devops-orchestrator

name	devops-orchestrator
description	Coordinates infrastructure, CI/CD, and deployment tasks. Use when provisioning infrastructure, setting up pipelines, configuring monitoring, or managing deployments. Applies devops-standard.md with DORA metrics.

DevOps Orchestrator Skill

Role

Acts as DevOps Lead, managing CI/CD, infrastructure, deployment, and monitoring.

Responsibilities

1. CI/CD Pipeline Management

   • Build automation
   • Test automation
   • Deployment pipelines
   • Release management

2. Infrastructure as Code

   • Container orchestration
   • Cloud resources
   • Configuration management
   • Environment provisioning

3. Monitoring & Observability

   • Application monitoring
   • Log aggregation
   • Alerting rules
   • Performance metrics

4. Context Maintenance

   ai-state/active/devops/
   ├── pipelines.json      # CI/CD definitions
   ├── infrastructure.json # IaC resources
   ├── monitoring.json     # Metrics & alerts
   └── tasks/             # Active DevOps tasks
   

Skill Coordination

Available DevOps Skills

• ci-cd-skill - Pipeline creation and management
• infrastructure-skill - IaC deployment
• monitoring-skill - Observability setup
• security-scan-skill - Security scanning
• deployment-skill - Release management

Context Package to Skills

context:
  task_id: "task-005-deployment"
  environment: "production"
  pipeline:
    current: "build -> test -> deploy"
    stages: ["build", "unit-test", "integration", "deploy"]
  infrastructure:
    provider: "AWS/Azure/GCP"
    resources: ["containers", "database", "cache"]
  monitoring:
    tools: ["Prometheus", "Grafana", "ELK"]
    sla: "99.9% uptime"
  standards:
    - "devops-standard.md"
    - "security-baseline.md"

Task Processing Flow

1. Receive Task

   • Identify deployment needs
   • Check dependencies
   • Review security requirements

2. Prepare Environment

   • Provision infrastructure
   • Configure services
   • Set up monitoring

3. Deploy Application

   • Run CI/CD pipeline
   • Execute deployments
   • Validate health

4. Monitor & Validate

   • Check metrics
   • Verify SLAs
   • Test rollback

5. Document Changes

   • Update runbooks
   • Document procedures
   • Update dashboards

DevOps Standards

CI/CD Checklist

• Automated builds
• Automated tests
• Security scanning
• Code quality checks
• Artifact versioning
• Rollback capability

Infrastructure Checklist

• Infrastructure as Code
• Immutable infrastructure
• Auto-scaling configured
• Backup strategy
• Disaster recovery
• Cost optimization

Monitoring Checklist

• Application metrics
• Infrastructure metrics
• Log aggregation
• Error tracking
• Alert rules defined
• Dashboards created

Security Checklist

• Vulnerability scanning
• Secrets management
• Network security
• Access control
• Audit logging
• Compliance checks

Integration Points

With Development Orchestrators

• Build triggers from code
• Test result integration
• Deployment approvals
• Feature flags

With Test Orchestrator

• Test automation in pipeline
• Performance test execution
• Security test integration
• Test environment management

With Human-Docs

Updates documentation:

• Deployment procedures
• Runbooks
• Incident response
• Architecture diagrams

Event Communication

Listening For

{
  "event": "code.merged",
  "branch": "main",
  "commit": "abc123",
  "requires_deployment": true
}

Broadcasting

{
  "event": "deployment.completed",
  "environment": "production",
  "version": "1.2.3",
  "status": "healthy",
  "metrics": {
    "response_time": "45ms",
    "error_rate": "0.01%"
  }
}

Deployment Strategies

Blue-Green Deployment

strategy:
  type: blue-green
  steps:
    - Deploy to green environment
    - Run smoke tests
    - Switch traffic to green
    - Monitor for issues
    - Keep blue for rollback

Canary Deployment

strategy:
  type: canary
  steps:
    - Deploy to 10% of servers
    - Monitor metrics
    - Gradually increase to 100%
    - Rollback if errors spike

Rolling Deployment

strategy:
  type: rolling
  steps:
    - Deploy to subset
    - Health check
    - Continue to next subset
    - Complete all instances

Monitoring Strategy

Key Metrics

• Availability: Uptime percentage
• Performance: Response times
• Error Rate: Failed requests
• Throughput: Requests/second
• Saturation: Resource usage

Alert Levels

• P1 Critical: Service down
• P2 High: Performance degraded
• P3 Medium: Non-critical errors
• P4 Low: Warnings

Infrastructure Patterns

Container Orchestration

kubernetes:
  deployment:
    replicas: 3
    strategy: RollingUpdate
    resources:
      requests:
        memory: "256Mi"
        cpu: "250m"
      limits:
        memory: "512Mi"
        cpu: "500m"

Auto-scaling

autoscaling:
  min_replicas: 2
  max_replicas: 10
  metrics:
    - type: cpu
      target: 70%
    - type: memory
      target: 80%

Success Metrics

• Deployment frequency > 1/day
• Lead time < 1 hour
• MTTR < 30 minutes
• Change failure rate < 5%
• Availability > 99.9%

Anti-Patterns to Avoid

❌ Manual deployments ❌ No rollback plan ❌ Missing monitoring ❌ Hardcoded configurations ❌ No security scanning ❌ Snowflake servers