DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
DevOps is understood as part of the corporate culture with certain principles that a company aspires to and follows for the long term. Supporters of this culture value collaboration, the joy of experimenting and the willingness to learn. All parties involved in a DevOps culture focus on one goal throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle (not just development and operations): the rapid implementation of stable, high-quality software, from concept to customer or user.
The automation of software development, testing and deployment through Continuous Delivery (CD) is a recognized key factor for DevOps. Automation enables faster software implementation and ensures the solutions have the quality, security and stability they need.
Objectives
Defining and contributing to:
- Service Level Indicator (SLI)
- Service Level Objective (SLO)
- Service Level Agreements (SLA)
- Service risk, level of availability and error budget
Collaboration
Works together with the application developers:
- Change management
- Set commons goals
- Ensure production delivery
- Improve system reliabity
Responsibilities
Involved and responsible for:
- Monitoring and alterting
- Capacity planning and availability
- latency, performance and efficiency
- Emergency response and automation
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