Infrastructure Automation Engineer
April 29, 2024
Updated June 11, 2025
19 minute read
Navigating the World of Infrastructure Automation Engineering
An Infrastructure Automation Engineer is a technology professional who specializes in designing, building, and managing the automated processes that create, deploy, and maintain IT infrastructure. Think of them as the architects and builders of highly efficient, self-managing digital foundations for businesses. This role involves using code to manage and provision computer infrastructure, rather than relying on manual processes. As organizations increasingly move towards agile and scalable systems, these engineers are crucial for ensuring that infrastructure can be deployed rapidly, consistently, and reliably. For those less familiar with the terminology, imagine a chef who, instead of manually preparing every ingredient for every dish, designs a sophisticated automated kitchen that can prepare and cook meals with minimal human intervention, ensuring every dish is perfect, every time.
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Must-read for anyone who wants to transform their organization into a high-performing DevOps culture. It includes a wealth of insights and practical advice on infrastructure automation.
Provides a deep dive into the practices of site reliability engineering (SRE), a set of practices that Google uses to operate its massive infrastructure. It includes a wealth of insights and advice on infrastructure automation.
This is the second edition of Jeff Geerling's popular book on infrastructure automation with Ansible. It includes updated coverage of Ansible 2 and new chapters on topics such as network automation and security automation.
Comprehensive guide to infrastructure as code (IaC), a set of practices that enables teams to manage their infrastructure using code. It includes extensive coverage of popular IaC tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
Comprehensive guide to continuous delivery, a set of practices that enables teams to deliver software updates more frequently and reliably. It covers infrastructure automation as a key part of the continuous delivery process.
Comprehensive guide to testing infrastructure as code (IaC). It covers a wide range of topics, from unit testing and integration testing to performance testing and security testing.
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