SRE Practitioner Certification TRAINING
Site Reliability Engineering Practitioner Certification
Learn to implement SRE, Drive continuous improvement and become a valuable asset.
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- Harness the principles of SRE to build scalable, reliable, and high-performing systems
- Balance innovation with stability by implementing proven SRE practices across your operations
- Experiential learning with case studies, engaging activities and more!
- Elevate system reliability through automation, observability, and engineering-driven operations
SREP . 16 Hours . €1200
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Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Practitioner® Certification
The Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Practitioner® certification, offered by the DevOps Institute, is an advanced credential designed to build on the foundational knowledge acquired through the SRE Foundation® course. This certification validates a deeper, more hands-on understanding of SRE practices, tools, and implementation strategies across real-world environments.
The SRE Practitioner course provides practical insights into how to establish, scale, and mature SRE practices within an organization. It covers advanced topics such as error budgets, toil management, observability, SLO-based alerting, and the alignment of reliability engineering with business objectives. The course is aligned with the latest industry thinking and real-world examples from leading technology organizations.
This program is ideal for experienced IT professionals, DevOps engineers, system administrators, and reliability engineers who are actively engaged in or preparing to implement SRE frameworks within their teams.
The SRE Practitioner certification examination is fully accredited, governed, and administered under the strict protocols of the DevOps Institute.
No prerequisites / open book exams / web exams / 25 min more for non english native.
The target audience for the SRE Practitioner course includes Management, Operations, Developers, QA and Testing professionals such as:
- Individuals involved in IT development, IT operations or IT service management
- Individuals who require an understanding of DevOps principles
- IT professionals working within, or about to enter, an Agile Service Design Environment
The following IT roles: Automation Architects, Application Developers, Business Analysts, Business Managers, Business Stakeholders, Change Agents, Consultants, DevOps Consultants, DevOps Engineers, Infrastructure Architects, Integration Specialists, IT Directors, IT Managers, IT Operations, IT Team Leaders, Lean Coaches, Network Administrators, Operations Managers, Project Managers, Release Engineers, Software Developers
- Software Testers/QA, System Administrators, Systems Engineers, System Integrators, Tool Providers
- Although there are no formal prerequisites for the exam, DevOps Institute highly recommends the following to prepare candidates for the exam leading to SRE Practitioner Certification:
- It is recommended that candidates complete at least 16 contact hours (instruction and labs) as part of a formal, approved training course delivered by an accredited Education Partner of DevOps Institute.
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Practitioner® Certification
As digital services grow in complexity and scale, the ability to maintain high reliability, performance, and availability becomes essential. The SRE Practitioner® certification, offered by the DevOps Institute, is an advanced-level credential that equips professionals with the practical skills and applied knowledge needed to implement and mature Site Reliability Engineering practices within real-world environments.
Building on the foundational principles introduced in the SRE Foundation® course, this program dives deeper into operationalization—how to integrate SRE across teams, manage complexity, reduce toil, and balance innovation with reliability through structured practices like error budgets, SLIs/SLOs, observability, and automated incident response.
Learners will explore advanced topics such as:
Creating and managing error budgets in alignment with business goals
Implementing effective observability strategies
Designing robust incident response and postmortem processes
Measuring and reducing toil through automation
Establishing SRE-aligned culture and roles across the organization
The course draws on modern practices from leading tech-driven organizations like Google, Netflix, and LinkedIn, and includes case studies and applied exercises that allow learners to bridge theory with implementation.
Designed for experienced IT professionals—including DevOps engineers, SREs, platform engineers, and infrastructure specialists—the SRE Practitioner course helps transform foundational knowledge into operational excellence.
Completion of the course prepares candidates for the SRE Practitioner certification exam, which is:
No prerequisites / open book exams / web exams / 25 min more for non english native.
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Practitioner® Certification
Course Outline
1. Introduction to DevOps and SRE
Defining DevOps: Goals, Stakeholders, and Organizational Impact
NoOps vs. NewOps: Evolving Operational Models and the Role of SRE
2. Why Now?
The Need for Reliability in a Rapidly Changing IT Landscape
Key Business Drivers and Current Industry Trends
3. The Business Perspective
Competing in the Outcome Economy
The Golden Circle: Understanding and Articulating Business Value
Quantifying the Business Benefits of SRE and DevOps Practices
4. The IT Perspective
Navigating Cultural and Technical Challenges
Bi-modal IT: Myths, Risks, and Realities
5. Core DevOps Principles and SRE Alignment
The Three Ways: Flow, Feedback, and Continuous Learning
Systems Thinking and the Theory of Constraints
6. Key SRE and DevOps Practices
Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CD/CD)
Continuous Testing and Resilience Engineering
Rugged DevOps and DevSecOps Integration
ChatOps for Real-Time Collaboration
Kanban: Visualizing and Optimizing Workflows
7. Integrating SRE with Related Frameworks
ITSM and ITIL Alignment with SRE
Agile Service Management
Lean Thinking in SRE
Lean Basics
Value Stream Mapping
The Improvement Kata
8. Core Values of DevOps and SRE
Culture
Understanding and Shaping Organizational Culture
Cultural Debt and Its Long-Term Impact
Strategies for Managing Change and Conflict
Automation
Key Enablers, Benefits, and Terminology
Getting Started with Automation
Building and Managing Deployment Pipelines
Lean
Lean as a Core Value for SRE Practices
Measurement
Metrics that Drive Reliability and Performance
Aligning Metrics with Strategic Business Objectives
Sharing
Fostering a Culture of Knowledge Exchange
Organizing Internal DevOps and SRE Days
9. DevOps and SRE in the Enterprise
Redefining Roles and Responsibilities
Organizational Structures that Support SRE
Designing and Scaling Effective DevOps/SRE Teams
10. Getting Started with SRE
Common Pitfalls and Organizational Resistance
Critical Success Factors for SRE Adoption
Practical First Steps to Launch and Scale an SRE Practice
Certification Examination
No prerequisites / open book exams / web exams / 25 min more for non english native.
Please note that the €1,200.00 per seat is including Exam Voucher.
Successfully passing (65%) the 60 minute exam, consisting of 40 multiple-choice questions, leads to the SRE Practitioner Certificate. The certification is governed, administered and maintained by the DevOps Institute.
No prerequisites / open book exams / web exams / 25 min more for non english native.
Although there are no formal prerequisites for the exam, DevOps Institute highly recommends the following to prepare candidates for the exam leading to SRE Practitioner Certification:
It is recommended that candidates complete at least 16 contact hours (instruction and labs) as part of a formal, approved training course delivered by an accredited Education Partner of DevOps Institute.
The SRE Practitioner Certification uses the Bloom Taxonomy of Educational Objectives in the construction of both the content and the examination.
The SRE Practitioner exam contains Bloom 1 questions that test learners’ knowledge of DevOps concepts and vocabulary terms
The exam also contains Bloom 2 questions that test learner’s comprehension of these concepts in context
- Attend a public course, if there is one available. Please check our schedule, or register your interest in joining a course in your area.
- Private onsite Team training also available, please contact us to discuss. We can customize this course to suit your business requirements.