Systems and methods for automated cloud infrastructure operations using a structured inventory are disclosed. In one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for automated cloud infrastructure operations using a structured inventory may include: (1) receiving unstructured data from a platform, wherein the unstructured data comprises unstructured inventory operational data; (2) transforming the unstructured data into structured data; (3) identifying at least some of the structured data as emerging reference data based on a request for at least some of the structured data; (4) providing at least some of the emerging reference data to an inventory event stream; and (5) applying a template to the inventory event stream to generate an authoritative inventory.