What Staff SRE Jobs Ask For
Across 52 open Staff SRE postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, automation, ai.
Updated November 1, 2026
52 open Staff SRE postings. The percentages below are measured over the 52 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 90% |
| automation | 85% |
| ai | 81% |
| observability | 69% |
| kubernetes | 62% |
| aws | 56% |
| gcp | 54% |
| python | 52% |
| terraform | 52% |
| distributed-systems | 50% |
| networking | 44% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 40% |
| ci-cd | 37% |
| azure | 31% |
| machine-learning | 31% |
| devops | 27% |
| prometheus | 27% |
| linux | 25% |
| grafana | 23% |
| ansible | 21% |
| opentelemetry | 21% |
| cloud-native | 19% |
| cloud-security | 19% |
| datadog | 17% |
| java | 17% |
| agentic-ai | 15% |
| agile | 15% |
| gitlab | 15% |
| root-cause-analysis | 15% |
| ruby | 15% |
| github | 13% |
| gitops | 13% |
| zero-trust | 13% |
| devsecops | 12% |
| helm | 12% |
| llm | 12% |
| postgresql | 12% |
| sase | 12% |
| typescript | 12% |
| anomaly-detection | 10% |
"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 52 open Staff SRE jobs →
Across all SRE levels
Most SRE postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 422
- kubernetes 365
- automation 358
- observability 346
- python 341
- aws 296
- ci-cd 277
- ai 271
- terraform 263
- devops 259
- infrastructure-as-code 248
- grafana 226