Centralized Data Access Control (RBAC)

Design and deploy a scalable Role-Based Access Control system for a 100+ person data team, ensuring strict compliance and PII masking.

~15 hrsIntermediate-Advanced4 Parts

TerraformAWSGCPBigQueryRedshiftS3IAMCI/CDFinOpsDocker

     ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
     │            TERRAFORM + CI/CD                 │
     │        Infrastructure as Code                │
     └──────┬──────────┬──────────┬────────────────┘
            │          │          │
     ┌──────▼──────┐ ┌─▼────────┐ ┌▼─────────────┐
     │    DEV      │ │  STAGING  │ │  PRODUCTION  │
     │  BigQuery   │ │  BigQuery │ │  BigQuery     │
     │  S3 + GCS   │ │  S3 + GCS│ │  Redshift     │
     │  IAM Basic  │ │  IAM+Audit│ │  IAM+KMS+DR  │
     └─────────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────────┘

Fig 1.1: Multi-environment data platform -- 3 envs across AWS + GCP

What You'll Build

Multi-Environment IaC

3 isolated environments (dev/staging/prod) provisioned entirely via Terraform with state locking and drift detection.

Cloud Data Warehouse

Parallel BigQuery + Redshift deployments with cross-cloud query federation and unified access layer.

Security & RBAC Matrix

Role-based access control across 3 environments with secrets rotation, audit logging, and compliance checks.

FinOps Dashboard

Real-time cost monitoring with budget alerts, anomaly detection, and auto-scaling policies saving 40% on compute.

Progressive Build Path

Each part builds on the previous. Watch your platform grow from a single VPC to a fully monitored multi-cloud production deployment.

Foundation -- Multi-Environment Infrastructure

3 hrs

Set up dev/staging/prod environments with Terraform IaC, VPC networking, IAM roles, and CI/CD pipelines on AWS and GCP.

IaC pipeline deploying to 3 envs

3 environments provisioned

TerraformAWS VPCGCP ProjectsIAM RolesCI/CD

Data Infrastructure -- Warehouse & Storage

4 hrs

Deploy BigQuery + Redshift warehouses, configure S3/GCS storage tiers with lifecycle policies, and set up cross-cloud data lake.

Warehouse queries returning results

2 warehouses + tiered storage

BigQueryRedshiftS3 LifecycleGCSData Lake

Security & Access -- RBAC & Compliance

4 hrs

Implement role-based access control, secrets management with Vault/KMS, audit logging, and compliance guardrails across environments.

Least-privilege access enforced

RBAC matrix + secrets pipeline

RBACAWS KMSSecret ManagerAudit LogsCompliance

Operations -- Cost Monitoring & Production

4 hrs

Build FinOps dashboards, set up cost alerts and budgets, configure auto-scaling policies, and harden production with disaster recovery.

Cost monitoring live in production

FinOps dashboard + DR runbook

FinOpsCost ExplorerAuto-scalingDisaster RecoverySLA

Total: ~15 hours across 4 parts

Bootstrap Your Platform

Clone the platform project and provision your first environment in minutes

terminal

# Clone the platform project & bootstrap
$ git clone https://github.com/aide/cloud-platform.git
$ cd cloud-platform

# Initialize Terraform + configure providers
$ terraform init
$ terraform workspace new dev

# Deploy dev environment first
$ terraform apply -var="env=dev" -auto-approve

VPCs

Subnets

IAM Roles

S3 Buckets

BQ Datasets

KMS Keys

Production Standards

Infrastructure as Code

Every resource defined in Terraform with state management, drift detection, and plan approval workflows.

Security-First Architecture

Least-privilege IAM, encrypted secrets, VPC peering, and SOC 2 compliance guardrails.

Cost-Optimized Operations

FinOps dashboards, budget alerts, reserved instances, and auto-scaling policies reducing spend by 40%.

Prerequisites

Cloud basics (AWS/GCP console navigation, resource concepts)
Basic networking (VPC, subnets, CIDR blocks)
Command-line proficiency (bash, environment variables)
Git basics (commit, push, pull requests)

Related Learning Path

This project pairs perfectly with the Cloud Fundamentals skill toolkit. Complete the modules first for maximum understanding, or dive straight in if you have prior cloud infrastructure experience.

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