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Jennifer Petoff has been bringing Site Reliability Engineering insights to global audiences since 2016. As co-editor of the bestselling Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems (with a second edition arriving in September 2026) and author of Training Site Reliability Engineers, she brings both practitioner depth and educational expertise to every engagement.

A regular keynote speaker, Jennifer has appeared on stages across four continents and more than 16 countries and is a frequent guest on Tech podcasts. She is available for keynotes, panels, podcast interviews, and media commentary on SRE, reliability culture, technical learning programs, and career reinvention in tech.

Podcasts


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In this 2023 talk at DevOps Enterprise Summit Amsterdam, Jennifer makes the case that training engineers isn’t soft work — it’s infrastructure. Drawing on Google’s SRE learning programs, she walks through how to design, deploy, and continuously improve training that builds confidence, drives culture, and scales with your organization.

Conferences & Talks

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Panel Discussions

  • Petoff, Jennifer. “DevOps at Scale.” Panel discussion at Cloud Expo DevOps Live, London, 2022.
  • Engineering Onboarding, Panel Discussion, SREcon 2021, October 2021
  • Multigenerational Panel on the Changing Face of Tech (with Alisha Arora and Prerna Mahajan), Women in Tech Online Festival World Series, 2021
  • How to Stay Well-Educated Remotely, Women in DevOps Webinar, April 2020
  • State of SRE, Panel Discussion, Catchpoint Webinar, May 2019
  • Women in IT Interview, DevOpsTalks Melbourne, March 2019
  • Petoff, Jennifer. “When 99.9% Isn’t Good Enough.” Panel discussion at Grace Hopper Celebration, Houston, TX, October 2018.

Publications

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