mehul@Ahmedabad:~/portfolio$ whoami

Mehulkumar
Solanki

Active Directory
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India  ·  Open to Remote
4+
Years IT Support
6
Certifications
17
DevOps Courses
PKM Notes
mehul@Ahmedabad:~/about$ cat README.md

Who I Am

IT Support Engineer at Etech Global Services with 4+ years resolving Tier 1 & 2 escalations — from Active Directory chaos to network misconfigurations at 3 AM.

Actively transitioning into DevOps & Cloud. Grinding through KodeKloud's full DevOps path, IBM's DevOps Professional Certificate, and building toward AWS SAA, CKA, and Terraform certifications by mid-2026.

Builder by nature — my personal OS runs Ubuntu , my second brain lives in Obsidian, and I document everything with military precision.

RoleIT Support Engineer (Tier 1 & 2)
CompanyEtech Global Services
LocationAhmedabad, Gujarat 🇮🇳
EducationBCA in Data Science — Manipal University (Sem 4)
StackUbuntu · Docker · Git · VS Code
Goal DevOps Engineer
mehul@Ahmedabad:~/skills$ ls -la

Tech Stack

Expert
Windows / ADTCP/IPO365 AdminTier 1 & 2 SupportJunior MentoringDNS / DHCPITIL PracticesRemote Troubleshoot
Intermediate
Ubuntu / LinuxVS Code + Cursor AIObsidian PKMDocker BasicsBash ScriptingGit / GitHubi3wmMarkdown
Learning
PythonKubernetesTerraformAWS CloudCI/CD PipelinesJenkinsPrometheusAnsible
mehul@Ahmedabad:~/certs$ grep -r "VERIFIED" ./badges/

Earned & In Progress

🪟
MCSA
Microsoft
🔐
CEH
EC-Council
💻
CompTIA A+
CompTIA
🌐
CompTIA N+
CompTIA
📡
CCNA
Cisco
🔍
CHFI
EC-Council
🚀
IBM DevOps
Coursera / IBM
☁️
MS-102
Microsoft 365
// In Progress — Target: Jun–Sep 2026
AWS Solutions Architect — Associate
Amazon Web Services  ·  Target: Jun 2026
35%
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
CNCF  ·  Target: Aug 2026
20%
HashiCorp Terraform Associate
HashiCorp  ·  Target: Sep 2026
15%
mehul@Ahmedabad:~/projects$ git log --oneline --all

What I'm Building

KodeKloud DevOps Path
Active

Systematic progression through KodeKloud's full DevOps learning path — 17 courses total covering Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform, AWS, and SRE practices. Currently 4 courses completed.

Progress4 / 17 courses
LinuxDockerKubernetesTerraformAWSCI/CDKodeKloud
mehul@Ahmedabad:~/learning$ history | tail -20

The Timeline

2026
IBM DevOps & Software Engineering Professional Certificate
12-course Coursera specialization covering CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, and DevOps methodology.
✓ Completed
2026
MS-102: Microsoft 365 Administrator
Packt course covering Microsoft 365 tenant management, security, compliance, and governance.
✓ Completed
2026 — Q1
KodeKloud C1: Linux Basics
Core Linux fundamentals, shell scripting, file systems, and process management.
✓ Completed
2026 — Q1
KodeKloud C2: Git & Docker
Version control workflows and containerization fundamentals with Docker.
✓ Completed
2026 — Q2
KodeKloud C3: Kubernetes Core
Pods, deployments, services, namespaces, and core Kubernetes orchestration patterns.
✓ Completed
2026 — Q3
KodeKloud C4: CI/CD & Jenkins
Building and automating pipelines using Jenkins, webhooks, and pipeline-as-code.
✓ Completed
2026 — Now
KodeKloud C5–C17: Advanced DevOps Path
Terraform, Ansible, AWS, Prometheus/Grafana, Helm, ArgoCD, and more — 13 courses remaining.
⟳ In Progress
Target: Jun 2026
AWS Solutions Architect — Associate (SAA-C03)
Core AWS services, architecture patterns, security, and cost optimization.
⌛ Upcoming
Target: Aug 2026
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cluster administration, networking, storage, security, and troubleshooting at the CNCF level.
⌛ Upcoming
Target: Sep 2026
HashiCorp Terraform Associate
Infrastructure as Code with Terraform — state management, modules, and cloud provisioning.
⌛ Upcoming
mehul@Ahmedabad:~/contact$ ping -c 1 world

Let's Connect

Open to DevOps and Cloud roles (remote preferred). If you're hiring or want to collaborate on something interesting, reach out.