What Principal SRE Jobs Ask For
Across 11 open Principal SRE postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, cloud, cybersecurity.
Updated October 18, 2026
11 open Principal SRE postings. The percentages below are measured over the 11 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 100% |
| cloud | 100% |
| cybersecurity | 100% |
| gcp | 100% |
| kubernetes | 100% |
| palo-alto-networks | 100% |
| devops | 91% |
| python | 91% |
| terraform | 91% |
| automation | 82% |
| aws | 82% |
| bash | 82% |
| ci-cd | 82% |
| linux | 82% |
| root-cause-analysis | 82% |
| ansible | 73% |
| gitlab | 73% |
| docker | 64% |
| github | 64% |
| helm | 64% |
| observability | 64% |
| distributed-systems | 55% |
| kafka | 55% |
| mysql | 55% |
| vault | 55% |
| go | 45% |
| grafana | 45% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 45% |
| prometheus | 45% |
"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 11 open Principal SRE jobs →
Across all SRE levels
Most SRE postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 37
- cloud 37
- terraform 32
- automation 31
- kubernetes 29
- ci-cd 29
- python 28
- aws 25
- observability 24
- linux 24
- gcp 22
- devops 21