What Principal Security Jobs Ask For
Across 1,207 open Principal Security postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cloud, cybersecurity, ai.
Updated October 17, 2026
1,262 open Principal Security postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,207 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cloud | 61% |
| cybersecurity | 56% |
| ai | 42% |
| automation | 36% |
| cissp | 35% |
| nist | 33% |
| aws | 29% |
| cloud-security | 25% |
| iam | 25% |
| python | 24% |
| azure | 23% |
| api | 21% |
| risk-assessment | 20% |
| networking | 20% |
| ci-cd | 19% |
| cism | 16% |
| machine-learning | 15% |
| authentication | 15% |
| cloud-native | 15% |
| devsecops | 15% |
| infrastructure-as-code | 15% |
| siem | 15% |
| linux | 15% |
| network-security | 14% |
| agile | 14% |
| gcp | 14% |
| kubernetes | 13% |
| agentic-ai | 13% |
| iso-27001 | 13% |
| llm | 13% |
| zero-trust | 12% |
| firewall | 12% |
| devops | 10% |
| splunk | 10% |
| penetration-testing | 10% |
| stakeholder-management | 10% |
| owasp | 9% |
| terraform | 9% |
| powershell | 9% |
| saas | 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 1,262 open Principal Security jobs →
Across all Security levels
Most Security postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- cloud 20,679
- cybersecurity 19,634
- ai 12,373
- automation 12,035
- cissp 10,305
- python 9,499
- aws 9,494
- azure 8,941
- nist 8,912
- cloud-security 8,412
- siem 7,861
- iam 7,086