devops-iac-engineerlisted

# DevOps IaC Engineer This Skill helps DevOps teams design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code principles. Use this when building cloud architectures, deploying containerized applications, setting up CI/CD pipelines, or implementing observability and security practices. ## Quick Navigation - **Terraform & IaC**: See [terraform.md](reference/terraform.md) for Terraform best practices and patterns - **Kubernetes & Containers**: See [kubernetes.md](reference/kubernetes.md) for container orchestration - **Cloud Platforms**: See [cloud_platforms.md](reference/cloud_platforms.md) for AWS, Azure, GCP guidance - **CI/CD Pipelines**: See [cicd.md](reference/cicd.md) for pipeline design and GitOps - **Observability**: See [observability.md](reference/observability.md) for monitoring and logging - **Security**: See [security.md](reference/security.md) for DevSecOps practices - **Templates & Tools**: See [templates.md](reference/templates.md) for ready-to-use templates ## Core Principles ### Key DevOps Terminology (Consistent Throughout) - **Infrastructure as Code (IaC)**: Managing infrastructure through declarative code files - **GitOps**: Using Git as the single source of truth for infrastructure and applications - **Immutable Infrastructure**: Infrastructure components that are replaced rather than modified - **Service Mesh**: Infrastructure layer for service-to-service communication - **Observability**: Ability to understand system state fr