Site reliability engineers (SREs) are constantly balancing priorities. The job role continues to evolve but is very much real. Catchpoint’s “2020 SRE Report” surveyed over 600 people that do SRE-type work, of which 46% said their organization has a dedicated SRE team that is distinct from teams that handle IT operations and administration. Still, the role is often conflated with DevOps, with 19% of the respondents saying the DevOps team handles SRE responsibilities. In fact, there is reason to believe the two functions can be managed as a whole — 41% said SREs and DevOps are part of the same team, while only 26% consider them to be complementary.
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