Resume keywords for Cloud Engineer jobs
The skills cloud and platform engineer job postings actually ask for, as the share of the 454 newest postings we track that mention each one (out of 1,603 live cloud and platform engineer jobs). More than half mention CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS and Python.
Live data · computed 10 October 2026 · refreshed daily
Top skills and tools
- 1CI/CDCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps61%
- 2Infrastructure as CodeCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps60%
- 3TerraformCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps55%
- 4KubernetesCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps54%
- 5AWSCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps51%
- 6PythonLanguagesLanguages50%
- 7DevOpsCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps48%
- 8AzureCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps46%
- 9ObservabilityCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps43%
- 10Google CloudCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps31%
- 11Incident managementReliabilityReliability25%
- 12LinuxCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps22%
- 13IAMSecuritySecurity21%
- 14DockerCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps20%
- 15GoLanguagesLanguages20%
- 16BashLanguagesLanguages19%
- 17GitHub ActionsCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps19%
- 18AnsibleCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps18%
- 19LLMsDataData17%
- 20Site Reliability EngineeringCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps16%
- 21GrafanaCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps16%
- 22PrometheusCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps16%
- 23Machine learningDataData16%
- 24Networking (DNS, VPCs)ReliabilityReliability15%
- 25GitOpsCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps15%
- 26SQLLanguagesLanguages14%
- 27GitCloud & DevOpsCloud & DevOps13%
- 28JavaLanguagesLanguages13%
- 29AgileEngineering PracticesEngineering Practices13%
- 30Distributed systemsDataData13%
How to use this list
Platform roles are judged on what other engineers could do because of your work. Name the cloud, the provisioning tool and the internal platform pieces (golden paths, templates, self-service) you built.
Only add skills you've really used, in the group your CV already has for them, and show the important ones in a bullet too. The percentages tell you what's common across the market; the job you're applying to is what matters, so check your CV against it.
How we count: the newest live postings whose title matches the role, re-posts removed, description only. Each skill counts once per posting, with common synonyms (k8s = Kubernetes); benefits and legal text are ignored; soft skills only count in the requirements. The role's own name is left out.
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Frequently asked questions
What skills should a cloud and platform engineer put on a resume?
The ones most postings ask for and that you really have. Across 454 recent cloud and platform engineer postings we track, the most-mentioned are CI/CD (61%), Infrastructure as Code (60%), Terraform (55%), Kubernetes (54%) and AWS (51%). Put each one you've used in your Skills section and in a bullet that shows how you used it.
Which cloud and platform engineer skills are must-haves?
CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS and Python appear in more than half of the postings, which makes them close to a baseline for the role. Everything else varies by company, so check each ad.
How is this list calculated?
We take the newest live cloud and platform engineer postings from employers' applicant tracking systems, remove re-posts, and count the share whose description mentions each skill (synonyms count, each posting counts once). Benefits and legal boilerplate are ignored. It refreshes daily, and no AI is involved.
Should I add every keyword on this page to my CV?
No. Add only the skills you can discuss in an interview, using the same name the job ad uses. Stuffing in skills you don't have is easy to spot and backfires in technical interviews.
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