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aws-cloud

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AWS-specific infrastructure and services expertise for cloud operations and architecture

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AWS Cloud Skill

Overview

Specialized skill for Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure and services. Provides deep expertise in AWS-native solutions, best practices, and operational patterns.

Capabilities

AWS CLI Operations

  • Execute and analyze AWS CLI commands
  • Handle pagination and large result sets
  • Interpret API responses and errors
  • Use AWS CLI profiles and assume roles
  • Query resources using JMESPath

Compute Services

  • EC2 instance management and optimization
  • ECS/Fargate container orchestration
  • Lambda function deployment and configuration
  • Elastic Beanstalk application management
  • Auto Scaling group configuration

Kubernetes (EKS)

  • EKS cluster provisioning and management
  • Managed node groups and Fargate profiles
  • EKS add-ons configuration
  • IAM roles for service accounts (IRSA)
  • EKS networking (VPC CNI, Calico)

Networking

  • VPC design and implementation
  • ALB/NLB load balancer configuration
  • Route53 DNS management
  • CloudFront CDN setup
  • Transit Gateway and VPC peering

Storage and Databases

  • S3 bucket policies and lifecycle rules
  • EBS volume optimization
  • RDS/Aurora database management
  • DynamoDB table design
  • ElastiCache configuration

Security and IAM

  • IAM policy generation and analysis
  • Security group rule management
  • Secrets Manager operations
  • KMS key management
  • AWS Organizations and SCPs

Infrastructure as Code

  • CloudFormation template development
  • AWS CDK constructs and stacks
  • SAM template generation
  • CloudFormation stack operations
  • Drift detection and remediation

Target Processes

  • iac-implementation.js - AWS infrastructure provisioning
  • kubernetes-setup.js - EKS cluster management
  • cost-optimization.js - AWS cost analysis and optimization
  • disaster-recovery-plan.js - AWS DR architecture

Usage Context

This skill is invoked when processes require:

  • AWS infrastructure provisioning
  • EKS cluster setup and management
  • AWS networking configuration
  • IAM policy design and review
  • AWS cost optimization

Dependencies

  • AWS CLI v2
  • AWS credentials/profiles
  • eksctl for EKS operations
  • CDK CLI for CDK projects

Output Formats

  • AWS CLI commands and outputs
  • CloudFormation/CDK templates
  • IAM policy documents
  • Cost analysis reports
  • Architecture recommendations