Agent skill · software engineering · aradotso
terraform-data-engineering-infrastructure
Infrastructure-as-Code patterns for data engineering using Terraform to provision AWS resources (S3, EC2, IAM)
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific Terraform patterns and commands for provisioning AWS resources tailored for data engineering workloads that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires awscli, terraform installed locally. Requires aws account access. About 7k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-05. 5 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Terraform Data Engineering Infrastructure Skill by ara.so — Data Skills collection. This project provides Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) patterns for data engineering teams using Terraform to provision and manage AWS resources. It demonstrates how to automate the creation of data infrastructure including S3 buckets for data lakes, EC2 instances for processing, and IAM policies for secure access. What This Project Does Provisions AWS infrastructure specifically designed for data engineering workloads Manages S3 buckets for data storage and data lake architectures Creates EC2 instances for data processing and ETL jobs Configures IAM roles and policies for secure resource access Provides declarative infrastructure definitions that can be version-controlled Enables reproducible environment creation across dev/staging/prod Prerequisites Before using this project, ensure you have: 1. An AWS account with root or administrative access 2. Terraform installed (v1.0+) 3. AWS CLI installed and configured 4. IAM user with appropriate permissions (S3, EC2, IAM full access) Installing Prerequisites Setting Up IAM Permissions Create an IAM user with the following permissions for Terraform: Full S3 access (AmazonS3FullAccess) Full EC2 access (AmazonEC2FullAccess) Full IAM access (IAMFullAccess) Note: This is for development/learning. In production, use least-privilege policies. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills aradotso/terraform-data-engineering-infrastructure