# Infrastructure Engineer

*/JobTypes/Infrastructure_Engineer*

## Neighborhood

### Related (delivered by)

- [Information Systems Hosting](/Processes/Information_Systems_Hosting) — delivered by · Processes
- [Virtual Machine Provisioning](/Processes/Virtual_Machine_Provisioning) — delivered by · Processes
- [Infrastructure Patch and Firmware Lifecycle Management](/Processes/Infrastructure_Patch_and_Firmware_Lifecycle_Management) — delivered by · Processes
- [Infrastructure Incident Escalation and Root Cause Review](/Processes/Infrastructure_Incident_Escalation_and_Root_Cause_Review) — delivered by · Processes
- [Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to determine computing needs and system req...](/Tasks/Consult_with_users,_management,_vendors,_and_technicians_to_determine_computing_needs_and_system_req...) — delivered by · Tasks
- [Develop conceptual, logical, or physical network designs.](/Tasks/Develop_conceptual,_logical,_or_physical_network_designs.) — delivered by · Tasks
- [Configure servers to meet functional specifications.](/Tasks/Configure_servers_to_meet_functional_specifications.) — delivered by · Tasks
- [Monitor and manage resource capacity and availability](/Processes/Monitor_and_manage_resource_capacity_and_availability) — delivered by · Processes
- [Perform infrastructure component maintenance](/Processes/Perform_infrastructure_component_maintenance) — delivered by · Processes
- [Plan and manage IT continuity](/Processes/Plan_and_manage_IT_continuity) — delivered by · Processes
- [Evaluate or recommend server hardware or software.](/Tasks/Evaluate_or_recommend_server_hardware_or_software.) — delivered by · Tasks
- [Understand IT customer environment](/Processes/Understand_IT_customer_environment) — delivered by · Processes
- [Provide IT infrastructure service and capabilities](/Processes/Provide_IT_infrastructure_service_and_capabilities) — delivered by · Processes
- [Plan IT infrastructure change](/Processes/Plan_IT_infrastructure_change) — delivered by · Processes
- [Manage infrastructure resource administration](/Processes/Manage_infrastructure_resource_administration) — delivered by · Processes
- [Manage infrastructure configuration](/Processes/Manage_infrastructure_configuration) — delivered by · Processes

### Related (signature role)

- [Information Technology Services Firm](/CompanyTypes/Information_Technology_Services_Firm) — signature role · CompanyTypes
- [IT Outsourcing Firm](/CompanyTypes/IT_Outsourcing_Firm) — signature role · CompanyTypes
- [Managed Infrastructure Services Provider](/CompanyTypes/Managed_Infrastructure_Services_Provider) — signature role · CompanyTypes
- [Managed Infrastructure Provider](/CompanyTypes/Managed_Infrastructure_Provider) — signature role · CompanyTypes
- [Managed Disaster Recovery Provider](/CompanyTypes/Managed_Disaster_Recovery_Provider) — signature role · CompanyTypes
- [Developer-Focused VPS Platforms](/CompanyTypes/Developer-Focused_VPS_Platforms) — signature role · CompanyTypes

### Related (staff)

- [IT Infrastructure](/Departments/IT_Infrastructure) — staff · Departments
- [Platform Engineering](/Departments/Platform_Engineering) — staff · Departments
- [Infrastructure Engineering](/Departments/Infrastructure_Engineering) — staff · Departments
- [Information Technology](/Departments/Information_Technology) — staff · Departments

### Who staffs this

- [Cloud Infrastructure Teams](/CompanyTypes/Cloud_Infrastructure_Teams) — staffs · CompanyTypes
- [Engineering and Operations](/Departments/Engineering_and_Operations) — staffs · Departments
- [Site Reliability Engineering](/Departments/Site_Reliability_Engineering) — staffs · Departments

### Perform

- [Provision cloud environment](/Tasks/Provision_cloud_environment) — perform · Tasks
- [Implement infrastructure monitoring](/Tasks/Implement_infrastructure_monitoring) — perform · Tasks
- [Troubleshoot infrastructure failures](/Tasks/Troubleshoot_infrastructure_failures) — perform · Tasks
- [Configure networks and storage](/Tasks/Configure_networks_and_storage) — perform · Tasks
- [Provision Infrastructure As Code](/Tasks/Provision_Infrastructure_As_Code) — perform · Tasks
- [Implement Monitoring and Alerting](/Tasks/Implement_Monitoring_and_Alerting) — perform · Tasks
- [Implement Backup and Recovery](/Tasks/Implement_Backup_and_Recovery) — perform · Tasks
- [Automate Infrastructure Provisioning](/Tasks/Automate_Infrastructure_Provisioning) — perform · Tasks
- [Automate build, deployment, and scaling](/Tasks/Automate_build,_deployment,_and_scaling) — perform · Tasks
- [Build resilience and disaster recovery capability](/Tasks/Build_resilience_and_disaster_recovery_capability) — perform · Tasks
- [Operate and tune servers, networks, and storage](/Tasks/Operate_and_tune_servers,_networks,_and_storage) — perform · Tasks
- [Optimize infrastructure performance and cost](/Tasks/Optimize_infrastructure_performance_and_cost) — perform · Tasks
- [Patch and harden infrastructure](/Tasks/Patch_and_harden_infrastructure) — perform · Tasks
- [Respond to and remediate infrastructure incidents](/Tasks/Respond_to_and_remediate_infrastructure_incidents) — perform · Tasks
- [Provision servers and infrastructure environments](/Tasks/Provision_servers_and_infrastructure_environments) — perform · Tasks
- [Patch and maintain infrastructure systems](/Tasks/Patch_and_maintain_infrastructure_systems) — perform · Tasks
- [Configure storage and network services](/Tasks/Configure_storage_and_network_services) — perform · Tasks
- [Tune infrastructure for performance](/Tasks/Tune_infrastructure_for_performance) — perform · Tasks
- [Troubleshoot infrastructure incidents](/Tasks/Troubleshoot_infrastructure_incidents) — perform · Tasks

