Becoming a SRE

This is a continuation of an earlier post about SRE. In that post we’ve seen what a SRE is and key skills require to become a SRE. Further to that, in this post we’ll see on becoming a SRE.

Cloud

  • AWS (recommended)
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud

Operating Systems

  • Linux (recommended)
  • Windows

Programming

  • Python (recommended)
  • Golang (recommended)
  • NodeJS

IaC – Infrastructure as a Code

  • Terraform (recommended)
  • Container Orchestration (recommended)
  • Configuration Management

CI & CD Tools

  • Jenkins (recommended)
  • Git & GItHub (recommended)
  • GitLab
  • Circle CI
  • Go continuous delivery
  • Bamboo

Continuous Monitoring

  • Prometheus (recommended)
  • AppDynamics (recommended)
  • Nagios
  • Zabbix
  • NewRelic

Networking/Connectivity

  • Protocols
  • Subnet/CIDR
  • Network Components (TGW, VPC, SG etc)
  • API (Rest, SOAP, XMLRPC)