MFA jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, MFA appears in 606 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Security Engineer has the most postings mentioning MFA, with demand share up 6.6% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
606
Demand vs prior month
up 6.6% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 11.6% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
New York City

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Frequently asked questions about MFA

+Is MFA in demand in 2026?

Yes. MFA appears in 606 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Security Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning MFA (11.6% of all postings mentioning MFA).

+What jobs require MFA?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning MFA are IAM Engineer (51.7% of that role’s postings mention MFA), Corporate Security Engineer (30.0% of that role’s postings mention MFA), IT Security Engineer (15.3% of that role’s postings mention MFA).

+What skills are commonly paired with MFA?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), MFA most often appears alongside SSO, SAML, OIDC, RBAC, Python.

+Where is MFA most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring MFA are New York City, San Francisco, Pune, Toronto, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new MFA content and jobs?

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+Which skills come before and after MFA?

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 MFA — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around MFA

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before MFA

Before MFAterraform → MFA: 10 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → MFA: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → MFA: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairdocker → MFA: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairServiceNow → MFA: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairSplunk → MFA: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → MFA: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS Lambda → MFA: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairMFAterraform: 10 movesterraform10 movesAWS: 8 movesAWS8 movesJenkins: 8 movesJenkins8 movesdocker: 7 movesdocker7 movesServiceNow: 5 movesServiceNow5 movesSplunk: 5 movesSplunk5 movespython: 4 movespython4 movesAWS Lambda: 4 movesAWS Lambda4 moves

Skills after MFA

After MFAMFA → kubernetes: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairMFA → GitHub Actions: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairMFA → Jenkins: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairMFA → docker: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairMFA → AWS: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairMFA → terraform: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairMFA → python: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairMFA → Prometheus: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairMFAkubernetes: 8 moveskubernetes8 movesGitHub Actions: 7 movesGitHub Actions7 movesJenkins: 7 movesJenkins7 movesdocker: 7 movesdocker7 movesAWS: 6 movesAWS6 movesterraform: 6 movesterraform6 movespython: 6 movespython6 movesPrometheus: 5 movesPrometheus5 moves
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.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: terraform10
Before: AWS8
Before: Jenkins8
Before: docker7
Before: ServiceNow5
Before: Splunk5
Before: python4
Before: AWS Lambda4
After: kubernetes8
After: GitHub Actions7
After: Jenkins7
After: docker7
After: AWS6
After: terraform6
After: python6
After: Prometheus5

Roles most likely to require MFA

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
IAM Engineer3151.7%
Corporate Security Engineer630.0%
IT Security Engineer915.3%
Cybersecurity Advisor414.8%
IT Security Analyst611.5%
IT Security Specialist410.5%
Security Solution Architect29.5%
Security Consultant39.4%
IT Systems Engineer139.0%
Head of Information Security28.3%

Roles with the most MFA postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Security Engineer7011.6%
Software Engineer538.7%
IAM Engineer315.1%
Systems Engineer254.1%
Product Manager203.3%
Cloud Security Engineer142.3%
Cybersecurity Engineer142.3%
IT Systems Engineer132.1%
IT Security Engineer91.5%
Cloud Engineer71.2%

Top companies posting jobs requiring MFA

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring MFA
CompanyPostings · 90 days
CrowdStrike10
Tailscale8
Coreweave7
Vanguard7
GuidePoint Security6
Zinnia6
Braze6
Snowflake6
Imprivata5
Nebius5

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 MFA

NamePostingsShare
New York City223.6%
San Francisco203.3%
Pune162.6%
Toronto142.3%
Bengaluru111.8%
Bucharest111.8%
Austin71.2%
Dallas71.2%
Hyderabad71.2%

Skills commonly paired with MFA

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. 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 MFA by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s MFA postings by all MFA 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: 0.2% to 0.2%. 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 2,596 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (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.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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data_as_of
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window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index