{"id":5669,"date":"2023-06-15T12:42:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T02:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sysmit.com\/cf22\/?p=5669"},"modified":"2023-12-06T17:18:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T07:18:31","slug":"sre-organization-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sysmit.com\/cf22\/sre-organization-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"#5 Where does SRE fit into your organization&#8217;s structure? [Audio]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><span class=\"stk-highlight\" style=\"color: var(--base-3);background-color: var(--contrast-3)\">Episode 5 [SREpath Podcast]<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-f8afe825\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-b71e50a1\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b71e50a1\">\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/srepath\/embed\/episodes\/Where-does-SRE-fit-into-your-organizations-structure-e25fbiq\" height=\"142px\" width=\"800px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-b6e14c9c\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b6e14c9c\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We discuss throughout this episode the different engagement models for Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and how to contextualize SRE into an organization&#8217;s structure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sebastian Vietz, an experienced SRE practitioner, suggests five different engagement models for SRE and emphasizes the importance of considering the cost associated with each model. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hosts also discuss the different types of SREs that can exist within these engagement models, including SRE champions and unicorns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They stress the importance of considering organizational context when implementing SRE and tease a future episode where they will delve deeper into a framework for identifying the capabilities needed to solve SRE-related problems.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"timestamps-of-key-concepts\"><strong>Timestamps of key concepts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Where and how SRE fits into an organization [00:00:20]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We discuss the importance of considering organizational context when implementing SRE and explore different engagement models for SRE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Center of Excellence for Reliability Engineering [00:02:14]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We discuss the idea of a center of excellence for reliability engineering, where a few practitioners take on an advisory role for the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Embedded SREs [00:04:14]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We discuss the idea of embedding SREs into teams, where each team has an embedded SRE whose focus is to implement reliability engineering principles and best practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five SRE Engagement Models [00:08:23]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We discuss five different engagement models for SRE, including embedded SREs, a center of excellence, and a consulting or ambassador model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Types of SREs [00:10:25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We discuss different personas that an SRE can take, including champions, advocates, and unicorns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unicorn SREs [00:13:50]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We discuss the rare and sought-after unicorn SREs, who have extensive experience and exposure to different business domains and contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=446611785530020&amp;href=https:\/\/spotifyanchor-web.app.link\/e\/82HattUstAb&amp;redirect_uri=https:\/\/spotifyanchor-web.app.link\/e\/82HattUstAb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Listen%20to%20%22Where%20does%20SRE%20fit%20into%20your%20organization%27s%20structure%3F%22%20by%20SREpath%20Podcast.%20https:\/\/spotifyanchor-web.app.link\/e\/82HattUstAb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 5 [SREpath Podcast] We discuss throughout this episode the different engagement models for Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and how to contextualize SRE into an organization&#8217;s structure. Sebastian Vietz, an experienced SRE practitioner, suggests five different engagement models for SRE and emphasizes the importance of considering the cost associated with each model. 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