What Lead SRE Jobs Ask For
Across 9 open Lead SRE postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, observability, sre.
Updated October 27, 2026
9 open Lead SRE postings. The percentages below are measured over the 9 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 89% |
| observability | 89% |
| sre | 89% |
| automation | 78% |
| distributed-systems | 78% |
| kubernetes | 78% |
| cloud | 67% |
| linux | 67% |
| networking | 67% |
| python | 67% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 56% |
| prometheus | 56% |
| terraform | 56% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Across all SRE levels
Most SRE postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 193
- kubernetes 176
- automation 171
- ai 167
- python 165
- observability 165
- aws 156
- sre 142
- terraform 140
- infrastructure-as-code 139
- ci-cd 124
- networking 121