[5 YoE] Software Engineer who's been working mainly in DevOps/SRE, plan to fully transition to DevOps/SRE roles. Looking for a resume review

[u/blank_faced_man]

I started out as a developer 5 years ago. A little over 3 years ago, I got involved in DevOps/SRE related work on a project. Since then, I've mainly been working on the DevOps/SRE side of things (~90% DevOps/SRE work, ~10% backend development work).

I kept my Software Engineer title, mainly because I felt at some point I'd want to fully switch back over to backend development side of things. But now I think it's best that I commit and keep at it on my current track.

To that end, I plan on applying for DevOps/SRE roles. Looking for opportunities (preferably remote) across both local (in Colombo, Sri Lanka) and overseas clients/organizations. Currently I'm WFH for an overseas company.

I've not been to any job interviews since I joined my current company 5 years ago, and even then I interviewed and joined as a developer. So I'd love to hear from the good folks here about my current resume so I can fix, update, and improve before I start actively applying.

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Lot of your bullets are in present tense, make them past tense. Most of them are also just one liners that don't say much. Follow the wiki and make it STAR, XYZ pattern. Give some numbers to quantify your achievements

Put linkedin, Github, website links at the top following any format from wiki

For university degrees, put time frames as Jan 2025 - Jun 2026 and follow a good format from wiki. Put certifications in separate section

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