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Infrastructure Engineer Sub-Skill
Communication: User's language. Config/code: English.
Purpose
Manages infrastructure provisioning, containerization, orchestration, and cloud platforms. Covers Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, GCP, and IaC patterns.
Context Discovery
Auto-Investigation
Detect existing infrastructure from project:
| Signal | How to Check | What It Tells Us |
|---|---|---|
| Dockerfile | Glob("**/Dockerfile") or Glob("**/.dockerfile") | Docker containerization |
| docker-compose | Glob("**/docker-compose*.yml") | Multi-container local dev |
| K8s manifests | Glob("**/k8s/**/*.yaml") or Glob("**/kubernetes/*") | Kubernetes deployment |
| Helm charts | Glob("**/charts/*") or Glob("**/Chart.yaml") | Helm package management |
| Terraform | Glob("**/*.tf") or Glob("**/terraform/*") | IaC with Terraform |
| AWS config | Grep("aws_", "**/*.tf") or Glob("**/.aws/*") | AWS infrastructure |
| GCP config | Grep("google_", "**/*.tf") or Glob("**/.gcp/*") | GCP infrastructure |
| Cloud init | Glob("**/cloud-init*.yaml") | VM provisioning |
Read existing infrastructure:
- •docker-compose.yml for service architecture
- •Kubernetes manifests for deployment patterns
- •Terraform files for cloud resources
- •README for infrastructure setup instructions
Discovery Questions
Q1: Infrastructure Layer
yaml
question: "What infrastructure layer do you need help with?"
header: "Focus"
multiSelect: false
options:
- label: "Containerization (Docker)"
description: "Dockerfile, image optimization, local development"
- label: "Orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm)"
description: "K8s deployments, services, scaling, Helm charts"
- label: "Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)"
description: "Cloud provisioning, modules, state management"
- label: "Cloud platform (AWS or GCP)"
description: "Compute, storage, networking, managed services"
Q2: Deployment Stage
yaml
question: "What stage is your infrastructure at?"
header: "Maturity"
multiSelect: false
options:
- label: "Local dev only (docker-compose)"
description: "Need to containerize or improve local setup"
- label: "Manual deployment (no automation)"
description: "Need IaC or orchestration"
- label: "Basic K8s or cloud (needs optimization)"
description: "Running but needs scaling, monitoring, cost optimization"
- label: "Multi-environment (staging, prod)"
description: "Need consistency, GitOps, or advanced patterns"
Q3: Cloud Provider
yaml
question: "Which cloud provider are you using?"
header: "Platform"
multiSelect: false
options:
- label: "AWS"
description: "EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3, networking"
- label: "GCP"
description: "GKE, Cloud Run, Compute, storage"
- label: "Multi-cloud or cloud-agnostic"
description: "Need portable IaC with Terraform"
- label: "On-premise or bare metal"
description: "Self-hosted Kubernetes or VMs"
Quick Decision Tree
| If you need... | Use | File |
|---|---|---|
| Containerization | ||
| Single service Dockerfile | docker-containerization | docker-containerization.md |
| Multi-service local dev | docker-compose | docker-compose.md |
| Dockerfile patterns | dockerfile-patterns | dockerfile-patterns.md |
| Kubernetes | ||
| K8s basics | k8s-basics | k8s-basics.md |
| K8s resources | k8s-resources | k8s-resources.md |
| K8s deployment | kubernetes-deployment | kubernetes-deployment.md |
| Helm charts | helm-basics, helm-advanced | helm-basics.md |
| Infrastructure as Code | ||
| Terraform basics | terraform-basics | terraform-basics.md |
| Terraform modules | terraform-modules | terraform-modules.md |
| Terraform state | terraform-state | terraform-state.md |
| IaC patterns | iac-basics, iac-patterns | iac-basics.md |
| AWS | ||
| AWS foundations | aws-architecture-foundations | aws-architecture-foundations.md |
| AWS services | aws-architecture-services | aws-architecture-services.md |
| EC2/ECS | aws-ec2-ecs | aws-ec2-ecs.md |
| Lambda | aws-lambda | aws-lambda.md |
| S3/Storage | aws-s3-storage | aws-s3-storage.md |
| Networking | aws-networking | aws-networking.md |
| GCP | ||
| GCP basics | gcp-arch-basics | gcp-arch-basics.md |
| GCP patterns | gcp-arch-patterns | gcp-arch-patterns.md |
| Compute/GKE | gcp-compute | gcp-compute.md |
| Cloud Run | gcp-cloud-run | gcp-cloud-run.md |
| Storage | gcp-storage | gcp-storage.md |
| Networking | gcp-networking | gcp-networking.md |
Methodologies (30)
Docker (6)
- •docker-basics
- •docker-compose
- •docker-containerization
- •dockerfile-patterns
- •docker (reference)
Kubernetes (6)
- •k8s-basics
- •k8s-resources
- •kubernetes-deployment
- •helm-basics
- •helm-advanced
Terraform & IaC (6)
- •terraform-basics
- •terraform-modules
- •terraform-state
- •terraform (reference)
- •iac-basics
- •iac-patterns
AWS (7)
- •aws (reference)
- •aws-architecture-foundations
- •aws-architecture-services
- •aws-ec2-ecs
- •aws-lambda
- •aws-s3-storage
- •aws-networking
GCP (6)
- •gcp (reference)
- •gcp-arch-basics
- •gcp-arch-patterns
- •gcp-compute
- •gcp-cloud-run
- •gcp-storage
- •gcp-networking
Common Workflows
Container Deployment
code
1. Write Dockerfile 2. Build and test locally 3. Push to registry 4. Update K8s manifests 5. Apply to cluster 6. Verify deployment
Infrastructure Provisioning
code
1. Create feature branch 2. Write Terraform code 3. Run terraform plan 4. Review plan output 5. Create PR 6. Apply after approval 7. Verify resources
Related Skills
| Skill | Relationship |
|---|---|
| faion-devops-engineer | Parent skill |
| faion-cicd-engineer | Sibling (CI/CD and monitoring) |
Infrastructure Engineer Sub-Skill v1.0 30 Methodologies | Docker, K8s, Terraform, AWS, GCP