Sophos tech stack

Sophos builds mostly with Python, SQL, PowerShell, JavaScript. Its stack also includes Linux, SIEM, Snowflake, React.js. Linux is named in 34 of the 136 job postings Sophos published in the last 12 months (25%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Sophos, updated Sep 29, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Sep 29, 2026
Technologies in use
169
Postings analysed
136
Open now
70
Modernity
80 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Sophos use?

Python is named in 24% of job postings at Sophos, followed by SQL (21%), PowerShell (11%), JavaScript (9%).

Python 33 24% required in 73% · 7 open now · since Jun 2025
SQL 28 21% required in 46% · 17 open now · since Feb 2026
PowerShell 15 11% required in 47% · 10 open now · since Jun 2025
JavaScript 12 9% required in 92% · 1 open now · since Apr 2026
Java 9 7% required in 67% · since Apr 2026
Bash 7 5% required in 86% · since Jun 2025
TypeScript 6 4% required in 100% · since Apr 2026
Go 6 4% required in 83% · since Apr 2026
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Groovy6
C++3
Lua3
Assembly3
Node JS2
Rust1
Apex1

What frameworks and libraries does Sophos use?

React.js is named in 4% of job postings at Sophos, followed by Angular (3%), Spring Boot (2%), Metasploit (2%).

React.js 5 4% required in 100% · since Apr 2026
Angular 4 3% required in 100% · since Jun 2026
Spring Boot 3 2% required in 33% · since Jul 2026
Metasploit 3 2% optional · 3 open now · since Sep 2026
FastAPI 2 1% required in 100% · since Apr 2026
LangChain 2 1% required in 100% · since Apr 2026
Robot Framework 2 1% required in 100% · since May 2026
LangGraph 2 1% required in 50% · since Apr 2026
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Bootstrap1
Celery1
Commander.js1
Django1
Flask1
LlamaIndex1
Matplotlib1
NumPy1
Pandas1
PoC Library1
Pytest1
Tailwind CSS1
Visualforce1
Vue.js1
Jest1
Knex.js1
Mocha1
OpenAI Agents SDK1
OpenTelemetry1
Playwright1

What databases does Sophos use?

Snowflake is named in 4% of job postings at Sophos, followed by PostgreSQL (2%), ElasticSearch (1%), Redis (1%).

Snowflake 5 4% required in 80% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
PostgreSQL 3 2% required in 67% · since Apr 2026
ElasticSearch 2 1% required in 100% · since Apr 2026
Redis 2 1% required in 100% · since Apr 2026

What cloud and platforms does Sophos use?

Linux is named in 25% of job postings at Sophos, followed by SIEM (20%), AWS (18%), Windows (17%).

Linux 34 25% required in 91% · 15 open now · since Jun 2025
SIEM 27 20% required in 44% · 20 open now · since Dec 2025
AWS 25 18% required in 64% · 5 open now · since Jan 2026
Windows 23 17% required in 87% · 15 open now · since Jun 2025
Power BI 22 16% required in 95% · 12 open now · since Jan 2026
Kubernetes 14 10% required in 86% · since Mar 2026
Azure 12 9% required in 50% · 3 open now · since Jul 2025
Amazon EKS 10 7% required in 80% · since Mar 2026
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Tableau7
GitHub7
Ubuntu6
GitHub Actions6
Amazon EC25
Amazon S35
Amazon CloudWatch5
Debian5
Splunk5
Red Hat4
Unix4
GCP4
Prisma Cloud4
Active Directory3
Amazon ECS3
Grafana3
Burp Suite3
Kali Linux3
AWS Bedrock2
AWS Lambda2
Copilot Studio2
LDAP2
Microsoft Fabric2
Postman2
Veracode2
AWS Fargate1
Agentforce1
Amazon SageMaker1
Autopsy1
Azure AKS1
Bamboo1
Bitbucket1

And 8 more, each named in fewer postings.

What developer tools does Sophos use?

Docker is named in 9% of job postings at Sophos, followed by osquery (8%), Copilot (7%), Terraform (7%).

Docker 12 9% required in 42% · since Mar 2026
osquery 11 8% required in 64% · 9 open now · since Mar 2026
Copilot 10 7% required in 80% · 1 open now · since Feb 2026
Terraform 10 7% required in 60% · 1 open now · since Jul 2025
Jenkins 9 7% required in 56% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026
Ansible 7 5% required in 57% · since Mar 2026
Git 5 4% required in 80% · 2 open now · since Mar 2026
Gradle 5 4% required in 20% · since Jul 2026
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npm5
Nmap5
Rest API4
JFrog Artifactory4
Packer4
Chef4
IDA Pro3
Microsoft Excel3
WinDbg3
Maven3
CloudFormation2
gRPC2
Claude Code2
Cursor2
GraphQL2
Model Context Protocol2
OpenAI Codex2
Nessus2
Prometheus2
Apache Tomcat1
EnCase1
FTK1
Semantic Kernel1
Velociraptor1
WebSockets1
X-Ways Forensics1
Zabbix1
Helm1
Prisma1
Puppet1
SoapUI1

What AI and ML technologies does Sophos use?

