DevOps Engineer resume guide

This guide helps you tailor a DevOps Engineer resume to a specific job description while keeping it clear, truthful, and ATS-friendly.

What hiring teams look for

• Reliability and uptime
• Infrastructure automation
• CI/CD and release safety
• Observability and incident response

Strong resume structure

• Header (name, location, links)
• 2–3 line summary aligned to the role
• Skills (grouped, not a keyword dump)
• Experience (impact-first bullets)
• Projects (optional but powerful)
• Education / certifications (as relevant)

Skills section: what to include

• IaC: Terraform/CloudFormation
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions/GitLab CI
• Containers: Docker/Kubernetes
• Cloud: AWS/GCP/Azure services you used
• Observability: metrics/logs/tracing

Bullet writing: the formula that works

Use: Action + Method + Result (+ Scope)

Examples:

• “Automated infra with Terraform, reducing environment setup from days to hours.”
• “Built CI/CD pipelines with progressive delivery, reducing rollback incidents by 40%.”
• “Improved observability and alerting, cutting MTTR by 25%.”

ATS and formatting notes

• Show operational maturity (SLAs, MTTR, incident handling)
• Keep security claims specific

Common pitfalls

• Listing Kubernetes without real ownership
• No measurable reliability outcomes
• Vague “improved monitoring” bullets

Using HyperApply for this role

• Use HyperApply to align your resume to the company’s infra stack and reliability priorities.
• Related: /learn/how-to-quantify-impact-in-resume-bullets