What Principal DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 674 open Principal DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, automation, infrastructure-as-code.
Updated October 28, 2026
678 open Principal DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 674 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 85% |
| automation | 70% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 57% |
| networking | 50% |
| ai | 47% |
| ci-cd | 46% |
| distributed-systems | 46% |
| observability | 45% |
| python | 44% |
| kubernetes | 44% |
| oracle | 43% |
| aws | 38% |
| terraform | 34% |
| linux | 33% |
| devops | 30% |
| azure | 29% |
| java | 27% |
| docker | 20% |
| api | 20% |
| bash | 20% |
| agile | 18% |
| machine-learning | 18% |
| cloud-native | 18% |
| prometheus | 18% |
| ansible | 17% |
| iam | 17% |
| gcp | 16% |
| gpu | 16% |
| github | 15% |
| root-cause-analysis | 15% |
| sre | 15% |
| grafana | 15% |
| cpp | 14% |
| gitlab | 14% |
| containerization | 13% |
| agentic-ai | 12% |
| jenkins | 12% |
| cybersecurity | 12% |
| github-actions | 12% |
| gitops | 11% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 678 open Principal DevOps jobs →
Across all DevOps levels
Most DevOps postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 13,746
- ci-cd 8,986
- automation 8,904
- devops 8,271
- linux 8,120
- python 8,063
- aws 7,754
- kubernetes 7,726
- infrastructure-as-code 7,436
- azure 7,141
- terraform 7,130
- ai 6,963