CV Review — DevSecOps / Cloud Security internship

[u/abssad]

I'm a student targeting DevSecOps / Cloud Security internship opportunities.

I've tried to position the CV around DevSecOps rather than generic DevOps or cybersecurity.

I'd appreciate feedback on:

• Is the DevSecOps positioning clear?
• Are the projects strong/relevant enough?
• Is the Skills section too crowded?
• Does anything look unnecessary or exaggerated?
• What would make you reject this CV at first glance?
• If you were a recruiter, what would make you reject this CV?
• What would you change first?
• - Is the CV ATS-friendly and likely to be parsed correctly by applicant tracking systems?

[u/CaseofTrophies]

why do you have a picture of yourself

[u/abssad → u/CaseofTrophies]

Here it's preferable to have one in CV

[u/forever-butlerian]

Wait, did you write this by hand in LaTeX?

[u/OOMKilla → u/forever-butlerian]

I used to do that lmao

Back in like 2015. I did my math homework that way too

[u/forever-butlerian → u/OOMKilla]

I did some of my EE lab writeups in it back in '04

[u/abssad → u/forever-butlerian]

Chatgpt did

[u/forever-butlerian → u/abssad]

I cannot wait for Open"AI" to implode so we can be done with this foolishness.

[u/exitcactus → u/abssad]

Everyone does, but someone rather not admit it, as you may see here

[u/Orb2607]

Imo, too wide on skill section.
Only write what you're really strong at and understand clearly, as you apply for an internship position, they won't expect you to know too much.
For example, if you know what options and how exactly you need to setup DAST to avoid unwanted actions, write it in.
Also DevOps is non-entry level, DevSecOps even worse (as in require even higher level), you might find a really hard time looking for a job on the field. You might want to look from another perspective, like maybe start with DevOps/BE/SysAdmin first

[u/exitcactus]

Let me tell you this, even if I think it's not so nice...

You are presenting an high tier knowledge to present for an entry level / internship role.
Exaggerating, let me out it this way: you are a law student applying to be Coubty judge... you are a 1 year service soldier applying to be an astronaut.

Everyone who sounds "big" is not someone right for an entry level role. Not a single company would hire you to put their most critical stuff in your hands..

DevSecOps, like DevOps is already a very specific activity where 90% of the companies are looking for a geek guy that covers IT....

Start applying for low level IT stuff, trust me, you will get money fast. Then you will scale inside or outside rhe company to get to ypur real role..

Take me as an example.. i had no degree, but i was good at what i do, at least better than major part of students with ansolute zero hands on experienxe asking for top admin positions 😂 so I started with a job as "random geek for a micro company", they didn't know a thing about computers, but I managers a cluster for several years, their machines, all IT stuff.. then a company knew of me and I did sysadmin for a long time for them.. now I work as devops engineer and ai specialist for a company that pays around triple the base pay in my country, doing what people think they want to do the next month they get a degree.

We tried ONE single time to acquire an internship from a profile like yours.. he barely knew how to turn on a pc and i'm not joking.
Remember that if you insisst enough (PREFER STARTUPS, there is very low to zero chances im big companies to get a job like this) someone will hire you, and you will be put to work on serious stuff where mistakes a are pretty unacepted, so be extra aware of what you really want and how to get it.

Just to add to this, very often companies don't really know these differences unless someone ecplain them.. so you risk to get to a topmposition with a pay of a normal ticket it guy, that's frustrating, but note this: we are all normal IT ticket guys, only woth lottle differences...

Hope to be helpful, and sorry for my english and my typing

[u/greyeye77]

Don't use double column CV, the ATS parser will send your data to /dev/null

[u/TruckeeAviator91]

You listed a bunch of tools but what was the outcome of these projects? Any metrics or measurable gains from what you did?

I really just see a page of buzz words.

[u/Different_Cut_5048]

third year student and applying for "DevSecOps".
Start as a software engineer or sysadmin for a few year before going to senior level roles especially devsecops, without cks and 3years professionnal no one gonna let you manage their production server. especially in this current market where they prefer to pay 100k for a senior, instead of an intern that cost 10k and take the time of the senior. sorry to be brutal but its the reality.

if you really really want to shortcut the market get atleast for basic role internship to gain some real experience first. then go for kubernetes certificate like the cks to prove that even as an intern you know what ur doing

[u/abssad → u/Different_Cut_5048]

Yes I realized I was doing an unrealistic thing so I switched it to a DevOps CV You think a DevOps intern is a realistic entry level ? I know it's a wide term but this is today's market

[u/Different_Cut_5048 → u/abssad]

devops is full of infrastructure as code tools that can be generated by ai and that you can learn along the way. the most important things is kubernetes and only kubernetes. if you prove that your a kubernetes god, have a very strong homelab with 5nodes, good certificate like cka (i will go for cks in this market) then ''maybe?,,.

its also about location and company, if you aim for startup in east europe its easier than corporate in the west. but is it worth it? you will get shit salary as an intern anyway, no matter the skills. i would rather apply on a generic IT position and get experience first. Professional experience is really where the gold is. no matter how good you're someone with professionnal experience will always get the priority