Cloud Solution Architect, DevOps Consultant & Trainer

Akinola Ojuola is a seasoned Cloud Solution Architect, DevOps Consultant and technical trainer with over 20 years of industry expertise. Throughout his career, he has worked with some of the world’s most prominent technology-driven organisations, including IBM, Fujitsu, Walmart, and MasterCard, delivering transformative solutions across various sectors. Akinola has trained and mentored more than 1,000 students across 18 countries on five continents. His commitment to real-world, practical learning has enabled hundreds of learners to launch successful careers in global tech companies. He is passionate about practical, real-world learning. His teaching approach blends deep technical knowledge with hands-on, enterprise-level experience. He holds multiple industry certifications and leads advanced projects in Cloud Architecture, DevOps, DevSecOps, and Artificial Intelligence for both private enterprises and public institutions.Whether you’re just starting or looking to advance your tech career, you’ll gain valuable, job-ready skills under his guidance.

$10

Lectures

8

Quizzes

8

Skill level

Beginner

Expiry period

1 Months

Certificate

Yes

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