Hello,
From my experience Site Reliability Engineer is much higher position than Software Engineer as the Site Reliability Engineer get high paid than Software engineer
Site reliability engineering
Site reliability engineering is a set of principles and practices that incorporates aspects of software engineering and applies them to infrastructure and operations problems. The main goals are to create scalable and highly reliable software systems.
When we compare to Salary SRE:
The average salary for a Site Reliability Engineer in US is $124,467. The average additional cash compensation for a Site Reliability Engineer in US is $12,892. The average total compensation for a Site Reliability Engineer in US is $137,359.
Software Engineer
A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to design, develop, maintain, test, and evaluate computer software.
The term programmer is sometimes used as a synonym, but may also lack connotations of engineering education or skills.
The average salary for a software engineer in the US is $78,501/per year.
From salary we can compare that SRE is more high paid than Software engineer
So from career points of view you must go for SRE engineer.
If you're looking for better career I personally suggest to go for SRE certification
If you are wondering where to begin this journey? Then you should check the SRE certification.
But you first check if the institute has goodwill in the market and if this site reliability engineer certification is accepted globally or not. Check the review before applying.
From my experience I personally recommend to do this site reliability engineer course from the GSDC website online.
As I have one reference for an sre foundation certification course I found one course on google they provide sre certification. The certification cost is also affordable here.
The SRE Certification Cost is $400. This certification is from GSDC. You can check the syllabus on their official websites.
Cost : $400
Location: Online
The GSDC certification bodies provide site reliability engineering certification online and it is valid and accepted globally.
GSDC's (Site Reliability Engineer) SRE Foundation Certification is a roadmap to the principles & practices that allows an organization to reliably and economically scale critical services.
The content of this Site Reliability Engineering certification revolves around the evolution of SRE and its future direction and empowers the participants with the practices, methods, and tools to occupy team across the organization involved in site reliability and site stability indivated through the use of real-life examples and case studies.
After the completion of this SRE certification, participants will have tangible takeaways to leverage when back in the office such as understanding, setting, and tracking Service Level Objectives (SLO's).
The SRE Foundation certification is curated with the fundamentals of key SRE sources, engaging with thought-leaders in the SRE space, and working with organizations embracing SRE to extract real-life best practices and aims towards spreading knowledge about the key principles & practices necessary for starting SRE adoption
The purpose of sre certification qualification is to confirm that a candidate has sufficient knowledge and understanding of the benefits of this certification.
For more info visit: https://www.gsdcouncil.org/certified-site-reliability-engineer-foundation?utm_source=Quora%20and%20Other%20Forums