What Principal DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 1,308 open Principal DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, automation, ci-cd.
Updated November 3, 2026
1,329 open Principal DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,308 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 80% |
| automation | 70% |
| ci-cd | 55% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 53% |
| kubernetes | 49% |
| python | 48% |
| devops | 45% |
| networking | 44% |
| ai | 44% |
| aws | 44% |
| terraform | 42% |
| observability | 41% |
| linux | 35% |
| distributed-systems | 33% |
| azure | 32% |
| docker | 26% |
| bash | 25% |
| oracle | 24% |
| java | 24% |
| ansible | 24% |
| github | 19% |
| api | 19% |
| gcp | 19% |
| agile | 18% |
| prometheus | 17% |
| containerization | 17% |
| cloud-native | 17% |
| jenkins | 17% |
| machine-learning | 16% |
| sre | 16% |
| gitlab | 15% |
| grafana | 15% |
| iam | 15% |
| cybersecurity | 13% |
| github-actions | 13% |
| gpu | 12% |
| helm | 12% |
| root-cause-analysis | 12% |
| gitops | 11% |
| git | 11% |
"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 1,329 open Principal DevOps jobs →
Across all DevOps levels
Most DevOps postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 49,601
- devops 44,170
- ci-cd 40,902
- automation 32,250
- kubernetes 31,161
- aws 30,326
- terraform 28,322
- azure 28,086
- python 27,736
- infrastructure-as-code 27,726
- linux 26,712
- docker 21,675