Hey DevOps Community! 👋
I’m currently learning DevOps and have completed some hands-on work with tools like Jenkins, Ansible, Kubernetes, GitLab, and AWS. I’ve been documenting my weekly progress, and now I’m ready to build industrial-level projects that can strengthen my portfolio and help me land my first role as a DevOps Engineer.
🔧 Tools I’m Comfortable With So Far:
- Jenkins: Setup, pipelines, CI/CD
- Ansible: Basic automation and playbooks
- Kubernetes: Understanding pods, services, and deployments
- Docker: Containerizing simple apps
- AWS: Basic services like EC2, S3, IAM, and starting CloudFormation
💡 What I’m Looking For:
I'm searching for real-world project ideas that involve:
- End-to-end CI/CD pipelines
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Container orchestration
- Cloud-native workflows
- Monitoring/logging integrations (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, etc.)
🧠 A Few Example Ideas I’ve Seen:
- Deploy a multi-tier application with Jenkins + Docker + Kubernetes
- Ansible-based infrastructure automation with dynamic inventory
- A GitOps workflow with GitLab + ArgoCD
- Auto-scaling applications on AWS EKS with monitoring
- Secure Jenkins pipelines using Vault and role-based credentials
But I’d love to hear your thoughts or what you've built/interviewed with as a fresher or junior engineer.
📩 How You Can Help
- Suggest project ideas that companies actually look for in fresher DevOps resumes
- Share your GitHub links or examples of similar projects
- Recommend any open-source projects or intern-level challenges worth contributing to
- Point out mistakes to avoid when building DevOps projects for hiring
🛠️ I’ll be sharing everything I build (successes and failures) in public on GitHub:
👉 https://github.com/AmanDeol063
Let’s connect, build, and grow together!
Do follow me, and I’ll follow you back. 🙌
Thanks in advance for your suggestions! ❤️
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Top comments (3)
I would do:
1- write a better interface for a great CLI or API.
Also, admins and CS student are all over FOSS projects, looking for alternatives for paid products. So:
2- making simple tools for more frequent tasks should grab some attention.
Last, and my personal favorite is:
Been cool seeing steady progress - it adds up. What do you think actually keeps things growing over time? Habits? Luck? Just showing up?
Thanks! I think it’s mostly about showing up every day, even in small ways. Tiny steps add up over time. Luck helps, but habits and consistency matter more.