What Principal SRE Jobs Ask For
Across 127 open Principal SRE postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, automation, observability.
Updated October 28, 2026
128 open Principal SRE postings. The percentages below are measured over the 127 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 95% |
| automation | 90% |
| observability | 83% |
| python | 73% |
| ci-cd | 63% |
| linux | 62% |
| networking | 61% |
| sre | 61% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 60% |
| kubernetes | 54% |
| bash | 54% |
| ansible | 50% |
| aws | 50% |
| terraform | 47% |
| distributed-systems | 46% |
| root-cause-analysis | 45% |
| ai | 44% |
| oracle | 43% |
| disaster-recovery | 39% |
| docker | 36% |
| cloud-native | 35% |
| azure | 34% |
| gcp | 32% |
| devops | 31% |
| cybersecurity | 28% |
| grafana | 26% |
| dns | 24% |
| prometheus | 24% |
| jenkins | 22% |
| analytics | 20% |
| github | 20% |
| java | 20% |
| kafka | 20% |
| corrective-action | 20% |
| powershell | 17% |
| citrix | 16% |
| firewall | 16% |
| gitlab | 15% |
| elk | 13% |
| microservices | 13% |
"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 128 open Principal SRE jobs →
Across all SRE levels
Most SRE postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 2,172
- automation 1,911
- sre 1,839
- python 1,828
- observability 1,778
- kubernetes 1,699
- ci-cd 1,496
- terraform 1,493
- aws 1,425
- ai 1,402
- infrastructure-as-code 1,323
- networking 1,220