HireBus

Home Services Software - USA

Hirebus, a growing home services hiring platform, needed to transition from a single AWS account to a secure, scalable cloud foundation. Their goal was to strengthen access control, streamline development with CI/CD, and prepare for compliance requirements, freeing their team to focus on product innovation rather than infrastructure management.

The Challenge

Hirebus provides hiring tools for small and medium-sized home service businesses, aiming to give them access to technologies typically reserved for large corporations. As their platform grew, Hirebus was operating from a single AWS account with limited structure.

This setup made it difficult to:

  • Manage access and permissions across the team.
  • Enforce compliance and security best practices.
  • Scale infrastructure with confidence.
  • Maintain visibility and control over accounts and environments.

Hirebus needed a stronger foundation that would let them focus on product development rather than infrastructure management.

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The Solution

After a CloudOptix assessment to evaluate their infrastructure, Hirebus partnered with FIRSTBLOX to implement Keystone Essentials.

Keystone Essentials provided:

  • A secure, multi-account AWS organisation using Infrastructure as Code.
  • Single Sign-On (SSO) integration for streamlined and secure access management.
  • DNS management, CloudTrail, and GuardDuty for visibility and security monitoring.
  • Permission sets and access controls aligned with AWS best practices.
  • A CI/CD pipeline to accelerate delivery.
  • Access to the Keystone Documentation Hub to simplify onboarding and daily operations.

Results

With Keystone Essentials, Hirebus achieved:

  • Improved access control with centralised permissions and SSO.
  • Compliance readiness through automated security and audit trails.
  • Operational clarity with a structured multi-account setup.
  • Faster product delivery supported by a CI/CD foundation.
  • Significant time savings, avoiding months of internal engineering work.

Nick Halverson

CTO

"FIRSTBLOX helped us shift from a single AWS account to a secure, scalable foundation. Keystone Essentials allowed our team to stay focused on building Hirebus, not managing infrastructure."