Does Your Infrastructure Code Prove You Can Ship to Production?
Junior DevOps roles require Linux fluency, Docker mastery, CI/CD pipeline design, and one cloud platform (AWS/Azure/GCP). We audit your infrastructure repositories against the exact criteria that cloud engineering teams test in technical interviews.
What DevOps Interviews Actually Test at the Entry Level
Junior DevOps and Cloud Support roles are the highest-compensated genuinely entry-level positions in Indian tech, with starting salaries of ₹8-15 LPA at product companies. But the interview process tests infrastructure competence that certification exams alone do not cover: SSH into a server and diagnose a 502 error, write a Dockerfile that uses multi-stage builds and runs as non-root, design a CI/CD pipeline with test-build-deploy stages and a rollback strategy, explain how you would monitor an application in production, and configure a simple Terraform module. Our audit evaluates your infrastructure code against each of these interview scenarios.
Linux command-line fluency is the single most tested skill in DevOps interviews, and it is the skill that certification exams do not evaluate. Our audit runs your deployment scripts and server configurations in an isolated test environment: we verify your SSH hardening (root login disabled, key-only auth, non-standard port), your systemd service files (does your application restart on crash? does it start on boot?), your log rotation configuration, and your firewall rules. We simulate common failure scenarios (application crash, disk full, port conflict) and verify that your configuration handles them correctly.
The Dockerfile is the most scrutinized file in a DevOps portfolio. We audit for: base image selection (pinned version tag vs :latest), multi-stage builds (build dependencies removed from final image), layer optimization (dependency installation cached separately from code changes), non-root user execution, proper signal handling (does your CMD forward SIGTERM to the application?), and .dockerignore file presence. A Dockerfile that passes these six checks signals production containerization awareness. A Dockerfile that fails them signals 'followed a tutorial.'
System Comparison
| EVALUATION CRITERIA | TYPICAL DEVOPS PORTFOLIO | ANVIL DEVOPS DIAGNOSTIC |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Administration | Basic commands known. No systemd services. No firewall configuration. Server runs as root with password auth. | Full server hardening audit. Systemd service verification. Log rotation check. Failure scenario simulation (disk full, crash recovery). |
| Containerization | Single-stage Dockerfile. node:latest base. Runs as root. No .dockerignore. | Multi-stage build verification. Layer optimization audit. Non-root user check. Signal handling test. Image size analysis. |
| CI/CD Pipeline | No CI/CD. Or basic GitHub Action that runs npm test and nothing else. | Pipeline completeness audit: test → build → push → deploy stages. Environment separation. Rollback strategy verification. Secrets management check. |
| Infrastructure as Code | Manual server setup. No Terraform/CloudFormation. Infrastructure not reproducible. | Terraform module review. State management verification. Resource dependency audit. Security group analysis for least-privilege configuration. |
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need an AWS certification plus a portfolio, or is the portfolio sufficient?
The portfolio is sufficient to demonstrate infrastructure competence. The AWS certification is a supplementary signal that opens doors at companies that filter on certification status. The optimal sequence: build a portfolio that demonstrates actual infrastructure skills (Docker, CI/CD, Terraform, Linux administration), then take the AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam. The portfolio proves you can do the job. The certification proves you understand the AWS ecosystem. Together they make you competitive for junior DevOps roles. Portfolio without certification: still competitive. Certification without portfolio: filtered out at the technical interview stage.
What cloud platforms do you audit?
We audit AWS, Azure, and GCP infrastructure code. For AWS, we check: IAM policies (least privilege enforcement), security group rules, S3 bucket configurations (public access blocks, encryption), and EC2/ECS launch configurations. For Azure: resource group organization, network security group rules, and App Service configurations. For GCP: IAM bindings, firewall rules, and Cloud Run/Compute Engine configurations. If you use a platform we do not yet support, the Linux/Docker/CI/CD portions of the audit remain fully applicable.
Get Your Infrastructure Code Production-Reviewed
Submit your GitHub repositories with Dockerfiles, CI/CD configs, and Terraform modules. Our infrastructure team audits your code in an isolated test environment, simulating failure scenarios that DevOps interviews actually test. Receive a 24-hour report with specific remediation steps.
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