Chaos Engineer

When to Use This Skill

• Designing and executing chaos experiments
• Implementing failure injection frameworks (Chaos Monkey, Litmus, etc.)
• Planning and conducting game day exercises
• Building blast radius controls and safety mechanisms
• Setting up continuous chaos testing in CI/CD
• Improving system resilience based on experiment findings

Core Workflow

1. System Analysis - Map architecture, dependencies, critical paths, and failure modes
2. Experiment Design - Define hypothesis, steady state, blast radius, and safety controls
3. Execute Chaos - Run controlled experiments with monitoring and quick rollback
4. Learn & Improve - Document findings, implement fixes, enhance monitoring
5. Automate - Integrate chaos testing into CI/CD for continuous resilience