diff --git a/services/terraform/dev/main.tf b/services/terraform/dev/main.tf
--- a/services/terraform/dev/main.tf
+++ b/services/terraform/dev/main.tf
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
   dynamic "endpoints" {
     for_each = local.aws_settings.override_endpoint[*]
     content {
+      opensearch     = endpoints.value
       dynamodb       = endpoints.value
       s3             = endpoints.value
       secretsmanager = endpoints.value
@@ -44,4 +45,5 @@
 module "shared" {
   source = "../modules/shared"
   is_dev = true
+  vpc = null
 }
diff --git a/services/terraform/modules/shared/opensearch.tf b/services/terraform/modules/shared/opensearch.tf
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/terraform/modules/shared/opensearch.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+variable "vpc" {}
+
+variable "domain" {
+  default = "identity-search-domain"
+}
+variable subnet_ids {
+  default = []
+}
+
+data "aws_vpc" "identity-search" {
+  count = var.is_dev ? 0 : 1 
+  tags = {
+    Name = var.vpc
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_security_group" "identity-search" {
+  count = var.is_dev ? 0 : 1 
+  name        = "${var.vpc}-opensearch-${var.domain}"
+  description = "Managed by Terraform"
+  vpc_id      = var.is_dev ? null : data.aws_vpc.identity-search[count.index].id
+
+  ingress {
+    from_port = 443
+    to_port   = 443
+    protocol  = "tcp"
+
+    cidr_blocks = [
+      data.aws_vpc.identity-search[count.index].cidr_block,
+    ]
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_opensearch_domain" "identity-search" {
+  domain_name    = var.domain
+  engine_version = "OpenSearch_1.0"
+
+  cluster_config {
+    instance_type          = "m3.medium.search"
+    zone_awareness_enabled = true
+  }
+
+  vpc_options {
+    subnet_ids = var.subnet_ids
+
+    security_group_ids = var.is_dev ? [] : [aws_security_group.identity-search[0].id]
+  }
+
+  advanced_options = {
+    "rest.action.multi.allow_explicit_index" = "true"
+  }
+}