BlueHunt

Automated Cybersecurity Job Acquisition Pipeline

Automating cybersecurity job discovery through intelligent multi-platform aggregation, filtering, scoring, and real-time notifications.

📌 Problem Statement

As a cybersecurity fresher, I experienced the challenge of identifying relevant opportunities despite having the required technical skills. Cybersecurity jobs are distributed across multiple platforms, and manually searching, filtering, and tracking suitable opportunities consumes a significant amount of time every day. To solve this problem, I built BlueHunt, an automated cybersecurity job acquisition pipeline that aggregates job postings from multiple platforms and filters them based on cybersecurity skills, experience requirements, role seniority, and location preferences. Although BlueHunt currently supports a small number of carefully selected sources, these platforms collectively cover the majority of entry-level cybersecurity opportunities relevant to my target roles.

Challenges include:

• Duplicate job postings across multiple platforms.
• Large numbers of irrelevant or senior-level positions.
• Missing newly posted opportunities.
• Manual tracking of applied jobs.
• Time wasted switching between multiple job platforms.

BlueHunt automates this entire process.

Workflow

1. Fetch jobs from supported platforms.
2. Extract structured job information.
3. Filter irrelevant and senior-level roles.
4. Score jobs based on skill relevance.
5. Remove duplicate entries.
6. Store unique jobs in Excel.
7. Send Telegram notifications for high-quality matches.

⚡Features

• ✅ Multi-platform cybersecurity job scraping
• ✅ SOC and Cybersecurity focused scoring engine
• ✅ Fresher-friendly job prioritization
• ✅ Senior role filtering
• ✅ Environment variable based secret management
• ✅ Duplicate job detection
• ✅ Telegram notifications for strong matches
• ✅ Persistent job database using Excel
• ✅ Automated scheduling using Windows Task Scheduler
• ✅ Experience-aware ranking engine
• ✅ Location-aware filtering for Indian cybersecurity roles

📊 Project Highlights

• 🔍 Aggregates jobs from 4 platforms
• 🎯 Uses 20+ cybersecurity search keywords
• 📈 Prioritizes entry-level SOC and Cybersecurity roles
• 🚫 Automatically filters senior positions
• 🔁 Eliminates duplicate postings
• 📬 Sends Telegram alerts for high-quality matches
• ⏰ Supports scheduled execution via Windows Task Scheduler

🌐 Supported Platforms

Currently supported:

• LinkedIn
• Naukri
• Foundit
• Internshala

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🏗 Architecture

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🛠 Tech Stack

Category	Technologies
Language	Python
Browser Automation	Playwright
Data Processing	Pandas
Storage	OpenPyXL
Notifications	Telegram Bot API
Scheduling	Windows Task Scheduler
Environment Management	python-dotenv
Version Control	Git, GitHub

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⚙ Installation

Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/jashuboy/BlueHunt.git
cd BlueHunt

Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Install Playwright Browsers

playwright install

Configure Environment Variables

Create a .env file:

BOT_TOKEN=YOUR_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN
CHAT_ID=YOUR_TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID

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▶ Usage

Run manually:

python main.py

Or configure:

Windows Task Scheduler

to automate scans at scheduled intervals.

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📷 Assets

Telegram Alert

Job Database

Target Roles

Skills and Experience

Locations

Negative Weights

Experience Penalties

Blocked Terms

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📂 Project Structure

BlueHunt/
│
├── assets/
│   ├── architecture_workflow.png
│   ├── banner.png
│   ├── blocked_terms.png
│   ├── excel_database.png
│   ├── experience_penalties.png
│   ├── locations.png
│   ├── negative_weights.png
│   ├── skills.png
│   ├── target_roles.png
│   └── telegram_alert.png
│
├── core/
│   ├── filtering.py          # Rule-based filtering engine
│   ├── scheduler.py          # Scheduled execution utilities
│   ├── scoring.py            # Rule-based scoring engine
│   ├── storage.py            # Excel database management
│   └── telegram_bot.py       # Telegram notification service
│
├── data/
│   └── jobs_database.xlsx    # Stores unique job postings
│
├── fetchers/
│   ├── foundit.py
│   ├── internshala.py
│   ├── linkedin.py
│   └── naukri.py
│
├── .env                      # Environment variables
├── .gitattributes
├── .gitignore
├── config.py                 # Project configuration
├── LICENSE
├── main.py                   # BlueHunt pipeline entry point
├── README.md
├── requirements.txt
└── run_bluehunt.bat          # Windows launcher

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🔮 Future Improvements

• AI-powered Resume Match Engine
• AI-based resume tailoring
• Company whitelist and blacklist
• Daily job digest notifications
• Application tracking dashboard
• Interview preparation recommendations

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👨‍💻 Author

Jashwanth Dola

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jashwanthdola/
• GitHub: https://github.com/jashuboy

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