Infrastructure as Code

A development team needed to spin up a staging environment for a critical customer demo.

The manual process took three days. Submit tickets for network configuration, database provisioning, identity management setup, firewall rules, SSL certificates. Each team worked independently. Errors were common. Documentation was outdated.

By the time staging was ready, the customer had moved on.

They didn't need faster ticket processing. They needed infrastructure that could be created in minutes, not days.

What Infrastructure as Code Actually Does

We automate your entire cloud footprint so environments are reproducible, secure, and ready for production in minutes.

Every resource - networks, databases, compute, storage, security policies - is defined in version-controlled code. Deploying a new environment is as simple as running a script.

No manual clicking through consoles. No tickets. No waiting for other teams. No configuration drift between environments.

How It Works

We use Terraform and Bicep to define infrastructure declaratively.

The workflow:

1. Define resources as code - Networks, databases, app services, monitoring, all in version-controlled files
2. Modularise common patterns - Reusable modules for standard architectures
3. Automated validation - Test infrastructure code before deployment
4. Environment parity - Dev, staging, and production use identical configurations
5. Security by default - Apply security baselines, compliance policies, and access controls automatically
6. CI/CD integration - Deploy infrastructure changes through automated pipelines

Changes go through code review, automated testing, and controlled deployment - just like application code.

Rollback is trivial. Need to revert a change? Run the previous version of your infrastructure code.

Real-World Results

A SaaS company was spending 20-30 hours per environment setup, and configuration drift between environments caused frequent production incidents.

We built an Infrastructure as Code system that:

• Defines all Azure resources in Bicep modules
• Provisions complete environments (network, databases, app services, monitoring) in 12 minutes
• Enforces security baselines (encryption, network isolation, identity policies)
• Deploys through GitHub Actions with automated validation
• Maintains perfect parity between dev, staging, and production
• Provides cost estimates before deployment
• Includes disaster recovery automation

The outcome:

• Environment provisioning time reduced from 3 days to 12 minutes
• Configuration drift eliminated entirely
• Security incidents reduced 68% through consistent policy enforcement
• Infrastructure costs decreased 31% through optimised resource sizing
• Team can now spin up client demo environments on-demand

The engineering team treats infrastructure changes with the same rigour as code changes - version control, review, automated testing.

What Makes This Different

Environments are cattle, not pets

Destroy and rebuild environments freely. Perfect parity across dev, staging, and production means confidence in deployments.

Security baked in, not bolted on

Encryption, network isolation, identity policies, compliance controls - all enforced automatically through infrastructure code.

Cost-optimised by default

Right-size resources based on actual workload. Auto-scaling rules prevent over-provisioning. Preview costs before deployment.

True disaster recovery

Your infrastructure definition IS your disaster recovery plan. Rebuild entire environments in minutes from code.

Common Use Cases

Multi-environment provisioning Automatically create dev, staging, and production environments with identical configurations.

Client demo environments Spin up isolated environments for customer trials or demos on-demand.

Disaster recovery automation Maintain infrastructure definitions that can rebuild your entire stack in a different region.

Security and compliance automation Enforce encryption, network policies, access controls, and regulatory compliance requirements consistently.

Cost optimisation Right-size resources, implement auto-scaling, schedule non-production environments to shut down overnight.

Technical Stack

• Terraform - Multi-cloud infrastructure provisioning
• Bicep - Azure-native infrastructure as code
• GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps - CI/CD for infrastructure deployment
• Azure / AWS / GCP - Target cloud platforms
• Policy as Code - Azure Policy, AWS Config, OPA for compliance

What You Get

Complete infrastructure automation deployed through CI/CD pipelines.

Every resource in your cloud environment is defined in version-controlled code. Changes go through review and automated validation before deployment.

You can provision complete environments in minutes. Tear them down just as quickly. Never worry about configuration drift or undocumented manual changes.

Security policies, compliance controls, and cost optimisations are enforced automatically through the code.

Getting Started

Infrastructure as Code delivers the highest value when you:

• Manage multiple environments (dev, staging, production)
• Experience configuration drift causing production incidents
• Spend significant time on manual environment provisioning
• Need to meet security or compliance requirements consistently
• Want faster disaster recovery capability

If your team spends more than 5 hours per week on manual infrastructure provisioning or troubleshooting environment inconsistencies, you're spending $40k-70k annually on work that can be automated.

Schedule a discovery call to discuss your infrastructure needs. We'll assess your current setup, identify automation opportunities, and design an Infrastructure as Code system that fits your deployment workflow.