Build a Portfolio Project That Gets You Hired with Saurav Chaudhary

Every DevOps resume has the same project: "Deployed a 3-tier app on Kubernetes using Jenkins and Terraform." Recruiters skip it, and interviewers don't ask about it, because it proves you can follow a tutorial, not that you can do the job.

In this session, we design ONE project that actually gets you hired: built around a real problem, scoped for the role you want, and impossible to confuse with a YouTube clone.

What we do in 75 Mins

1. Map your target role: DevOps, SRE, Platform, Cloud or MLOps: what that hiring manager actually wants to see.

2. Pick the right project: A real-world problem, not a tutorial: zero-downtime migration, cost optimisation, observability for microservices, disaster recovery, and more.

3. Design it together: Architecture, scope, what you'll break and fix on purpose, and the numbers that prove it worked.

4. Plan how to present it: README structure, architecture diagram, the 3 resume bullets it earns you, and the interview questions it will trigger, with how to answer them.

You Walk Away with

1. A written Project Blueprint within 48 hours: architecture sketch, 2 - 4 week build plan, README template and resume bullets
2. A project you can explain like you built it at work
3. Clarity on what NOT to waste weeks building

Who is this for

1. Freshers and switchers with no "real work" to show yet
2. Engineers (0 - 6 yrs) whose GitHub looks like everyone else's
3. Anyone getting rejected at the resume stage

NOT FOR YOU IF you want a ready-made project or someone to write the code for you.

About Me

#1 DevOps Mentor on Topmate (2025) · Principal DevOps Architect · 10+ yrs in production · 5,000+ engineers mentored