### Required knowledge

- [Linux and Windows Administration](/Knowledge/Linux_and_Windows_Administration) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Infrastructure As Code](/Knowledge/Infrastructure_As_Code) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Container and orchestration systems](/Knowledge/Container_and_orchestration_systems) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Configuration Management](/Knowledge/Configuration_Management) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Cloud Platform Services](/Knowledge/Cloud_Platform_Services) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Networking Fundamentals](/Knowledge/Networking_Fundamentals) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Networking and storage internals](/Knowledge/Networking_and_storage_internals) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Operating System Administration](/Knowledge/Operating_System_Administration) — requires knowledge · Knowledge
- [Networking and Storage](/Knowledge/Networking_and_Storage) — requires knowledge · Knowledge

### Requires ability

- [Information Ordering](/Ability/Information_Ordering) — requires ability · Ability
- [Deductive reasoning](/Ability/Deductive_reasoning) — requires ability · Ability
- [Problem sensitivity](/Ability/Problem_sensitivity) — requires ability · Ability
- [Selective attention](/Ability/Selective_attention) — requires ability · Ability
- [Systems thinking](/Ability/Systems_thinking) — requires ability · Ability
- [Written Comprehension](/Ability/Written_Comprehension) — requires ability · Ability

### Required skills

- [Troubleshooting](/Skills/Troubleshooting) — requires skill · Skills
- [Programming](/Skills/Programming) — requires skill · Skills
- [Automation scripting](/Skills/Automation_scripting) — requires skill · Skills
- [Incident remediation](/Skills/Incident_remediation) — requires skill · Skills
- [Infrastructure as code](/Skills/Infrastructure_as_code) — requires skill · Skills
- [Performance tuning](/Skills/Performance_tuning) — requires skill · Skills
- [System and network administration](/Skills/System_and_network_administration) — requires skill · Skills
- [Incident Troubleshooting](/Skills/Incident_Troubleshooting) — requires skill · Skills
- [Infrastructure Automation](/Skills/Infrastructure_Automation) — requires skill · Skills
- [System Configuration](/Skills/System_Configuration) — requires skill · Skills

### Engage in

- [Automate infrastructure deployment](/Activities/Automate_infrastructure_deployment) — engage in · Activities
- [Troubleshoot infrastructure failures](/Activities/Troubleshoot_infrastructure_failures) — engage in · Activities
- [Provision Infrastructure As Code](/Activities/Provision_Infrastructure_As_Code) — engage in · Activities
- [Automate Infrastructure Provisioning](/Activities/Automate_Infrastructure_Provisioning) — engage in · Activities
- [Automate build, deployment, and scaling](/Activities/Automate_build,_deployment,_and_scaling) — engage in · Activities
- [Operate and tune servers, networks, and storage](/Activities/Operate_and_tune_servers,_networks,_and_storage) — engage in · Activities
- [Provision servers and infrastructure environments](/Activities/Provision_servers_and_infrastructure_environments) — engage in · Activities

### Uses software

- [Infrastructure as Code Tool](/Software/Infrastructure_as_Code_Tool) — uses software · Software
- [Monitoring Platform](/Software/Monitoring_Platform) — uses software · Software
- [Terraform](/Software/Terraform) — uses software · Software
- [Amazon Web Services](/Software/Amazon_Web_Services) — uses software · Software
- [Ansible](/Software/Ansible) — uses software · Software
- [Datadog](/Software/Datadog) — uses software · Software
- [Kubernetes](/Software/Kubernetes) — uses software · Software
- [Cloud Management Console](/Software/Cloud_Management_Console) — uses software · Software
- [Configuration Management Software](/Software/Configuration_Management_Software) — uses software · Software
- [Infrastructure as Code Tooling](/Software/Infrastructure_as_Code_Tooling) — uses software · Software

### Type of

- [Network and Computer Systems Administrator](/Occupations/Network_and_Computer_Systems_Administrator) — type of · Occupations
- [Network and Computer Systems Administrators](/Occupations/Network_and_Computer_Systems_Administrators) — type of · Occupations

### Problems this exposes

- [Terraform/IaC drift between declared state and live cloud resources](/Problems/Terraform%2FIaC_drift_between_declared_state_and_live_cloud_resources) — exposes problem · Problems
- [secrets and access reviews across clusters done ad hoc](/Problems/secrets_and_access_reviews_across_clusters_done_ad_hoc) — exposes problem · Problems
- [postmortem action items lost, same incident classes recur](/Problems/postmortem_action_items_lost,_same_incident_classes_recur) — exposes problem · Problems
- [capacity/cost forecasting across accounts reconciled manually](/Problems/capacity%2Fcost_forecasting_across_accounts_reconciled_manually) — exposes problem · Problems
- [on-call alert noise and runbook sprawl slow incident resolution](/Problems/on-call_alert_noise_and_runbook_sprawl_slow_incident_resolution) — exposes problem · Problems