Creating and deploying Helm charts for Kubernetes workloads is straightforward, yet these charts often fall short of delivering customized controllers, native metrics, and the necessary scalability for handling complex business logic. Operator SDK provides guidelines to build advanced operators through five capability levels. In this workshop, we will be building a demo level 5 Operator, working our way up the implementation of each capability level one by one, guiding the attendees toward achieving a higher level of maturity for their applications. Participants will leave with a functional demo that shows a straightforward, lightweight, and effective operator development process, covering basic installation, metrics enablement, and finishing with an auto-pilot implementation.