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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.

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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

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

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

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"

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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

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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

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Common Workflows

Container Deployment

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

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

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Related Skills

Skill	Relationship
faion-devops-engineer	Parent skill
faion-cicd-engineer	Sibling (CI/CD and monitoring)

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Infrastructure Engineer Sub-Skill v1.0 30 Methodologies | Docker, K8s, Terraform, AWS, GCP