Leadership 5 Days · Instructor-Led

Site Reliability Manager Training Course

Build and lead high-performing SRE teams and reliability programs.

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Duration

5 Days

Level

Leadership

Format

Instructor-Led

Certification

SRESchool

About this course

This 5-day leadership training course is designed for engineering managers, team leads, and directors responsible for SRE teams and reliability programs. You will learn how to build and grow SRE teams, design on-call programs, align reliability with business goals, and lead organizational SRE transformation. Prepares you for the Certified Site Reliability Manager (CSRM) certification.

Prerequisites

•Experience in an engineering management or team lead role
•Familiarity with SRE concepts (CSRE or equivalent experience)
•Background in software engineering or operations
•No deep technical expertise required — focus is on leadership and strategy

Who should attend

Engineering Managers leading SRE or platform teams
DevOps Managers transitioning teams to SRE
Team Leads preparing for SRE management roles
Directors and VPs responsible for production reliability

What you will learn

Build, hire, and grow high-performing SRE teams

Design and manage on-call programs that scale without burning out teams

Align SRE metrics and reliability goals with business objectives

Lead organizational DevOps to SRE transformation

Report reliability posture and SLO performance to executive stakeholders

Build a blameless, reliability-first engineering culture

5-Day Course Agenda

Day 1: SRE Management and Team Structure

SRE manager role and responsibilitiesSRE team models: embedded, centralized, consultingTeam size and organizational structureBuilding psychological safety in SRE teamsSRE manager vs SRE engineer responsibilities

Day 2: Building and Growing SRE Teams

SRE hiring: what to look forTechnical assessment for SRE candidatesSRE career development and growth pathsSkills matrix for SRE teamsOnboarding new SRE engineers effectively

Day 3: On-Call Programs and Incident Management Leadership

On-call program design and schedulingToil measurement and reduction at team levelBuilding incident review cultureOn-call compensation and wellbeingReducing alert fatigue and improving on-call quality

Day 4: SRE Strategy and Business Alignment

Translating SRE metrics to business valueReliability OKRs and KPIsReporting reliability posture to executivesBuilding the SRE business case and budgetSRE ROI measurement

Day 5: SRE Transformation, Culture, and Program Maturity

Leading DevOps to SRE transformationSRE adoption patterns and challengesBuilding blameless culture organizationallySRE maturity models and roadmappingCSRM certification exam preparation

Hands-on Labs

SRE team structure design exercise
On-call program design workshop
SRE metrics dashboard for executive reporting
SRE transformation roadmap workshop
Reliability OKR and KPI design exercise

Tools Covered

PagerDutyOpsGenieJiraConfluenceDatadog (management view)Grafana (executive dashboards)SlackSRE Maturity Assessment Tools

Career outcomes

SRE ManagerEngineering Manager (Reliability)Director of SREHead of Platform EngineeringVP of Engineering (Infrastructure)

Course FAQs

The Site Reliability Manager Training Course is a 5 Days instructor-led training program.

Instructor-Led, Virtual, On-Site (Corporate).

Experience in an engineering management or team lead role Familiarity with SRE concepts (CSRE or equivalent experience) Background in software engineering or operations No deep technical expertise required — focus is on leadership and strategy

Yes. This course is the recommended preparation for the undefined (undefined) certification.

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