Which roles ask for AWS CloudFormation at tech companies · 54 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
54 roles counted that list AWS CloudFormation, one per company, title and level; 87 postings in the window.
In short
AWS CloudFormation: listed in 54 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 35 and preferred in 19. The largest groups, tied, are DevOps engineer and software engineer roles: 11 of 54 (20%) each.
- Required
- 35 of 54 (65%)
- Of the roles that list AWS CloudFormation
- Preferred
- 19 of 54 (35%)
- Of the roles that list AWS CloudFormation
- Largest group
- 11 of 54 (20%)
- DevOps engineer and Software engineer
Roles that ask for AWS CloudFormation
Roles listing AWS CloudFormation, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| DevOps engineer | 11 | 11 of 58 (19%) |
| Software engineer | 11 | 11 of 719 (2%) |
| Security engineer | 10 | 10 of 126 (8%) |
| Platform engineer | 7 | 7 of 57 (12%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 6 | 6 of 70 (9%) |
| Data engineer | 3 | 3 of 99 (3%) |
| AI engineer | 2 | 2 of 70 (3%) |
| Software architect | 2 | 2 of 32 |
| Forward deployed engineer | 1 | 1 of 63 (2%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 1 | 1 of 79 (1%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Peraton4 roles
- Black Financial Consult2 roles
- Databricks2 roles
- Illumio2 roles
- Okta2 roles
- goPro Consultancy Group ltd.2 roles
- Crusoe1 role
- Eclypsium1 role
- General Dynamics Mission Systems1 role
- MastarRec1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 54 AWS CloudFormation roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AWS | 43 of 54 (80%) |
| Infrastructure as Code | 36 of 54 (67%) |
| Terraform | 36 of 54 (67%) |
| Python | 33 of 54 (61%) |
| CI/CD | 32 of 54 (59%) |
| Kubernetes | 27 of 54 (50%) |
| Azure | 23 of 54 (43%) |
| Docker | 23 of 54 (43%) |
| GCP | 20 of 54 (37%) |
| Identity and Access Management | 19 of 54 (35%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Terraform | 14 of 54 (26%) |
| Infrastructure as Code | 12 of 54 (22%) |
| AWS Certification | 9 of 54 (17%) |
| CI/CD | 8 of 54 (15%) |
| Observability | 8 of 54 (15%) |
| Open Source | 8 of 54 (15%) |
| DevSecOps | 7 of 54 (13%) |
| Docker | 6 of 54 (11%) |
| GitHub Actions | 6 of 54 (11%) |
| Cybersecurity | 5 of 54 (9%) |
Experience
Of the 32 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 31 of 32
- 2+ years
- 31 of 32
- 3+ years
- 29 of 32
- 5+ years
- 21 of 32
- 8+ years
- 7 of 32
- 10+ years
- 2 of 32
Degree
Of the 36 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 4 of 36
- Required, or experience instead
- 13 of 36
- Preferred
- 2 of 36
- Not mentioned
- 17 of 36
Pay and remote work
Of the 54 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 22 of 54 (41%)
- Remote roles
- 40 of 54 (74%)
How we count: 54 roles from 46 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology