DevOps & SRE: How to Prove You Keep the Lights On

Uptime is your currency. Learn how to quantify reliability and cloud infrastructure skills to pass the ATS for Site Reliability Engineering roles.

Marcus ChenJanuary 7, 20266 min read

The Invisible Hero

DevOps and Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) often struggle to write resumes because their best work is when nothing happens. * "I kept the server running." -> Boring. * "Maintained 99.99% uptime during Black Friday traffic spike." -> Hired.

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Keyword Density for Cloud Roles

The cloud landscape changes monthly. If you are applying for an AWS role, but your resume emphasizes your old on-premise experience, the ATS will filter you out.

makecv.ai scans the job description for critical infrastructure keywords: * Orchestration: Kubernetes, Helm, Docker Swarm * IaC: Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation * CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI

The 'Incident Response' Story

Every SRE has a war story. Your resume needs to tell it efficiently. Use the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result), but keep it brief. "Resolved P0 database outage in under 15 minutes by automating rollback procedures, saving estimated $50k in lost revenue."*

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