A Site Reliability Engineer is responsible for monitoring, automating, and improving the reliability, performance, and availability of software systems in an organization. They work on tasks such as preventing incidents, managing infrastructure, building effective monitoring systems, and ensuring the smooth operation of computer systems.

In general, an SRE team is responsible for availability, latency, performance, efficiency, change management, monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning.” Site reliability engineers create a bridge between development and operations by applying a software engineering mindset to system administration topics.

Site Reliability Engineer Responsibilities Resolve issues and bugs that arise with the release of new software features. Develop software to automate processes like log analyzation and testing production environments. Document processes and procedures across IT operations and development teams. Conduct post-incident reviews and investigation.