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Cloud Infrastructure

Section 1 / Overview

Which way this sector's hiring is moving

Hyperscalers, cloud-native vendors, and the developer-tools layer.

Cloud infrastructure covers the companies building hyperscale computing platforms, virtualization systems, and developer automation tools. Hiring is concentrated across multinational cloud providers operating major engineering hubs in India alongside specialized infrastructure product companies. Engineering teams focus on high-availability distributed systems, container orchestration, network reliability, and automated platform tooling.

Top companies hiring
Most active employers over the last 4 weeks, by posting volume.
  • Amazon
  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • Oracle
  • NetApp
  • Okta
  • AWS (Amazon)
  • Cadence
  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
  • IBM
  • TMUS Global Solutions
  • Akamai Technologies
Weekly postings35 weeks
0200400600800Dec 28Jan 25Feb 22Mar 22Apr 19May 17Jun 14Jul 12Aug 09Aug 23postings / wk
Weekly posting counts across the sector.
Weekly active companies35 weeks
020406080100Dec 28Jan 25Feb 22Mar 22Apr 19May 17Jun 14Jul 12Aug 09Aug 23companies / wk
Distinct companies with at least one posting each week.
Section 2 / Profile Distribution

The roles this sector actually hires

Systems and Embedded Engineering and Backend Development lead hiring in cloud infrastructure, each accounting for nearly a fifth of job postings. DevOps and Platform Engineering represents the next major hiring segment, concentrating demand in core infrastructure and systems development.

Rest of marketLeading profile

  1. Systems & Embedded Engineering+14
  2. Backend Development±0
  3. DevOps & Platform Engineering+9
  4. AI & LLM Applications+2
  5. Enterprise Platforms−13
  6. Fullstack Development−8
  7. Generalist Software Engineer±0
  8. Domain-Specific Development+1
  9. QA & Testing−1
  10. Data Engineering−1
  11. Frontend Development−1
  12. Security Engineering+1
  13. Data Analytics & BI−5
  14. Mobile Development±0
  15. Data Science & ML±0

Sorted by share of postings · gap = share − rest of market, in points

Section 3 / Company-Class Distribution

The kinds of companies behind the sector

Cloud infrastructure hiring is shared almost equally between MAANG and Tier-1 Global Tech and MNCs & GCCs. IT Services & BPO firms also account for a substantial portion of infrastructure engineering roles.

This industryRest of markettop employers by openings in the last 2 weeks

  1. MAANG & Tier-1 Tech6 employers hiring
    This industry~40%
    Rest of market~1%
    • Amazon
    • Google
    • Microsoft
    • AWS (Amazon)
    • Apple
  2. MNCs & GCCs24 employers hiring
    This industry~30%
    Rest of market~25%
    • Oracle
    • Okta
    • NetApp
    • Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Teradata
  3. IT Services & BPO9 employers hiring
    This industry~20%
    Rest of market~50%
    • IBM
    • Agivant Technologies
    • TMUS Global Solutions
    • IntraEdge
    • SID Global Solutions
  4. Unicorns & Indian Product23 employers hiring
    This industry~6%
    Rest of market~6%
    • Jitterbit
    • Cognite
    • LogicMonitor
    • Anyscale
    • Aviatrix
  5. Established SMEs10 employers hiring
    This industry~4%
    Rest of market~9%
    • Redwood Software
    • Rocket Software
    • DigitalOcean
    • Marriott Tech Accelerator
    • CES
  6. Funded Startups2 employers hiring
    This industry~1%
    Rest of market~3%
    • Tsavorite Scalable Intelligence
    • FlytBase
  7. Lala Companies1 employer hiring
    This industry~1%
    Rest of market~3%
    • Trao
  8. Staffing & Bodyshops0 employers hiring
    This industrynegligible
    Rest of market~6%

    No listed employer hiring in the last 2 weeks.

Section 4 / City Distribution

Where in India this sector hires

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Bangalore dominates cloud infrastructure recruitment, accounting for approximately two-thirds of all postings. Hyderabad serves as the primary secondary hub, over-indexing at well over a tenth of total hiring. Mumbai Region and Kolkata under-index significantly, each drawing a negligible share of infrastructure roles.

City distribution — share of this industry's postings by city (the seven city-page cities), with each city's share of the rest of the market and the over/under index.

Mkt %Rest of marketCityShare of sectorSec %
~50%01Bangalore1.30× over~65%
~15%02Hyderabad1.33× over~20%
~15%03Pune0.47× under~7%
~10%04Delhi NCR0.60× under~6%
~9%05Chennai0.33× under~3%
~5%06Mumbai Region0.20× under~1%
~1%07Kolkata<1%<1%

Share of this sector's postings by city vs the rest of the market. A longer sector wing than market wing means the city over-indexes for this sector here.

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