I think that templated languages are the lowest common denominator. Examples for using real languages for configuration management is Chef. One of the bigger h

I think that templated languages are the lowest common denominator. Examples for using real languages for configuration management is Chef. One of the bigger hurdles is that someone with an ops background has to learn a language. On the other hand, if you are recruiting someone for an SRE or platform team, you are looking for ops people that are willing to learn how to dev, or dev people willing to get their hands dirty with ops.