What Senior SRE Jobs Ask For
Across 96 open Senior SRE postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, kubernetes, automation.
Updated October 27, 2026
97 open Senior SRE postings. The percentages below are measured over the 96 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 92% |
| kubernetes | 88% |
| automation | 78% |
| python | 77% |
| aws | 75% |
| observability | 73% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 72% |
| sre | 72% |
| terraform | 70% |
| ai | 69% |
| ci-cd | 66% |
| devops | 56% |
| networking | 51% |
| distributed-systems | 49% |
| grafana | 47% |
| prometheus | 45% |
| linux | 42% |
| datadog | 39% |
| gcp | 39% |
| ansible | 32% |
| azure | 31% |
| cloud-native | 27% |
| github | 27% |
| postgresql | 27% |
| api | 25% |
| bash | 24% |
| github-actions | 24% |
| docker | 21% |
| gitlab | 21% |
| microservices | 20% |
| sql | 20% |
| root-cause-analysis | 19% |
| gitops | 18% |
| jenkins | 18% |
| saas | 18% |
| dns | 17% |
| git | 16% |
| argocd | 15% |
| iam | 15% |
| newrelic | 15% |
"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 97 open Senior SRE jobs →
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