Building real infrastructure, automating deployments, and getting better at it every single day.
I want to work on real infrastructure with real engineers. Whether that's a junior role, an internship, or a project, I show up prepared, ask good questions, and put in the hours to figure things out.
My name is Nji Menyonga Ariane Ruth and I'm a junior DevOps engineer with a growing passion for cloud infrastructure, automation, and getting things to actually work in production, not just on paper.
I started learning DevOps in 2023 and built my foundation at Primus Learning (2024–2025), where I got hands-on with Linux, networking, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana. I also completed a 3-week AWS Bootcamp with Tech4Dev, which gave me focused, practical experience on core AWS services.
Since 2025 I've been part of NextGen Playground, where I moved from theory to practice. I've deployed live infrastructure, built full CI/CD pipelines that go from a git push all the way to a running container with zero manual steps, and set up monitoring so I know when things break.
Starting June 6th, 2026, I'm joining Cohort 3 of the DevOps Micro Internship under Mentor Praveen Pandey. I take my growth seriously, and I document everything I build.
Hands-on experience across the full DevOps lifecycle, from source control to deployment and monitoring.
Training and project experience building real infrastructure in Cameroon and remote environments.
Real infrastructure built for real problems. Source code, Dockerfiles, and CI/CD configs are all on GitHub.
Six things I bring to any DevOps team from day one, grounded in work I've actually done.
Why I started, what I have learned so far, and the kind of engineer I am working to become.
I joined the NextGen Playground DevOps programme because I wanted to understand how software actually gets from a developer's laptop to a live server and how to keep it running reliably once it gets there. That question kept pulling me toward DevOps, and I decided to stop reading about it and start building.
My learning started in 2023 with a 3-week AWS Bootcamp through Tech4Dev, which gave me my first real taste of cloud infrastructure. That experience showed me how much there was to learn and made me want to go deeper. I then trained at Primus Learning (2024–2025), where I got hands-on with Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Prometheus, and Grafana, not just as theory but as tools I actually used.
Since joining NextGen Playground in 2025, I have deployed a live portfolio with custom DNS through Cloudflare, built a fully automated CI/CD pipeline that ships a containerised application to production on every git push, and started work on a production-grade capstone project using Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes on AWS.
The kind of engineer I am working to become is one who understands the full system, not just the tool in front of them. I want to be the person on a team who can trace a problem from the user's browser all the way down to the infrastructure layer, and fix it. I want to build things that are automated, observable, and reliable enough that the team can sleep at night.
I am not there yet. But I know exactly what I am building toward, and I show up every day to close the gap.
Hiring, collaborating, or just want to say hi? I respond within 24 hours.
I'm actively looking for internship opportunities and junior DevOps roles where I can do real work and grow alongside people who know more than me.
I'm not looking to just fill a seat. I want to build things, ask questions, figure out why something broke, and come out a better engineer every week. If that fits what you need, let's talk.