What Principal Security Jobs Ask For
Across 1,049 open Principal Security postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, cybersecurity, ai.
Updated November 3, 2026
1,062 open Principal Security postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,049 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 67% |
| cybersecurity | 63% |
| ai | 46% |
| automation | 38% |
| cissp | 37% |
| nist | 30% |
| aws | 29% |
| iam | 28% |
| cloud-security | 28% |
| python | 26% |
| azure | 25% |
| threat-modeling | 23% |
| api | 23% |
| ci-cd | 22% |
| risk-assessment | 19% |
| networking | 19% |
| cism | 17% |
| siem | 17% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 17% |
| authentication | 16% |
| cloud-native | 16% |
| machine-learning | 16% |
| network-security | 16% |
| gcp | 16% |
| vulnerability-management | 15% |
| agentic-ai | 15% |
| kubernetes | 14% |
| devsecops | 14% |
| iso-27001 | 14% |
| zero-trust | 13% |
| linux | 13% |
| devops | 12% |
| llm | 12% |
| threat-intelligence | 12% |
| penetration-testing | 11% |
| terraform | 11% |
| agile | 11% |
| firewall | 11% |
| analytics | 10% |
| saas | 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 1,062 open Principal Security jobs →
Across all Security levels
Most Security postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cybersecurity 27,323
- cloud 23,118
- ai 13,319
- automation 12,072
- cissp 11,530
- iam 10,547
- aws 10,359
- azure 10,169
- nist 10,109
- python 10,097
- siem 9,311
- cloud-security 9,102