[GSoC 2026 PROPOSAL] Victoria Nduka - Use OpenTelemetry for Jenkins Jobs on ci.jenkins.io

Hi everyone. I’m Victoria Nduka. I’m a Cloud Native Engineer transitioning from a UX Design background. I’m self-learning using YouTube videos and online DevOps courses.

I’m interested in Jenkins because it’s open source and used by a lot of people. I’m specifically interested in the *Use OpenTelemetry for Jenkins Jobs on ci.jenkins.io project because of its observability focus, which is an area that I’ve been exploring for quite a while.

I’m an active contributor to the Prometheus and OTel communities. I contribute to UX efforts in the Prometheus community and also help manage the blog. And I’m an approver in the OTel End User SIG. I’m hoping to get more hands-on with OTel (beyond personal projects) by working on this project.

I blog at https://victorianduka.com. You can also find me on GitHub.