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Kaif Shakeel
Kaif Shakeel

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Building Scalable Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform on AWS

🧩 The Problem

If you're an aspiring or experienced DevOps engineer in 2025, you’ve probably faced this challenge:

How do I prove I can build and manage real, production-ready cloud infrastructure — without relying on tutorials or outdated certifications?

Most portfolios are either:

  • Toy projects that don’t scale
  • Hard-coded, inflexible demos
  • Or screenshots of labs that can't be verified

🎯 What Should Be Done Instead?

To truly stand out, you need to:

  • Build realistic infrastructure using Terraform
  • Follow best practices like modular design, version control, and state separation
  • Show your work through GitHub, visuals, and public documentation

⚙️ What I Built: Modular AWS VPC Infrastructure

Using Terraform and AWS in the ap-south-1 region, I created:

✅ A custom VPC (10.0.0.0/16)

✅ Two Public Subnets (ap-south-1a and ap-south-1b)

✅ A clean, modular Terraform structure

✅ Configurable via terraform.tfvars



🔗 Code Repository

🧠 GitHub - KaifShakeel76/terraform-aws-vpc

  • 100% open-source
  • Modular + Reusable
  • Well-commented and production-aligned

💡 How You Can Leverage This

If you're trying to break into DevOps or level up:

  • Clone the repo
  • Add your AWS credentials in terraform.tfvars
  • Deploy the infrastructure on AWS (Free Tier works!)
  • Fork it, extend it, and use it in your own resume/portfolio

📌 What’s Next in the Series?

  • Internet Gateway + Route Tables
  • EC2 Module
  • Security Groups
  • NAT Gateway + Private Subnets
  • Full CI/CD with GitHub Actions and Jenkins

This is just phase one of a full cloud-native stack.


🧠 Final Thoughts

If you’re serious about DevOps in 2025, stop overthinking and start building.

Let your GitHub speak louder than your resume.


🧵 Connect & Collaborate

  • 🔗 LinkedIn
  • 💻 GitHub
  • 💬 Drop a comment if you're building in public too!

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