In June 2025, Michael Harley developed Barbican HSM integration for the openstack-k8s-operators/ci-framework repository, focusing on secure hardware-backed key management. He used Ansible and YAML to automate the configuration of Proteccio HSM access for Barbican, including building custom Barbican images with HSM client software. His work provisioned secrets for certificates and credentials, and updated the control plane to enable PKCS#11 cryptographic support. By integrating these changes with the existing HSM automation role, Michael enhanced the security posture and key management capabilities of Barbican within Kubernetes and OpenStack environments, demonstrating depth in HSM integration and infrastructure automation within a short timeframe.