Distribution across 38 profiles.
Middle half of Site Reliability Engineers score between 37% and 49%.
0%
50%
100%
p10 · 35%
51% · p90
Task breakdown by work type
On-screen work84%
Done entirely on a computer. High AI exposure — these tasks are already in the automation zone.
In-person + screen11%
Physical sensing, digital output — e.g. interviewing someone then writing a report. Partially protected.
Computer + action6%
Computer input, real-world output — needs someone to act on it, not just software.
Fully in-person0%
No computer required. Furthest from automation — the strongest human advantage.
Typical tasks
3 synthetic profiles for a Site Reliability Engineer, ordered by automation exposure.
Tab between them to see how task mix drives the score difference.
TaskTimeTypeExposure
Collaborating with development teams to improve application reliability, including reviewing code changes, setting SLOs/SLIs, and refining deployment pipelines
deep expertisesocial element
18%AD
11%
Designing and implementing infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or Kubernetes to ensure reproducible and scalable environments
18%DD
60%
Participating in on-call rotations to respond to critical incidents outside business hours, including coordinating fixes and communicating updates to stakeholders
deep expertisesocial core
16%DA
5%
Monitoring system health and performance metrics using dashboards and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) to detect anomalies or outages
16%DD
53%
Writing and maintaining automation scripts (e.g., Python, Bash, Go) to deploy, scale, or repair infrastructure without manual intervention
deep expertise
15%DD
33%
Investigating and troubleshooting incidents (e.g., service degradations, latency spikes) by analyzing logs, traces, and system behavior to identify root causes
deep expertisesocial element
10%DD
30%
Documenting incident postmortems, runbooks, and operational procedures to improve team knowledge and reduce future downtime
5%DD
53%
TaskTimeTypeExposure
Writing and maintaining automation scripts (e.g., Python, Bash, Go) to deploy, scale, or repair infrastructure without manual intervention
38%DD
60%
Monitoring system health and performance metrics using dashboards and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) to detect anomalies or outages
27%DD
54%
Investigating and troubleshooting incidents (e.g., service degradations, latency spikes) by analyzing logs, traces, and system behavior to identify root causes
deep expertisesocial element
12%DD
28%
Participating in on-call rotations to respond to critical incidents outside business hours, including coordinating fixes and communicating updates to stakeholders
deep expertisesocial core
10%DA
6%
Collaborating with development teams to improve application reliability, including reviewing code changes, setting SLOs/SLIs, and refining deployment pipelines
deep expertisesocial core
8%AD
13%
Documenting incident postmortems, runbooks, and operational procedures to improve team knowledge and reduce future downtime
deep expertisesocial element
1%DD
35%
Designing and implementing infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or Kubernetes to ensure reproducible and scalable environments
1%DD
67%
TaskTimeTypeExposure
Writing and maintaining automation scripts (e.g., Python, Bash, Go) to deploy, scale, or repair infrastructure without manual intervention
33%DD
67%
Monitoring system health and performance metrics using dashboards and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) to detect anomalies or outages
15%DD
50%
Investigating and troubleshooting incidents (e.g., service degradations, latency spikes) by analyzing logs, traces, and system behavior to identify root causes
deep expertisesocial element
14%DD
29%
Designing and implementing infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or Kubernetes to ensure reproducible and scalable environments
13%DD
90%
Participating in on-call rotations to respond to critical incidents outside business hours, including coordinating fixes and communicating updates to stakeholders
deep expertisesocial core
12%DA
6%
Documenting incident postmortems, runbooks, and operational procedures to improve team knowledge and reduce future downtime
deep expertisesocial element
10%DD
34%
Collaborating with development teams to improve application reliability, including reviewing code changes, setting SLOs/SLIs, and refining deployment pipelines
deep expertisesocial core
1%AD
3%
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