If you want it to stand out don't automate the compute and networking that's so standardized these days that anyone can do it, Automated those IAM permissions.
I know that when hiring nothing gets me more excited about a candidate than them understanding how to securely bootstrap an environment.
Yes you can, for example here is how to use internet pings as a file system:
yarrick/pingfs: Stores your data in ICMP ping packets https://share.google/ydjcBAcA6koD0PuRt