Breaking free from ClickOps to deliver landing zones and automated infrastructure
summary
LPL reengineers cloud delivery with Terraform and AWS automation, replacing ad hoc clicks and CloudFormation with Account Factory for Terraform, reusable modules and CI/CD. Provisioning timelines drop from months to hours, monthly Terraform applies grow from ~500 to 25,000, and inventory reaches 1.4 million resources managed while vending over 400 AWS accounts in a year, enabling composable landing zones, quicker M&A on‑boarding, and automated compliance rollouts tied into ServiceNow CMDB.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Introduction and team intro
- 2:31About LPL Financial
- 3:33Operational challenges faced
- 5:18Assessment and landing zone design
- 6:21Components of a landing zone
- 7:25Gaining stakeholder buy-in
- 8:50Prioritizing automation focus
- 9:51Embedding security controls
- 11:37Lessons learned early on
- 13:02Prioritizing requirements
- 14:02Impact on time to market
- 14:43Scaling accounts rapidly
- 15:25Next steps and stability focus
- 16:07Business impact and metrics
- 17:10Compliance automation progress
- 17:51Developer community reaction
- 19:16Future with AI and automation
- 20:41Next business imperatives
- 21:45Inner sourcing and feedback
- 22:51Key advice for others
- 24:13Slowing down to speed up
- 25:21Final reflections and thanks
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