What Senior Security Jobs Ask For
Across 1,448 open Senior Security postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, cybersecurity, automation.
Updated November 1, 2026
1,483 open Senior Security postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,448 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 64% |
| cybersecurity | 41% |
| automation | 35% |
| ai | 33% |
| aws | 32% |
| iam | 31% |
| python | 29% |
| cloud-security | 28% |
| azure | 27% |
| iso-27001 | 27% |
| cissp | 24% |
| siem | 24% |
| nist | 22% |
| ci-cd | 20% |
| gcp | 20% |
| api | 20% |
| firewall | 17% |
| network-security | 16% |
| terraform | 16% |
| saas | 15% |
| linux | 15% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 15% |
| devsecops | 14% |
| risk-assessment | 14% |
| soc-2 | 14% |
| kubernetes | 14% |
| networking | 13% |
| bash | 13% |
| penetration-testing | 13% |
| cism | 13% |
| authentication | 12% |
| zero-trust | 12% |
| devops | 11% |
| powershell | 11% |
| edr | 10% |
| owasp | 10% |
| agentic-ai | 10% |
| cloud-native | 10% |
| agile | 9% |
| active-directory | 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 1,483 open Senior Security jobs →
Across all Security levels
Most Security postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 2,169
- cybersecurity 1,480
- ai 1,253
- automation 1,128
- python 1,038
- aws 1,032
- iam 937
- cloud-security 900
- azure 868
- iso-27001 865
- siem 756
- nist 713