
Robert Gottlieb engineered robust IAM access key rotation and credential lifecycle management features for the cloud-gov/terraform-provision repository, focusing on secure automation across AWS environments. He implemented a current/previous key versioning scheme, updated Terraform modules and outputs, and automated credential rotation for services such as s3-broker, ECR, and external domain brokers. Using HCL and Terraform, Robert ensured that key management workflows were auditable, reduced operational risk, and improved security posture by deprecating stale credentials and aligning outputs across stacks. His work demonstrated depth in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and AWS IAM, resulting in more reliable, maintainable, and secure provisioning processes.

Month: 2025-08. Key accomplishments include delivering the IAM Access Key Versioning and Rotation feature for cloud-gov/terraform-provision. Implemented a current/previous (curr/prev) key scheme, updated Terraform outputs and resources to reflect the new credentials model, and deprecated the older v2 key. Ensured bootstrap stacks retrieve the latest credentials for secure access management. Major bug fixes included stabilizing the versioning logic, correcting the user.tf changes, and updating bootstrap-westa-hub to reference the curr value. This work enhances credential hygiene, reduces risk of stale keys, and improves bootstrapping reliability across environments. Technologies/skills demonstrated include Terraform module updates, AWS IAM credential management, bootstrap automation, versioning strategy, and code quality improvements.
Month: 2025-08. Key accomplishments include delivering the IAM Access Key Versioning and Rotation feature for cloud-gov/terraform-provision. Implemented a current/previous (curr/prev) key scheme, updated Terraform outputs and resources to reflect the new credentials model, and deprecated the older v2 key. Ensured bootstrap stacks retrieve the latest credentials for secure access management. Major bug fixes included stabilizing the versioning logic, correcting the user.tf changes, and updating bootstrap-westa-hub to reference the curr value. This work enhances credential hygiene, reduces risk of stale keys, and improves bootstrapping reliability across environments. Technologies/skills demonstrated include Terraform module updates, AWS IAM credential management, bootstrap automation, versioning strategy, and code quality improvements.
In July 2025, delivered GovCloud External Domain Broker IAM Access Key Management for cloud-gov/terraform-provision. The feature creates a new IAM access key for the external domain broker in GovCloud, rotates out the old key, and updates outputs to expose the current access key ID and secret access key. These changes strengthen security, support automation, and improve governance by providing up-to-date credentials and auditable key rotation history.
In July 2025, delivered GovCloud External Domain Broker IAM Access Key Management for cloud-gov/terraform-provision. The feature creates a new IAM access key for the external domain broker in GovCloud, rotates out the old key, and updates outputs to expose the current access key ID and secret access key. These changes strengthen security, support automation, and improve governance by providing up-to-date credentials and auditable key rotation history.
June 2025: Implemented automated IAM key rotation across ECR, RDS storage alerts, and the External Domain Broker in cloud-gov/terraform-provision. Terraform now manages prev and curr key IDs and secrets, outputs are aligned across regional stacks, and key lifecycles are automated with validation fixes. Result: reduced operational risk, improved security posture, and clearer cross-stack configuration across multiple environments.
June 2025: Implemented automated IAM key rotation across ECR, RDS storage alerts, and the External Domain Broker in cloud-gov/terraform-provision. Terraform now manages prev and curr key IDs and secrets, outputs are aligned across regional stacks, and key lifecycles are automated with validation fixes. Result: reduced operational risk, improved security posture, and clearer cross-stack configuration across multiple environments.
April 2025: Delivered end-to-end IAM credential rotation for the s3-broker in cloud-gov/terraform-provision. Implemented rotation mechanism, exposed previous and current key IDs and secret keys, updated Terraform outputs to reflect credential state, and rotated credentials across development, staging, and production with cleanup of unused IAM resources. Unblocked secure, auditable credential lifecycle across all environments, with commit-driven traceability.
April 2025: Delivered end-to-end IAM credential rotation for the s3-broker in cloud-gov/terraform-provision. Implemented rotation mechanism, exposed previous and current key IDs and secret keys, updated Terraform outputs to reflect credential state, and rotated credentials across development, staging, and production with cleanup of unused IAM resources. Unblocked secure, auditable credential lifecycle across all environments, with commit-driven traceability.
March 2025 monthly summary for cloud-gov/terraform-provision: Delivered production readiness enhancements, key rotation and certificate lifecycle improvements, wildcard/domain hygiene fixes, health check improvements, and Terraform/security hygiene. Resulted in a more secure, scalable prod stack with reduced staging risk and automated rotation of keys/certificates across environments.
March 2025 monthly summary for cloud-gov/terraform-provision: Delivered production readiness enhancements, key rotation and certificate lifecycle improvements, wildcard/domain hygiene fixes, health check improvements, and Terraform/security hygiene. Resulted in a more secure, scalable prod stack with reduced staging risk and automated rotation of keys/certificates across environments.
Concise monthly summary for 2025-02 (cloud-gov/terraform-provision). Delivered IAM Access Key Rotation and Deprovisioning for the Certificate Provisioning module. Introduced a v4 IAM access key with outputs referencing the new key's ID and secret, and removed the v3 resource and old key outputs to ensure proper deprovisioning of rotated credentials. This enhances credential lifecycle management, reduces security risk, and improves the reliability of certificate provisioning workflows.
Concise monthly summary for 2025-02 (cloud-gov/terraform-provision). Delivered IAM Access Key Rotation and Deprovisioning for the Certificate Provisioning module. Introduced a v4 IAM access key with outputs referencing the new key's ID and secret, and removed the v3 resource and old key outputs to ensure proper deprovisioning of rotated credentials. This enhances credential lifecycle management, reduces security risk, and improves the reliability of certificate provisioning workflows.
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