Cloud Data Platform Blueprint
End-to-end cloud data platform designs: ingestion, storage, processing, serving, and governance layers.
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Cloud Data Platform Blueprint
End-to-end cloud data platform designs covering ingestion, storage, processing, serving, and governance layers — with production-ready IaC templates for AWS.
Overview
This blueprint provides a complete reference architecture and deployable infrastructure for building a modern cloud data platform. It follows the medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold) with real-time and batch processing paths, comprehensive data governance, and a self-service analytics layer.
Whether you're building a new data platform from scratch or modernizing a legacy data warehouse, this blueprint gives you the IaC templates, processing patterns, and governance framework to deliver production-quality data infrastructure.
What's Included
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| Infrastructure as Code | |
cloudformation/data-lake-storage.yaml | S3 data lake with medallion zones, lifecycle policies, encryption |
cloudformation/streaming-ingestion.yaml | Kinesis Data Streams + Firehose for real-time ingestion |
cloudformation/batch-processing.yaml | Glue ETL jobs, crawlers, and job bookmarks for batch pipelines |
cloudformation/serving-layer.yaml | Athena workgroups, Redshift Serverless, QuickSight config |
terraform/data-lake-foundation.tf | Complete data lake foundation in Terraform |
terraform/governance-layer.tf | Lake Formation permissions, data catalog, audit logging |
terraform/variables.tf | Shared variables for all Terraform configs |
| Documentation | |
docs/architecture.md | Full reference architecture with Mermaid diagrams |
docs/data-governance-framework.md | Data classification, access control, lineage, quality |
docs/scaling-guide.md | Scaling strategies for each layer with cost benchmarks |
| Scripts | |
scripts/data_quality_validator.py | Data quality rules engine with 20+ built-in checks |
scripts/cost_estimator.py | Data platform cost modeling tool |
| Examples | |
examples/glue-etl-job.py | Sample Glue ETL job (Bronze → Silver transformation) |
examples/athena-queries.sql | Common analytical queries for the Gold layer |
examples/lake-formation-permissions.json | Example Lake Formation permission grants |
LICENSE | MIT License |
Architecture at a Glance
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ DATA SOURCES │
│ Databases │ APIs │ IoT Streams │ Files │ SaaS │
└──────┬──────┴───┬────┴──────┬────────┴────┬────┴─────┬─────┘
│ │ │ │ │
▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ INGESTION LAYER │
│ Kinesis Streams │ Kinesis Firehose │ AWS DMS │ SFTP │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ STORAGE LAYER (S3) │
│ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ │
│ │ BRONZE │→│ SILVER │→│ GOLD │ │
│ │ (Raw) │ │(Cleansed) │ │(Business) │ │
│ └──────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────┘ │
└──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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