What Staff DevOps Jobs Ask For
Across 1,109 open Staff DevOps postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, ci-cd, kubernetes.
Updated September 19, 2026
1,175 open Staff DevOps postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,109 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 79% |
| ci-cd | 68% |
| kubernetes | 67% |
| ai | 64% |
| python | 60% |
| observability | 59% |
| terraform | 57% |
| automation | 54% |
| aws | 53% |
| devops | 48% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 45% |
| networking | 34% |
| bash | 33% |
| distributed-systems | 32% |
| prometheus | 32% |
| grafana | 31% |
| azure | 28% |
| gcp | 25% |
| github | 24% |
| linux | 23% |
| docker | 23% |
| saas | 22% |
| github-actions | 20% |
| typescript | 20% |
| pulumi | 18% |
| api | 18% |
| agentic-ai | 17% |
| jenkins | 17% |
| cloud-native | 17% |
| redis | 17% |
| ansible | 15% |
| machine-learning | 15% |
| developer-experience | 15% |
| postgresql | 14% |
| accessibility | 14% |
| gitlab | 13% |
| iam | 13% |
| deep-learning | 12% |
| nats | 12% |
| containerization | 12% |
"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 1,175 open Staff DevOps jobs →
Across all DevOps levels
Most DevOps postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 49,073
- devops 48,253
- ci-cd 42,037
- kubernetes 32,856
- automation 31,755
- aws 30,249
- terraform 29,956
- infrastructure-as-code 28,332
- azure 27,749
- python 27,297
- linux 23,174
- docker 22,629