Platform Engineering Academy · Portfolio evidence

Platform Engineering Academy portfolio evidence

A portfolio should prove judgement and operational capability, not merely display screenshots of successful deployments.

01

Repository

  • Clear README
  • Architecture and ADRs
  • Source and automation
  • Security controls
  • Testing instructions
02

Evidence pack

  • Before-and-after diagrams
  • Pipeline results
  • Monitoring output
  • Failure and rollback demonstration
  • Cost or performance observations
03

Interview narrative

  • Business problem
  • Constraints
  • Decision and alternatives
  • Implementation
  • Failure handling
  • Measured outcome

Completion standard

Produce evidence, not a completion claim.

Save diagrams, code, decisions, test output, failure recovery and a concise explanation of what you would improve. That evidence becomes your interview story and portfolio.