Monthly work summary — December 2024 Key features delivered: - ibm-mas/gitops: Secure Secrets Storage with AWS Secrets Manager. Enables secure storage of custom service account secrets; creates Kubernetes resources for secrets, service accounts, roles, and cluster roles; configures a job to securely store sensitive information, preventing plain-text exposure in the ArgoCD UI. Commit: 2659716124f93846c40ace481632f9d9cf64dbac. - ibm-mas/cli: Cluster Deprovisioning: Comprehensive Secrets Cleanup for Custom Service Accounts. Extends deprovisioning to remove all associated Secrets Manager secrets, preventing orphaned secrets. Commit: e12610f684fa7197c05757a5e55e7b3fe2774969. Major bugs fixed / lifecycle improvements: - Implemented automated removal of Secrets Manager secrets during cluster deprovisioning to avoid orphaned secrets and reduce leak risk. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Strengthened security posture by eliminating plaintext secret exposure, enabling secure storage at rest, and automating secret lifecycle across clusters; reduced operational toil and risk. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Kubernetes RBAC and Secrets management, AWS Secrets Manager integration, automated secret lifecycle, cross-repo DevSecOps practices, and secure UI integration with ArgoCD UI.

November 2024 monthly summary focusing on end-to-end delivery of custom cluster service accounts support in GitOps provisioning across ibm-mas/cli and ibm-mas/gitops. Implemented RBAC-aware templates and provisioning/deprovisioning flows, improved documentation, and cross-repo consistency to accelerate secure cluster provisioning and decommissioning.