diff --git a/iac/README.md b/iac/README.md
index 15e229954f..f5cd906312 100644
--- a/iac/README.md
+++ b/iac/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Initialize Terraform:
 $ terraform init
 ```
 
-Run `terraform init` against each nested resource using `make plan`:
+Run `terraform init` against each nested resource using `make init`:
 
 ```bash
 $ cd iac/
diff --git a/iac/cal-itp-data-infra-staging/iam/us/project_iam_member.tf b/iac/cal-itp-data-infra-staging/iam/us/project_iam_member.tf
index d71ed0cb96..7c662df4aa 100755
--- a/iac/cal-itp-data-infra-staging/iam/us/project_iam_member.tf
+++ b/iac/cal-itp-data-infra-staging/iam/us/project_iam_member.tf
@@ -229,3 +229,9 @@ resource "google_project_iam_member" "tfer--terraform-membership" {
   member  = "serviceAccount:${google_service_account.tfer--terraform.email}"
   project = "cal-itp-data-infra-staging"
 }
+
+resource "google_project_iam_member" "tfer--pytest-membership" {
+  member  = "serviceAccount:${google_service_account.tfer--pytest.email}"
+  project = "cal-itp-data-infra-staging"
+  role    = "roles/storage.objectViewer"
+}
diff --git a/iac/cal-itp-data-infra-staging/iam/us/service_account.tf b/iac/cal-itp-data-infra-staging/iam/us/service_account.tf
index 3b76f0ede1..e34bde6004 100755
--- a/iac/cal-itp-data-infra-staging/iam/us/service_account.tf
+++ b/iac/cal-itp-data-infra-staging/iam/us/service_account.tf
@@ -33,3 +33,11 @@ resource "google_service_account" "tfer--terraform" {
   display_name = "Terraform"
   project      = "cal-itp-data-infra-staging"
 }
+
+resource "google_service_account" "tfer--pytest" {
+  account_id   = "github-actions-pytest"
+  description  = "Service account for Github Actions to run tests"
+  disabled     = "false"
+  display_name = "pytest"
+  project      = "cal-itp-data-infra-staging"
+}