Postgraduate Diploma in SRE/SLIs/SLOs for Devices
Online 800 h Postgraduate Diploma in SRE/SLIs/SLOs for Devices. 8 modules covering ISO/IEC 20000-1, IEC 60300-1 and Prometheus. Assigned tutor and open enrolment.
Postgraduate Diploma in SRE/SLIs/SLOs for Devices — studying from Malta
Malta has a well-developed telecommunications sector, with a history of hosting submarine cable landing points and a substantial base of network and communications providers. The island's regulatory environment supports digital infrastructure, and this has encouraged companies in embedded systems, network engineering and electronics design. Employers include telecommunications operators, software and hardware developers, and multinational technology firms with Maltese engineering teams. Engineers with knowledge of wireless systems, network security and embedded programming find steady demand.
Fees for Malta: €1,090 (Euro), with instalments and employer sponsorship available.
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Questions from Malta
How are electronics and telecom engineers recognised professionally in Malta?
Engineering titles in Malta are regulated by the Chamber of Engineers (KSU) under the Engineering Profession Act. Telecommunications is overseen by the Malta Communications Authority, which regulates licensing and spectrum. A SEIUM qualification is a private one, not a state degree and not accredited by a national body, so recognition depends on employers and the relevant authority.
Which Maltese employers hire embedded systems and telecom engineers?
Malta has telecoms operators, electronics manufacturers and component suppliers, iGaming and technology firms that use embedded hardware, and defence and maritime electronics companies. Employers typically assess hands-on design experience and certifications. A private qualification can help your profile, especially alongside practical projects.
Can I fit this programme around work, and what are the practical requirements?
The programme is 100% online and taught in English, with an assigned technical tutor. You can study from Malta without a student visa. Choose a course length that matches your available time, from 300 hours up to 1,900. Ask about fee instalments and employer sponsorship before enrolling.
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What you will be able to do
Apply SRE principles to device-based products.
Define SLIs focused on user experience.
Establish SLOs and error budget policies.
Design burn-rate alerts and manage incidents.
Improve fleet reliability and OTA updates.
Test resilience through chaos engineering.
Govern reliability through indicators and continuous improvement.
Who it's for
- SRE engineer wishing to specialise in SRE/SLIs/SLOs for Devices.
- Device reliability engineer wishing to specialise in SRE/SLIs/SLOs for Devices.
- DevOps engineer wishing to specialise in SRE/SLIs/SLOs for Devices.
- Fleet operations manager wishing to specialise in SRE/SLIs/SLOs for Devices.
- IoT platform engineer wishing to specialise in SRE/SLIs/SLOs for Devices.
- Incident manager wishing to specialise in SRE/SLIs/SLOs for Devices.
- Graduates in engineering or science seeking to enter the consumer electronics sector.
What you'll work with
- ISO/IEC 20000-1
- IEC 60300-1
- IEC 61703
- ISO 22301
- ISO/IEC 25010
- ISO/IEC 27001
8 modules · 800 h
1.1Origin and principles of SRE1.2Reliability as a product characteristic1.3Differences between services and devices1.4Availability, reliability and maintainability1.5Reliability expressions according to IEC 617031.6Reliability management under IEC 60300-11.7Repetitive work and its reduction1.8Blameless culture1.9Organisation of SRE teams1.10Case study: fleet reliability analysis
2.1Availability indicators2.2Latency indicators2.3Freshness and correctness indicators2.4SLIs from the user's point of view2.5SLIs specific to connected devices2.6Data sources for SLIs2.7Measurement on the device versus the cloud2.8Measurement errors and biases2.9Documentation of SLIs2.10Workshop: SLI catalogue for an IoT product
3.1Setting realistic targets3.2Measurement windows3.3Error budget and its consumption3.4Error budget policies3.5Composite SLOs and dependencies3.6Relationship between SLO and SLA3.7Periodic review of objectives3.8Rule generation with Sloth3.9SLOs for heterogeneous fleets3.10Practice: SLOs and error budgets in Prometheus
4.1Burn-rate alerts4.2Multi-window alerts4.3On-call duties and rotas4.4Incident management and roles4.5Communication during incidents4.6Blameless postmortems4.7Action tracking4.8PagerDuty and similar tools4.9MTTD and MTTR indicators4.10Case study: postmortem of a fleet outage
5.1Failure and reboot telemetry5.2Dumps and firmware failure analysis5.3OTA update reliability5.4Intermittent connectivity5.5Battery and power reliability5.6SLO-driven staged rollouts5.7Automatic rollback based on indicators5.8Memfault and similar tools5.9Hardware reliability in the field5.10Lab: SLO-based automatic rollback
6.1Capacity planning6.2Back-end load testing6.3Chaos engineering6.4Designing for graceful degradation6.5Retries, backoff and reconnection storms6.6ISO 22301 business continuity6.7Disaster recovery6.8Third-party dependencies6.9Game days6.10Practice: chaos experiment on reconnections
7.1ISO/IEC 20000-1 service management7.2ISO/IEC 25010 product quality7.3Reliability reports for management7.4Prioritising reliability versus features7.5Automation and reduction of manual work7.6Launch reviews7.7SRE maturity in the organisation7.8Reliability costs7.9Team training7.10Case study: product launch review
8.1Product and user journeys8.2Defining SLIs8.3Setting SLOs and budgets8.4Alerts and on-call processes8.5SLO-driven deployment strategy8.6Resilience plan8.7Dashboards and reports8.8Improvement plan8.9Written report and presentation8.10Final review with the tutor
How you'll learn
100 % online training on the SEIUM Institute campus, with downloadable material, recorded classes and an assigned technical tutor. No fixed timetable: students progress at their own pace within the intake, which makes it possible to combine study with work.
Each module combines theory, guided reading of the original standard and applied exercises. The working software is Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty, Sloth, Memfault, in free, academic or evaluation versions. Practical work is based on real error budget calculation procedures for a live fleet, a chaos experiment on reconnections, and an incident drill with a postmortem. Assessment is continuous, module by module, plus the final integrating project.
Build it end to end
Your final project follows the real engineering workflow, step by step, reviewed by your tutor.
Apply SRE principles to device-based products.
Define SLIs focused on user experience.
Establish SLOs and error budget policies.
Design burn-rate alerts and manage incidents.
Improve fleet reliability and OTA updates.
Where this takes you
Requirements
- Prior technical training or professional experience in the sector. No university degree is required.
- Internet connection and a computer capable of running the programme's software.
- Sufficient English to follow technical standards documentation.
Ready to start?
Send your application today. Our admissions team replies within 72 hours with your study plan and funding options.
Frequently asked questions
The programme comprises 800 hours in total, spread over 6 to 8 months. That is between 10 and 15 hours a week on average, compatible with a full-time job.
You will work with Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty, Sloth and Memfault. Free, academic or evaluation versions are used, and the tutor indicates the free alternative where one exists.
A SEIUM Institute own diploma on passing continuous assessment and the integrating project. It is in-house training, not an official qualification from the Ministry.
Yes. Modules passed in a course or postgraduate diploma in the same area are credited towards the higher programme. Check the credit transfer policy when you enrol.
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