infrastructure security jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-10-14, infrastructure security appears in 278 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning infrastructure security, with demand share down 5.9% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-14
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+Is infrastructure security in demand in 2026?
Yes. infrastructure security appears in 278 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-14. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning infrastructure security (20.5% of all postings mentioning infrastructure security).
+What jobs require infrastructure security?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-14, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning infrastructure security are Enterprise Security Engineer (18.8% of that role’s postings mention infrastructure security), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) (14.8% of that role’s postings mention infrastructure security), Head of Information Security (11.1% of that role’s postings mention infrastructure security).
+What skills are commonly paired with infrastructure security?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-14), infrastructure security most often appears alongside Application security, Cloud Security, AWS, threat modeling, vulnerability management.
+Where is infrastructure security most in demand?
As of 2026-10-14, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring infrastructure security are San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, San Mateo, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new infrastructure security content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning infrastructure security alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new infrastructure security content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after infrastructure security?
The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.
Weekly indexed postings requiring infrastructure security — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around infrastructure security
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before infrastructure security
Skills after infrastructure security
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: system performance | 1 |
| Before: python | 1 |
| Before: CCNA | 1 |
| Before: scripting languages | 1 |
| Before: Distributed enterprise network management | 1 |
| Before: automation scripts | 1 |
| Before: Firewalls | 1 |
| Before: SME | 1 |
| After: ci/cd | 1 |
| After: python | 1 |
| After: scripting languages | 1 |
| After: Agile | 1 |
| After: VMware | 1 |
| After: Git | 1 |
| After: Chef | 1 |
| After: WordPress | 1 |
Roles most likely to require infrastructure security
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Security Engineer | 6 | 18.8% |
| Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) | 4 | 14.8% |
| Head of Information Security | 3 | 11.1% |
| Infrastructure Security Engineer | 6 | 10.3% |
| Information Security Intern | 3 | 8.3% |
| Application Security Analyst | 2 | 7.4% |
| Information Security Consultant | 3 | 7.1% |
| Cloud Systems Engineer | 2 | 5.9% |
| Security Architect | 16 | 4.6% |
| Software Security Engineer | 2 | 4.4% |
Roles with the most infrastructure security postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Security Engineer | 57 | 20.5% |
| Software Engineer | 22 | 7.9% |
| Security Architect | 16 | 5.8% |
| DevOps Engineer | 7 | 2.5% |
| Product Security Engineer | 7 | 2.5% |
| Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 6 | 2.2% |
| Enterprise Security Engineer | 6 | 2.2% |
| Infrastructure Security Engineer | 6 | 2.2% |
| Solutions Architect | 6 | 2.2% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 5 | 1.8% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring infrastructure security
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Fiserv | 7 |
| Later | 7 |
| Twilio | 6 |
| CLERA | 6 |
| Databricks | 5 |
| OpenAI | 4 |
| 4 | |
| Apollo Research | 4 |
| NVIDIA | 4 |
| Instana | 4 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring for infrastructure security
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 17 | 6.1% |
| New York City | 16 | 5.8% |
| London | 9 | 3.2% |
| Bengaluru | 6 | 2.2% |
| San Mateo | 6 | 2.2% |
| Boston | 5 | 1.8% |
| Chicago | 4 | 1.4% |
| Kirkland | 4 | 1.4% |
| Warsaw | 4 | 1.4% |
Skills commonly paired with infrastructure security
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-14. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning infrastructure security by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s infrastructure security postings by all infrastructure security postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,614 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-16 to 2026-09-14 and 2026-07-14 to 2026-10-12 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.
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