IT Support Engineer Seeks Transition to Cybersecurity Amid Challenges
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The poster is an IT Support Engineer with 1.5 years of experience seeking to transition into cybersecurity. They have self-taught skills in Splunk SIEM, Wazuh, log monitoring, networking, Active Directory, Windows/Linux OS, firewalls, and endpoint security, along with hands-on home lab projects. Despite applying to numerous entry-level cybersecurity roles, they have received no interview calls or responses, even with an ATS-optimized resume scoring 95–97. They express frustration over perceived barriers like experience requirements, certifications, and lack of professional networking.