Cloud & DevOps · Skill guide
Terraform is the default infrastructure-as-code keyword in cloud postings — resumes rank on module design, state management, and multi-environment scale, with 'IaC' as the umbrella term worth including alongside it.
It appears in 9% of 2,367 engineering postings in our 15 August 2026 snapshot . Densest in DevOps Engineer (49%), Security Engineer (14%), and Data Engineer (11%) .
Job descriptions rarely ask for Terraform alone — these co-terms appear in the same postings and are screened together. Cover the ones you've genuinely used.
Public ATS boards (Arbeitnow, Greenhouse, Ashby, Google Careers, Lever, RemoteOK, Remotive). Not LinkedIn or Indeed. Percentages are share of postings that already mention Terraform.
A skill in a list is a claim; a skill in a bullet with an outcome is evidence. Patterns to adapt with your real numbers:
“Authored reusable Terraform modules covering VPC, ECS, and RDS patterns, standing up new environments in 30 minutes versus 2 days manual”
“Brought 100% of production AWS under Terraform with CI-gated plans, ending untracked console changes and config drift incidents”
Put "Terraform" in your skills section in its exact form, then prove it in at least one experience bullet with context and an outcome — a skill that appears only in a list reads as padding to recruiters. Terraform is the default infrastructure-as-code keyword in cloud postings — resumes rank on module design, state management, and multi-environment scale, with 'IaC' as the umbrella term worth including alongside it.
Job descriptions that ask for Terraform typically also screen for: AWS, Kubernetes, Python, CI/CD, GCP. Include the ones you've genuinely used — co-keyword coverage is how ATS ranking separates real practitioners from list-padders.
List it only if you could answer interview questions about it comfortably. A safer honest framing for light experience is grouping it under a "familiar with" tier, separate from your core skills — inflated skill claims surface fast in technical interviews.
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