Sarcouncil Journal of Engineering and Computer Sciences

Abstract: Cloud-native and automated workflows, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), motivate an enormous change in financial services. IaC tools have also brought in a number of tools, among them the important tool in management, securing, as well as optimization of infrastructure in financial data platforms, namely Terraform. In the current review paper, the integration of Terraform into the financial IT system will be discussed, and the aspects of automation, disaster recovery, compliance, and optimization of data transfers will be addressed. With the help of the analysis of different reports and deployments, the paper shows that Terraform assists in the deployment of multi-cluster Kubernetes, AI-based disaster recovery, the automation of CI/CD pipelines, and long-term data infrastructure within the financial industry. It also compares Terraform’s strengths to the increasing regulatory and operational complexity presented by open data platforms. The findings portray the fact that Terraform provides financial institutions with the capability and liberty to build robust, powerful, and scalable data centers. The use of modular templates, policy-as-code enforcement, and AI-enhanced workflows can be defined as an essential part of existing financial DevOps policies.