What Principal DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 1,136 open Principal DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, automation, ci-cd.
Updated October 5, 2026
1,194 open Principal DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,136 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 73% |
| automation | 66% |
| ci-cd | 57% |
| devops | 52% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 50% |
| kubernetes | 47% |
| python | 43% |
| aws | 43% |
| terraform | 41% |
| ai | 41% |
| networking | 40% |
| observability | 38% |
| linux | 36% |
| azure | 33% |
| docker | 25% |
| bash | 25% |
| ansible | 23% |
| distributed-systems | 22% |
| api | 21% |
| cloud-native | 20% |
| github | 20% |
| jenkins | 20% |
| agile | 19% |
| oracle | 17% |
| gcp | 17% |
| java | 17% |
| gitlab | 16% |
| prometheus | 15% |
| containerization | 14% |
| grafana | 14% |
| machine-learning | 14% |
| git | 13% |
| iam | 13% |
| cybersecurity | 12% |
| powershell | 12% |
| github-actions | 12% |
| agentic-ai | 11% |
| microservices | 11% |
| analytics | 10% |
| dns | 10% |
"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 1,194 open Principal DevOps jobs →
Across all DevOps levels
Most DevOps postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 43,274
- devops 41,343
- ci-cd 36,663
- automation 28,962
- kubernetes 28,248
- aws 26,292
- terraform 25,606
- infrastructure-as-code 25,056
- azure 24,120
- python 23,790
- linux 21,476
- docker 19,185