Automation index
How much of a Site reliability engineer’s job can AI already do?
A runbook and autoscale come earlier. The 3 a.m. incident without taking production down do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Site reliability engineer
28%
AI can already do 28% of this job.
#103 / 623
View rankingSite reliability engineer
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
SLOs, alerts and the runbook.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 52% | +9.4 |
Incident, war room and not making it worse.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
CI/CD, capacity and the error budget.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Postmortem, toil and automating the repeated.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The product that wants to ship and the SLO that will not allow it.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 14% | +2.5 |
Not taking production down, and signing the change.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
| Total | 100% | 28% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- SLOs
- runbooks
- handle incidents
- error budget
- autoscale
- postmortem
- reduce toil
- reliability CI/CD
Sources for this job· O*NET 15-1244.00· ESCO/ISCO 2512
IS WORK OVER?
Train driver
18%
#559 / 623
View rankingTrain driver
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Diagrams, notices and train logs.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Drive, brake and obey signals.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 24% | 8% | +1.9 |
Incidents, passengers and radio.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Fitness, fatigue and rules.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Shunting, depots and couplings.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 16% | +2.2 |
Not running a red or a platform.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 14% | +2 |
| Total | 100% | 18% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- Diagrams, notices and train logs
- Drive, brake and obey signals
- Incidents, passengers and radio
- Fitness, fatigue and rules
- Shunting, depots and couplings
- Not running a red or a platform
- maquinista
- train driver
- conductor de tren
Sources for this job· O*NET 53-4011.00· ESCO/ISCO 8311