About the authorŁukasz Durlak

Łukasz Durlak is an experienced IT infrastructure leader and Linux automation expert with over 15 years of experience in managing complex, enterprise-scale environments. At Software Mind, he leads a team responsible for Linux operating system services across an infrastructure of approximately 10,000 virtual machines. His areas of responsibility include lifecycle and configuration management, monitoring, security, vulnerability management and automated patching. Together with his team, he ensures the stability, security and continuous development of large-scale Linux environments. Łukasz has extensive experience in infrastructure automation and configuration management, particularly with Ansible Automation Platform, AWX, Chef, SaltStack and Puppet. Throughout his career, he has led global UNIX teams, developed Linux patch management processes, introduced standardization initiatives and designed automation frameworks supporting enterprise IT operations.