Managing Teams for Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Managing a highly technical team such as that handling the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) function brings about many challenges. To help address these challenges, this course will teach you how to effectively and efficiently manage an SRE team that considers various aspects from human impact to structure.

Managers are faced with many challenges particularly in how to manage a team effectively and efficiently most especially if a particular function needs to be fulfilled for the organization such as that for Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). In this course, Managing Teams for Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), you’ll learn how to effectively and efficiently manage a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team that considers various aspects from human impact to structure. First, you’ll explore how you can manage the human impact of working in a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team through understanding psychological safety, managing loads, minimizing mental health impact and burnout. Next, you’ll discover how to manage team toil levels by first measuring then reducing it. Finally, you’ll learn how to structure an optimal Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) function for an organization of different sizes including designing the hiring pipeline and planning for career progression. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of managing teams for the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) function which is needed to effectively and efficiently organize engineers and personnel who are part of this function.

• Course Overview 1min
• Managing Human Impact in Site Reliability Engineering 31mins
• Managing Team Toil Levels 51mins
• Structuring an Optimal Site Reliability Engineering Team 50mins