This is just positioned weirdly. They use it for on-boarding, which means you already got the job without knowing it or only partially knowing it, so it's not a

This is just positioned weirdly. They use it for on-boarding, which means you already got the job without knowing it or only partially knowing it, so it's not a hard requirement. The real requirement is the ability to learn. But if that's true, they shouldn't have much trouble finding people to train into SREs: >Because of the lack of these resources, we felt that individuals have a tough time getting into open positions in the industry