# AWS CloudFormation

Skill · Cloud Computing and DevOps

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/aws-cloudformation

AWS CloudFormation is an infrastructure-as-code service that lets users model, provision, and manage AWS resources using declarative JSON or YAML templates. It automates the creation, updating, and deletion of resources as a single unit called a stack, ensuring consistent and repeatable deployments. DevOps engineers and cloud architects rely on it to version-control infrastructure and avoid manual configuration drift.

## AWS CloudFormation in the job market

- Open roles: 59
- Employers hiring: 33
- Median stated pay: $171,000 (middle half $150,000 – $205,000), from 45 of 59 open roles — the 76% that publish a range, annualized to USD. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
- Last checked: September 13, 2026

## Asked for alongside AWS CloudFormation

Measured from the 59 open roles that name AWS CloudFormation, not from a curated list.

- [Terraform](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/terraform) — 54 roles (91.5%)
- [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/amazon-web-services-aws) — 47 roles (79.7%)
- [Python](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/python) — 39 roles (66.1%)
- [Kubernetes](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/kubernetes) — 35 roles (59.3%)
- [Docker](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/docker) — 30 roles (50.8%)
- [Microsoft Azure](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/microsoft-azure) — 24 roles (40.7%)
- [CI/CD](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/ci-cd) — 22 roles (37.3%)
- [Ansible](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/ansible) — 17 roles (28.8%)

## Seniority of these roles

- Entry: 1 (2%)
- Mid: 11 (20%)
- Senior: 42 (75%)
- Lead / Staff / Principal: 2 (4%)

From 56 roles whose posting states a level.

## Where AWS CloudFormation roles are

- [New York, NY](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/new-york-ny) — 8
- [Reston, VA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/reston-va) — 5
- [Ashburn, VA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/ashburn-va) — 2
- [Herndon, VA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/herndon-va) — 2
- [Princeton, NJ](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/princeton-nj) — 2
- [Austin, TX](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/austin-tx) — 1

Among the 36 of 59 open roles we could place on a map.

## Roles that use AWS CloudFormation

- [Software Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-engineer) — 25
- [Cloud Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/cloud-engineer) — 5
- [DevOps Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/devops-engineer) — 4
- [Site Reliability Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/site-reliability-engineer) — 4
- [Data Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/data-engineer) — 2
- [Sales Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/sales-engineer) — 2

## Employers hiring for AWS CloudFormation

- [Workday](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/workday) — 6 open roles
- [Bristol Myers Squibb](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/bristol-myers-squibb) — 5 open roles
- [LSEG](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/lseg) — 5 open roles
- [CrowdStrike](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crowdstrike) — 3 open roles
- [Visa Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/visa-inc) — 3 open roles
- [Best Western](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/best-western) — 2 open roles

Related skills: [Terraform](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/terraform), [Infrastructure as Code](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/infrastructure-as-code), [Ansible](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/ansible), [Pulumi](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/pulumi), [AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/aws-cloud-development-kit-cdk), [Azure Bicep](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/azure-bicep), [YAML](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/yaml), [Amazon ECS](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/amazon-ecs), [Amazon API Gateway](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/amazon-api-gateway)

## Open roles requiring AWS CloudFormation (59)

- [Software Development Engineer II, Cloud Platform](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Mapbox/582fb3a3-d395-4ebc-8b8f-3ce3212c11cf/application) at [Mapbox](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/mapbox) — Mapbox US · Remote, $157,675 – $213,325 (listed on Mapbox's own careers site)
- [Analytics Web Developer with AWS Experience](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/df8c2a2d-f2a2-40d2-9544-058674636ab6/analytics-web-developer-with-aws-experience-at-auto-owners-insurance) at [Auto-Owners Insurance](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/auto-owners-insurance) — Full-time, Lansing, MI
- [Product Engineer II - Hybrid AZ](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/06f8a1e0-2243-474b-8c8f-61333f5c2f40/product-engineer-ii-hybrid-az-at-best-western) at [Best Western](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/best-western) — Full-time, Remote-AZ
- [SAP NS2 Sr. DevOps & Automation Transformation Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/1ed07651-95a4-48e4-913e-9daf82bb6e72/sap-ns2-sr-devops-automation-transformation-architect-at-sap) at [SAP](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/sap) — Full-time, Herndon, VA, $176,300 – $374,200
- [Software Engineer, Sr. Consultant - Fullstack GenAI Enablement](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/78911008-72c9-4f5e-a989-c183e9c5409e/software-engineer-sr-consultant-fullstack-genai-enablement-at-visa-inc) at [Visa Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/visa-inc) — Full-time, Ashburn, VA, $152,200 – $243,700
- [Lead Development Engineer -AI-Assisted Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a0944a9d-8760-47df-9e37-ec0203e361c6/lead-development-engineer-ai-assisted-engineering-at-tyson-foods) at [Tyson Foods](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/tyson-foods) — Springdale, AR
- [Manager, Cloud FinOps Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/29e13964-cd65-4707-8dab-6c7daa068fc4/manager-cloud-finops-engineer-at-bristol-myers-squibb) at [Bristol Myers Squibb](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/bristol-myers-squibb) — Full-time, Princeton, NJ, $119,430 – $144,715
- [Devops Engineer (Japanese speaking)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/8821af8d-1844-4687-9ced-bcce534ddbed/devops-engineer-japanese-speaking-at-accenture) at [Accenture](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/accenture)
- [Mid/Senior Software Engineer - Developer Platform (US Federal)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/f131e3a4-3a62-43e3-acf9-75558600c3b4/mid-senior-software-engineer-developer-platform-us-federal-at-workday) at [Workday](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/workday) — Full-time, Reston, VA, $163,800 – $245,800
- [Cloud Security Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/0543f95c-c014-4d03-9351-2cf6a24aec48/cloud-security-architect-at-warner-bros-discovery) at [Warner Bros. Discovery](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/warner-bros-discovery) — Full-time, $133,140 – $247,260

All 59 open roles: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs?skills=797ba943-bbef-4602-a169-5c3c17b0104d