It would be very beneficial to have a way to script common (and not so common) operational tasks like cluster node maintenance and/or deployment.
Some brainstorming and rationale:
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wmcs_ops_scripts
Final proposal:
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Cloud_Services_team/EnhancementProposals/Operational_Automation