ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-environments
Jun 2025 – May 2026
7 Months active
Languages Used
HCLJSONTerraformYAML
Technical Skills
AWSCloud PlatformDevOpsIAMInfrastructure as CodeKubernetes
Jack Dempster
PROFILE
Jack Dempster
Worked on the ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-environments repository, delivering event-driven infrastructure and governance improvements across multiple services. Built and integrated domain event flows using AWS SNS and SQS, exposing queue details securely via Kubernetes secrets and managing permissions with IAM and IRSA. Used Terraform and YAML to standardize configuration, reduce environment drift, and automate deployments. Enhanced security and reliability by refactoring certificate management, updating DNS for compliance, and decommissioning unused CI/CD runners. Consolidated production variable management and reviewer assignments to strengthen oversight and collaboration. The work emphasized reproducibility, traceability, and policy-as-code practices, supporting scalable, auditable cloud platform operations.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
89%Features
Repository Contributions
21Total
Bugs
1
Commits
21
Features
8
Lines of code
684
Activity Months7
Your Network
905 peopleShared Repositories
422
Work History
May 2026
2 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2026May 2026 monthly summary for ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-environments: Focused on governance and configuration improvements for Data Importer and Manage & Deliver services. Implemented internal configuration and governance updates, consolidated production variable management, and updated reviewer assignments to improve reliability, oversight, and collaboration. No critical bugs reported; improvements reduce misconfigurations and align with repository updates and team structure.
2 Commits • 1 Features
May 1, 2026May 2026 monthly summary for ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-environments: Focused on governance and configuration improvements for Data Importer and Manage & Deliver services. Implemented internal configuration and governance updates, consolidated production variable management, and updated reviewer assignments to improve reliability, oversight, and collaboration. No critical bugs reported; improvements reduce misconfigurations and align with repository updates and team structure.
May 2026
April 2026
5 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2026April 2026 monthly summary for ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-environments: Delivered security, DNS compliance, and deployment reliability improvements for the Accredited Programme Data Importer. Key work included refactoring certificate configuration and adding ACP certificates to strengthen secure communications; updating DNS names in pre-production to meet character limits; and reverting an application name change in Terraform to preserve deployment consistency across environments. These changes reduce risk, improve system integrity, and provide clearer governance through traceable commits.
April 2026
5 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2026April 2026 monthly summary for ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-environments: Delivered security, DNS compliance, and deployment reliability improvements for the Accredited Programme Data Importer. Key work included refactoring certificate configuration and adding ACP certificates to strengthen secure communications; updating DNS names in pre-production to meet character limits; and reverting an application name change in Terraform to preserve deployment consistency across environments. These changes reduce risk, improve system integrity, and provide clearer governance through traceable commits.
February 2026
4 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026: Delivered event-driven domain events support for the Manage and Deliver app via SNS-SQS, enabling decoupled, scalable messaging. Completed dev environment setup (Kubernetes secret for SNS topic ARN), updated the IRSA module, and integrated SNS with SQS. Refactored the SQS policy into a standalone IAM policy document and prepared environment-specific policy coverage for dev, pre-prod, and prod.
4 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026: Delivered event-driven domain events support for the Manage and Deliver app via SNS-SQS, enabling decoupled, scalable messaging. Completed dev environment setup (Kubernetes secret for SNS topic ARN), updated the IRSA module, and integrated SNS with SQS. Refactored the SQS policy into a standalone IAM policy document and prepared environment-specific policy coverage for dev, pre-prod, and prod.
February 2026
January 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2026In 2026-01, the team delivered a targeted capability in ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-environments that strengthens domain event handling. The Find and Refer Service now integrates with a production SNS topic ARN and related local variables, with IAM policies updated to grant the required permissions. The change is captured in commit c253d1b6c711b0bda07c6e86186b2d2874d2d59a (APG-1645). This work improves reliability and security for cross-environment event processing, reduces manual configuration, and supports faster feature enablement across environments. Technologies demonstrated include AWS SNS, IAM policy management, and infrastructure-as-code practices, with traceability through commit-based change history.
January 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2026In 2026-01, the team delivered a targeted capability in ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-environments that strengthens domain event handling. The Find and Refer Service now integrates with a production SNS topic ARN and related local variables, with IAM policies updated to grant the required permissions. The change is captured in commit c253d1b6c711b0bda07c6e86186b2d2874d2d59a (APG-1645). This work improves reliability and security for cross-environment event processing, reduces manual configuration, and supports faster feature enablement across environments. Technologies demonstrated include AWS SNS, IAM policy management, and infrastructure-as-code practices, with traceability through commit-based change history.
