What Senior SRE Jobs Ask For
Across 13 open Senior SRE postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, cloud, terraform.
Updated October 18, 2026
13 open Senior SRE postings. The percentages below are measured over the 13 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 92% |
| cloud | 92% |
| terraform | 77% |
| automation | 69% |
| ci-cd | 62% |
| kubernetes | 62% |
| python | 62% |
| api | 54% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 54% |
| linux | 54% |
| networking | 54% |
| ansible | 46% |
| docker | 46% |
| observability | 46% |
| iam | 38% |
| machine-learning | 38% |
"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 13 open Senior SRE jobs →
Across all SRE levels
Most SRE postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 19
- cloud 18
- automation 15
- terraform 15
- linux 12
- ci-cd 12
- python 12
- networking 12
- kubernetes 11
- observability 11
- infrastructure-as-code 10
- aws 9