11 In-Demand Cloud Roles Companies Are Hiring For
CIO, Thursday, January 1st, 2026
Increased cloud adoption has companies adding new roles to ensure success in the cloud. From security architects to FinOps managers, here's where they're expanding their IT talent rosters.
Organizations continue to invest heavily in cloud solutions heading into 2026, with the goal of improving employee productivity (31%), accelerating adoption of AI and ML (13%), and improving security and governance in the organization (30%), according to the 2025 CIO Cloud Computing Study from Foundry.
The survey found that 70% of IT decision makers agree their organization has accelerated cloud migration in the past 12 months compared to 62% in 2024 and 57% in 2023. Additionally, 70% said their organization defaults to cloud-based services when upgrading or purchasing new technology, and 71% said cloud investments have helped their organization sustain an increase in revenue over the past 12 months.