Entry Level DevOps Engineer: 5 Projects to Help You Land the Role!

Entry Level DevOps Engineer: 5 Projects to Help You Land the Role!


My goal is to help you learn the cloud, land a job, and make money!


So here is another job that was posted five days ago that may still be open to accepting apps.


You can check with the recruiter that is on this job posting.


Here are the five simple projects with clickable documentation links:

1. Automate Application Deployment with GitHub Actions

Project Description: Set up a CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions to automate the deployment of a simple web application.

Skills Demonstrated: CI/CD pipeline automation, continuous deployment.

Key Technologies: GitHub Actions, Docker.

Documentation Links:

Steps:

  1. Create a GitHub repository.
  2. Add a .github/workflows/main.yml file to configure the pipeline.
  3. Define steps for building and deploying the application.




2. Infrastructure as Code with Terraform

Project Description: Use Terraform to provision a simple web server on AWS.

Skills Demonstrated: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), cloud infrastructure provisioning.

Key Technologies: Terraform, AWS.

Documentation Links:

Steps:

  1. Install Terraform.
  2. Create a Terraform configuration file to provision an EC2 instance.
  3. Apply the configuration to create the instance.



3. Monitoring and Alerting with Prometheus and Grafana

Project Description: Set up a monitoring system using Prometheus and Grafana to monitor a sample application.

Skills Demonstrated: Monitoring, alerting, system performance analysis.

Key Technologies: Prometheus, Grafana.

Documentation Links:

Steps:

  1. Install Prometheus and Grafana.
  2. Configure Prometheus to scrape metrics from a sample application.
  3. Set up Grafana dashboards to visualize the metrics.



4. Containerize an Application with Docker

Project Description: Dockerize a simple web application and run it in a container.

Skills Demonstrated: Containerization, Docker.

Key Technologies: Docker.

Documentation Links:

Steps:

  1. Write a Dockerfile for the web application.
  2. Build the Docker image.
  3. Run the application in a Docker container.



5. Setup a Basic Kubernetes Cluster

Project Description: Deploy a simple web application to a Kubernetes cluster.

Skills Demonstrated: Kubernetes, container orchestration.

Key Technologies: Kubernetes, Docker.

Documentation Links:

Steps:

  1. Install Minikube to run a local Kubernetes cluster.
  2. Create Kubernetes deployment and service manifests for the application.
  3. Deploy the application to the Kubernetes cluster.



These projects should help you build the necessary skills and portfolio to land this entry-level DevOps Engineer role or another.

Note: You need to understand these services, too, not just complete the project. For example, if you finish the Kubernetes project but can't explain what Kubernetes is, then what are you doing?


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Wisdom Osayuki-Aguebor

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