Which roles ask for Cloud Security at tech companies · 67 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
67 roles counted that list Cloud Security, one per company, title and level; 141 postings in the window.
In short
Cloud Security: listed in 67 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 55 and preferred in 12. The largest group is security engineer roles: 42 of 67 (63%).
- Required
- 55 of 67 (82%)
- Of the roles that list Cloud Security
- Preferred
- 12 of 67 (18%)
- Of the roles that list Cloud Security
- Largest group
- 42 of 67 (63%)
- Security engineer
Roles that ask for Cloud Security
Roles listing Cloud Security, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Security engineer | 42 | 42 of 126 (33%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 7 | 7 of 70 (10%) |
| DevOps engineer | 5 | 5 of 58 (9%) |
| Software engineer | 5 | 5 of 719 (1%) |
| Platform engineer | 4 | 4 of 57 (7%) |
| Software architect | 2 | 2 of 32 |
| Data engineer | 1 | 1 of 99 (1%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 1 | 1 of 63 (2%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Okta3 roles
- Bright Vision Technologies2 roles
- Datadog2 roles
- GitLab2 roles
- Illumio2 roles
- OpenAI2 roles
- Peraton2 roles
- Replit2 roles
- Zscaler2 roles
- Extreme Networks1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 67 Cloud Security roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AWS | 39 of 67 (58%) |
| Python | 35 of 67 (52%) |
| CI/CD | 32 of 67 (48%) |
| Infrastructure as Code | 30 of 67 (45%) |
| GCP | 29 of 67 (43%) |
| Azure | 28 of 67 (42%) |
| Kubernetes | 28 of 67 (42%) |
| Identity and Access Management | 27 of 67 (40%) |
| Terraform | 26 of 67 (39%) |
| Cybersecurity | 24 of 67 (36%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AWS | 10 of 67 (15%) |
| AI | 9 of 67 (13%) |
| DevSecOps | 8 of 67 (12%) |
| GCP | 8 of 67 (12%) |
| Incident Response | 8 of 67 (12%) |
| Azure | 7 of 67 (10%) |
| CI/CD | 7 of 67 (10%) |
| ISO 27001 | 7 of 67 (10%) |
| Open Source | 7 of 67 (10%) |
| SOC 2 | 7 of 67 (10%) |
Experience
Of the 36 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 35 of 36
- 2+ years
- 35 of 36
- 3+ years
- 34 of 36
- 5+ years
- 29 of 36
- 8+ years
- 7 of 36
- 10+ years
- 4 of 36
Degree
Of the 54 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 5 of 54 (9%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 11 of 54 (20%)
- Preferred
- 2 of 54 (4%)
- Not mentioned
- 36 of 54 (67%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 67 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 33 of 67 (49%)
- Remote roles
- 45 of 67 (67%)
How we count: 67 roles from 57 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