The original post: /r/cybersecurity by /u/Delicious_Order_8954 on 2024-11-12 19:50:46.

I finish my Master’s in Cybersecurity this December and am actively looking for full-time roles. I have 1+ years of prior experience working as a Full-Stack developer and 8 months of work experience in a cybersecurity research internship. Unfortunately, the internship focused more on development rather than cybersecurity but I was able to use tools such as MITRE Caldera and ELK which was a plus. I also possess a CompTIA Security+ certification which I did so I could pass my resume through the HR filter.

Rather than being a jack of all trades in cybersecurity, I want to specialize and position myself for Cloud Security and DevOps/DevSecOps roles. I have hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, and other cloud providers by doing home labs. I have also done projects to familiarize myself with multiple DevOps tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, etc.

To further strengthen my profile, I wish to do a certification from a reputed cloud provider. AWS is my first choice as it is one of the most popular. I want an associate-level certificate and was recommended to obtain the AWS Certified Solution Architect (SAA) certification by a friend who has done his AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CCP) certification.

Before I go ahead and purchase a course or study material to start preparing, I wish to have a second opinion from this subreddit. If there is another cloud certification which would be more appropriate for me, then I welcome your suggestions. Thank you all for taking the time to read this post, I look forward to the subreddit’s response.