Director of DevOps / SRE: skills & capabilities the market requires
Based on 557 real Director of DevOps / SRE job postings, here is what companies actually require for this role today: the capabilities that define it, the hard skills named most often, the scope expected, typical experience and pay. The market leans hardest on Technical Depth (86%) and Executive Communication (43%).
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Core capabilities for a Director of DevOps / SRE
- Technical Depth — required in 86% of postings
- Executive Communication — required in 43% of postings
- Go-to-Market & Sales — required in 28% of postings
- Risk, Security & Compliance — required in 26% of postings
- Operational Excellence — required in 25% of postings
- Cross-functional Leadership — required in 22% of postings
- People Leadership — required in 21% of postings
Most-required hard skills
- Kubernetes
- Infrastructure As Code
- Automation
- Ci/Cd Pipelines
- Devops
- Site Reliability Engineering
- Cloud Infrastructure
Leadership & soft skills
- Problem-Solving
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Leadership
Scope, experience & pay
Director of DevOps / SRE roles expect deal / M&A experience in 0% of postings, IPO or capital markets in 2%, and transformation in 7%. Typical stated experience: 7 years. Pay signal from postings (base): $179K–$232K.
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