Hire a Terraform engineer who owns IaC like code
State backend, module reuse, secrets hygiene, CI/CD integration. Fluent in Pulumi too. Fixed monthly price.
Who this is for
Engineering manager who needs senior IaC ownership on Terraform.
The pain today
- IaC is a part-time hobby for everyone on the team.
- Terraform expertise is outside the current team's skill set.
- Modules are copy-pasted, not versioned.
- Plan output is 400 lines and nobody reads it before apply.
The outcome you get
- A senior Terraform engineer owning IaC full-time.
- Versioned, reusable modules.
- Plan discipline — changes reviewed, applied via CI/CD, logged.
- Optional migration to Pulumi when the team decides that is the right direction.
What senior Terraform ownership looks like
Senior Terraform engineering is: state backend hardened (S3 with versioning and replication, DynamoDB lock, encryption at rest), modules reused across environments (one VPC module, parameterized, not three copies), secrets never in state files or .tfvars (sourced from AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, or SOPS), provider versions pinned (.terraform-version plus required_version in provider blocks), plan and apply through CI/CD with human approval gates on production, and drift detection on a schedule. Most Terraform codebases fall short on two or three of those. The senior engagement brings them all up to the bar.
IaC discipline proven at GigEasy (Pulumi side)
GigEasy shipped on Pulumi plus AWS in 3 weeks — same IaC discipline applied in Terraform. Reproducible environments, PR-reviewed infra changes, state management, secrets hygiene. HCL vs TypeScript is the surface difference; the discipline is identical. The Pulumi track record is proof of IaC-senior ownership; the Terraform engagement applies the same discipline to the team's existing tool choice.
Staying on Terraform or migrating to Pulumi
The engagement happily stays on Terraform if the team prefers. It also migrates to Pulumi if the team decides TypeScript-everywhere is the right direction. Both paths are supported, and the recommendation during discovery is honest — sometimes staying is the right answer, sometimes migrating is. The monthly engagement covers either direction without changing price.
Pricing and cancellation
$3,499 per month flat. 2 to 4 day delivery cycles. Daily async updates. 14-day money-back. Cancel anytime. Work Made for Hire — every module, state file, and runbook is yours.
Recent proof
A comparable engagement, delivered and documented.
Built and shipped an investor-ready MVP from scratch
Built the entire technological base and delivered MVP in just 3 weeks, enabling a successful rapid launch and investor demo.
Frequently asked questions
The questions prospects ask before they book.
- Terraform or OpenTofu?
- OpenTofu for new projects where BSL licensing is a concern. Terraform for existing codebases already on it. Both are well-supported by the same patterns.
- Terraform testing?
- Terratest (Go-based integration tests) for critical modules. Terraform validate plus plan in CI for drift detection. Full integration tests against a sandbox AWS account for production-critical modules.
- Can you migrate a large Terraform codebase?
- Yes. To Pulumi, or to a cleaner Terraform structure (module extraction, remote state migration). Typical refactor is 4 to 8 weeks for a 20k-line codebase.
- Terraform Cloud or self-hosted?
- Terraform Cloud for managed state, plan visibility, and team coordination. Self-hosted on S3 plus DynamoDB when the team must not depend on a SaaS. Both are production-grade.
- Do you know Terragrunt?
- Yes. Terragrunt is a valid wrapper for DRY Terraform. The audit recommends it when the team has deep Terragrunt investment; otherwise plain Terraform plus discipline is usually simpler.
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