# How to build a DevOps portfolio recruiters actually open

A list of tools is not proof. Show one pipeline you owned, one reliability win, and one infra decision -- then put the same facts on an ATS resume.

DevOps and SRE hiring managers are flooded with resumes that list Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS. What they cannot see is ownership: which pipeline you built, what broke, how you measured recovery, and what you would do differently. A DevOps portfolio is a live page that answers those questions in under a minute. This guide walks through exactly what to publish, how to sanitize production details, and how to keep a matching ATS resume from the same profile on FolioX.

## Steps

1. Pick a lane and say it in one line

Open with platform, SRE, cloud, or security-focused DevOps. Recruiters filter fast. "Platform engineer focused on CI/CD and developer experience" beats a wall of tool logos.
2. Document one pipeline end to end

Trigger, environments, tests, deploy, rollback. Name the stack (GitHub Actions, Argo, Jenkins) and the outcome (deploy time, failure rate). Redact secrets and internal hostnames.
3. Add one reliability or cost win with a number

MTTR, error budget, noisy-alert reduction, or infra cost. One quantified story beats ten "managed Kubernetes clusters" bullets.
4. Show architecture without leaking the company

A simple diagram (boxes and arrows) with vendor names you are allowed to share. Explain trade-offs in plain language. Link a public repo or anonymized gist if you have one.
5. Publish the page and export the ATS resume

Use FolioX to publish at foliox.me/you, add a GitHub widget if relevant, and export a single-column PDF with the portfolio URL in the header. Same three facts on both documents.

## Tips

- Never paste runbooks with secrets: Sanitize aggressively. Hiring managers respect redaction more than a flashy leak.
- Match the job description keywords: If the posting says Terraform and Observability, those words should appear in your project write-ups and resume bullets.
- Link related role pages: Point readers to devops portfolio examples and the DevOps resume template so they can steal structure, then build their own.


## FAQ

### What should a DevOps portfolio include?

A clear specialty line, one pipeline write-up, one reliability or cost outcome, an architecture sketch, and a matching ATS resume. Optional: on-call notes or runbook excerpts with secrets removed.

### Is GitHub enough for DevOps roles?

Repos help, but recruiters often need the story in 15 seconds. A portfolio page that links to GitHub covers both audiences.

### How do I show production work without NDAs?

Anonymize company names, remove IPs and secrets, describe the problem class and outcome, and use relative metrics when exact numbers are confidential.

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