From SDET to SRE - Cristiano Cunha
13th January 2023
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Cristiano Cunha
Solution Architect & Testing Advocate
Talk Description
In this talk you will be taken down the journey of how a central test automation team is responsible for:
- producing and maintaining an automation framework
- helping define the standards and tools
- evangelising and training testers and teams
- contributing to the pipeline definition
- and ended up being converted into a full-blown SRE team.
How was the shift to such a different position, what were the challenges, the learning paths, the strategies and also why we did the change?
With DevOps practices rising what are the benefits of making this change in a growing company that cannot stop delivering value.
Come and learn how did we solve the huge gap of knowledge, the strategies and approaches we have implemented, the mentality shift needed, the adjustments made to perform a gradual change, the bi-directional learning needed and the alignment from top to bottom for the change to happen and what was the impact of such a change in the team.
If you are thinking of doing such a change or are just curious to know how it has ended come and join me!
What you’ll learn
By the end of this talk, you'll be able to:
- Learn the difference between SDET and SRE
- Identify and understand challenges of transitioning to an SRE role
- Discover different strategies to address those challenges
- Realise that there is no such thing as a DevOps team!
Cristiano Cunha
Solution Architect & Testing Advocate
Cristiano Cunha is a Solution Architect & Test Advocate in Xray Team. He is passionate about testing, automation and delivery process improvement.
He started his career as a developer and evolved to be a tester, passing through an Infrastructure position along the way, always learning different ways to enhance the process, either technically or focusing in soft skills.
His career path, having been on all sides of the trenches, provided him with a unique view of the process and the challenges it puts forward. He also writes in his blog: https://cristianomcunha.com/ and has contributed to several test automation tutorials.
Cristiano has already talked in several conferences such as: ExpoQA, PortoTechHub, Workshops in Ministry of Testing and Testing Portugal. He also participates in several meetups and other events.
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