I'm feeling burnt out in my current role. Two years ago, I joined a SIEM vendor as a Cloud Security Analyst, but the title was a bit misleading. I've actually been functioning more as a Site Reliability Engineer.
I've been pushing to move to a security focused team for a while now, but with no official security experience on my resume, it's been tough.
I stay on top of all the latest security threats and trends. I even built my own home lab to experiment with replicating attacker behavior and writing detection rules to catch them. I'm aware of current geopolitical trends and their impact on cybersecurity. I truly believe I have the skills and passion to be a great security analyst/ engineer.
The challenge is getting past the initial application stage. Despite my skills, I'm not getting interview callbacks. For example let’s say, I could potentially track and respond to an APT before a breach occurs, I can't showcase this ability without an opportunity.
So, that's where I'm hoping you guys can help. Any advice on how to gain the experience needed to overcome these application rejections would be greatly appreciated.