October 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 monthly summary for ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-environments. Key deliverable this month was a CI/CD deployment cleanup: removed the GitHub Actions runner configuration in the manage-and-deliver-dev namespace to simplify deployments, reduce maintenance overhead, and minimize security risks. This change was implemented via commit 17d122aacb22fac461a05399dc4b31a9f95a4437 with message 'Remove github actions runner for manage-and-deliver-dev namespace as no longer needed'. Major bugs fixed: none reported this month. Overall impact: streamlined CI/CD operations, reduced operational risk, and clearer deployment surface. Technologies/skills demonstrated: CI/CD hygiene, repository management, security risk assessment, and change governance.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 monthly summary for ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-environments. Key deliverable this month was a CI/CD deployment cleanup: removed the GitHub Actions runner configuration in the manage-and-deliver-dev namespace to simplify deployments, reduce maintenance overhead, and minimize security risks. This change was implemented via commit 17d122aacb22fac461a05399dc4b31a9f95a4437 with message 'Remove github actions runner for manage-and-deliver-dev namespace as no longer needed'. Major bugs fixed: none reported this month. Overall impact: streamlined CI/CD operations, reduced operational risk, and clearer deployment surface. Technologies/skills demonstrated: CI/CD hygiene, repository management, security risk assessment, and change governance.
October 2025
July 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 — Cloud Platform Environments: Delivered a focused infrastructure change to enable SNS interactions for hmpps-find-and-refer-an-intervention-dev. Implemented a new local variable sns_topics and an AWS SSM Parameter data source to fetch the IRSA policy ARN for the target SNS topic, and wired this policy into the irsa module configuration. This change enables automated, policy-driven SNS messaging for the service with tighter IAM control via IRSA and parameter-driven configuration. No major bug fixes reported this month; stability across environments maintained. Overall, the work improves automation, security posture, and service observability for incident intervention workflows. Technologies/skills demonstrated: Terraform modules and variables, AWS IRSA (IAM Roles for Service Accounts), AWS SSM Parameter Store, data sources integration, commit traceability, and change management in cloud infrastructure.
July 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 — Cloud Platform Environments: Delivered a focused infrastructure change to enable SNS interactions for hmpps-find-and-refer-an-intervention-dev. Implemented a new local variable sns_topics and an AWS SSM Parameter data source to fetch the IRSA policy ARN for the target SNS topic, and wired this policy into the irsa module configuration. This change enables automated, policy-driven SNS messaging for the service with tighter IAM control via IRSA and parameter-driven configuration. No major bug fixes reported this month; stability across environments maintained. Overall, the work improves automation, security posture, and service observability for incident intervention workflows. Technologies/skills demonstrated: Terraform modules and variables, AWS IRSA (IAM Roles for Service Accounts), AWS SSM Parameter Store, data sources integration, commit traceability, and change management in cloud infrastructure.
June 2025
7 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025: Delivered end-to-end domain-events integration (SQS/SNS) for hmpps-find-and-refer(-an-intervention) across pre-prod and prod, including main and DLQ queues, SNS topic with subscriptions, and an IAM policy enabling SNS→SQS. Exposed queue details to services via Kubernetes secrets and updated IRSA role policies. Aligned Terraform/configuration across environments and cleaned up naming to reduce drift. Results: more reliable asynchronous processing, improved security posture, and streamlined deployments for Find and Refer workflows.
7 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025: Delivered end-to-end domain-events integration (SQS/SNS) for hmpps-find-and-refer(-an-intervention) across pre-prod and prod, including main and DLQ queues, SNS topic with subscriptions, and an IAM policy enabling SNS→SQS. Exposed queue details to services via Kubernetes secrets and updated IRSA role policies. Aligned Terraform/configuration across environments and cleaned up naming to reduce drift. Results: more reliable asynchronous processing, improved security posture, and streamlined deployments for Find and Refer workflows.
June 2025
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Quality Metrics
Correctness95.2%
Maintainability95.2%
Architecture95.2%
Performance94.2%
AI Usage20.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
HCLJSONTerraformYAML
Technical Skills
AWSCI/CDCloud InfrastructureCloud PlatformCloud Platform ManagementCloud ServicesDevOpsGitHub ActionsIAMInfrastructure as CodeKubernetesSNSSQSTerraform
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