What Principal DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 1,170 open Principal DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, automation, ci-cd.
Updated September 18, 2026
1,346 open Principal DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,170 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 73% |
| automation | 62% |
| ci-cd | 54% |
| devops | 50% |
| kubernetes | 45% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 45% |
| python | 42% |
| aws | 42% |
| terraform | 39% |
| ai | 38% |
| networking | 35% |
| observability | 35% |
| azure | 33% |
| linux | 33% |
| docker | 25% |
| bash | 24% |
| ansible | 24% |
| distributed-systems | 20% |
| api | 19% |
| jenkins | 19% |
| github | 19% |
| oracle | 19% |
| gcp | 18% |
| cloud-native | 18% |
| agile | 17% |
| gitlab | 15% |
| java | 15% |
| prometheus | 14% |
| machine-learning | 14% |
| containerization | 14% |
| iam | 12% |
| grafana | 12% |
| powershell | 12% |
| cybersecurity | 12% |
| git | 12% |
| github-actions | 11% |
| analytics | 10% |
| vmware | 10% |
| helm | 9% |
| agentic-ai | 9% |
"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 1,346 open Principal DevOps jobs →
Across all DevOps levels
Most DevOps postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 49,070
- devops 48,232
- ci-cd 42,011
- kubernetes 32,866
- automation 31,739
- aws 30,244
- terraform 29,959
- infrastructure-as-code 28,330
- azure 27,735
- python 27,279
- linux 23,193
- docker 22,642