What Senior SRE Jobs Ask For
Across 1,554 open Senior SRE postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, automation, observability.
Updated September 18, 2026
1,678 open Senior SRE postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,554 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 80% |
| automation | 75% |
| observability | 65% |
| python | 64% |
| kubernetes | 64% |
| aws | 53% |
| terraform | 53% |
| ci-cd | 52% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 50% |
| ai | 48% |
| devops | 42% |
| linux | 40% |
| networking | 39% |
| distributed-systems | 37% |
| grafana | 35% |
| bash | 35% |
| prometheus | 34% |
| azure | 28% |
| gcp | 28% |
| ansible | 27% |
| docker | 25% |
| github | 19% |
| datadog | 19% |
| java | 18% |
| api | 17% |
| cloud-native | 17% |
| gitops | 14% |
| github-actions | 14% |
| saas | 14% |
| jenkins | 14% |
| eks | 12% |
| postgresql | 12% |
| dns | 12% |
| opentelemetry | 12% |
| analytics | 12% |
| machine-learning | 12% |
| containerization | 12% |
| microservices | 11% |
| gitlab | 11% |
| helm | 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 1,678 open Senior SRE jobs →
Across all SRE levels
Most SRE postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 3,864
- automation 3,437
- python 3,079
- observability 3,005
- kubernetes 3,005
- ci-cd 2,622
- aws 2,590
- terraform 2,477
- infrastructure-as-code 2,301
- ai 2,286
- devops 2,142
- linux 2,096