LLM is named in 6% of job postings at Sophos, followed by ChatGPT (3%), Claude (1%).

LLM 8 6% required in 88% · 3 open now · since Apr 2026
ChatGPT 4 3% required in 50% · since Jul 2026
Claude 2 1% required in 50% · since Apr 2026

Which engineering practices does Sophos ask for?

CI/CD is named in 16% of job postings at Sophos, followed by TCP/IP (12%), AI Agents (9%), RAG (6%).

CI/CD 22 16% required in 77% · 4 open now · since Jun 2025
TCP/IP 16 12% required in 75% · 10 open now · since Dec 2025
AI Agents 12 9% required in 83% · 4 open now · since Feb 2026
RAG 8 6% required in 63% · 2 open now · since Feb 2026
IAM 6 4% required in 83% · since Apr 2026
DNS 5 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Dec 2025
Platform Engineering 5 4% required in 60% · since Jul 2026
Prompt Engineering 5 4% required in 60% · 2 open now · since Feb 2026
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LLM Guardrails4
Red Teaming4
Agentic Workflows4
Tool Use4
Machine Learning4
Shift-Left3
Function Calling3
DHCP2
Multi-Agent Systems2
PKI2
eBPF2
Anomaly Detection1
Embeddings1
Human-in-the-Loop1
Hybrid Search1
Incident Management1
Reranking1
SLI/SLO/SLA1
SRE1
Structured Outputs1
Configuration Management1
Dependency Injection1
Master Data Management1
VPN1

What does each Sophos team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

Security

23 postings
Windows14
Linux13
SIEM8
PowerShell7
osquery7
SQL6

Backend

19 postings
AWS10
JavaScript10
Kubernetes9
Linux9
Python9
TypeScript6

Solutions

10 postings
Linux3
Windows3
SIEM2

AI/ML

6 postings
Python4
Copilot2
IDA Pro2
LLM2
Lua2
Microsoft Fabric2

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How is the Sophos stack changing?

Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.

First appeared
Burp SuiteSep 2026
Kali LinuxSep 2026
MetasploitSep 2026
PrometheusSep 2026
SplunkJul 2026
SnowflakeJul 2026
JenkinsJul 2026
GroovyJul 2026
Rising
SQL8% → 27%
SIEM10% → 24%
PowerShell0% → 14%
Linux15% → 27%
Jenkins0% → 11%
Azure5% → 12%
osquery3% → 10%
Amazon EKS3% → 10%
Falling
RAG15% → 1%
Prompt Engineering10% → 0%
Tool Use10% → 0%
AI Agents15% → 6%
LLM13% → 4%
Power BI21% → 13%
IDA Pro8% → 0%
Lua8% → 0%

How modern is the Sophos stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 80/100

Sophos scores 80 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 3; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Sophos stack in its industry?

Share of the 1,128 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Linux39%
Python58%
SQL43%
SIEM27%
AWS48%
Windows36%
Power BI15%
PowerShell22%
Kubernetes39%
Azure44%

What sets Sophos apart

Groovy2%
Prisma Cloud1%
Kali Linux2%
Lua1%
Metasploit3%

Sophos products in its job postings

Postings at Sophos name its own products. They describe what the company makes, so they are left out of the stack above.

Sophos109

Questions about the Sophos tech stack

What programming languages does Sophos use?

The languages named in Sophos job postings are Python (24%), SQL (21%), PowerShell (11%), JavaScript (9%), Java (7%), as a share of the 136 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Sophos use React.js?

Yes. React.js is named in 5 of 136 job postings (4%) and required in 5 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Sophos use?

The cloud and platforms named in Sophos job postings are Linux (34), SIEM (27), AWS (25) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Security job at Sophos?

Security postings at Sophos most often require Windows (14), Linux (13), SIEM (8), PowerShell (7), out of 23 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Sophos tech stack changing?

Yes. Burp Suite, Kali Linux, Metasploit, Prometheus first appeared in Sophos job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Sophos tech stack?

Sophos scores 80 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 3; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Sophos tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Sophos publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 136 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 29, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "Sophos tech stack: 169 technologies from 136 job postings", as of Sep 29, 2026. https://alion.io/company/sophos/technologies

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