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Mike Shutlar

Michael Shutlar engineered robust observability, security, and deployment workflows for the ministryofjustice/laa-landing-page repository over seven months. He integrated Prometheus metrics via Spring Boot Actuator, standardized Grafana dashboards, and improved monitoring pipelines using Kubernetes and Terraform. Michael enhanced CI/CD reliability with dynamic environment targeting and automated secret scanning, leveraging GitHub Actions and Bash scripting to streamline secure development. He also implemented Slack-based alerting for ZAP security scans, enabling faster vulnerability triage. His work addressed both feature delivery and bug resolution, demonstrating depth in configuration management, security automation, and workflow stabilization, resulting in more reliable releases and actionable operational insights.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

67%Features

Repository Contributions

38Total
Bugs
5
Commits
38
Features
10
Lines of code
6,156
Activity Months7

Work History

April 2026

1 Commits

Apr 1, 2026

April 2026: Focused on stabilizing data extraction for the ministryofjustice/laa-landing-page. Delivered a bug fix to ensure Markdown files are treated as text by updating grep commands in workflow files, improving data extraction reliability and reporting accuracy. This reduces downstream data errors and enhances pipeline robustness.

January 2026

4 Commits • 1 Features

Jan 1, 2026

January 2026 performance summary for ministryofjustice/laa-landing-page focused on delivering more reliable, actionable Slack-based notifications and stabilizing the notification workflow. Key outcomes include a Slack Notifications integration with severity-based alerts, adjusted production scan scheduling for improved visibility during business hours, and robust parsing logic fixes for ZAP summary notifications.

December 2025

2 Commits • 1 Features

Dec 1, 2025

December 2025 monthly summary for ministryofjustice/laa-landing-page focusing on delivering secure, reliable features and stabilizing CI/CD workflows.

October 2025

6 Commits • 2 Features

Oct 1, 2025

October 2025 monthly work summary focusing on key accomplishments, major bugs fixed, and technical achievements across two repos: laa-landing-page and cloud-platform-environments. Key outcomes include automated secret scanning integration, TruffleHog workflow stabilization, and XSIAM-based RDS logging enabling improved security monitoring and audit readiness. These changes deliver improved security posture, observability, and CI/CD reliability, with concrete commits referenced below.

September 2025

3 Commits • 1 Features

Sep 1, 2025

September 2025 monthly summary for ministryofjustice/laa-landing-page focused on implementing security tooling and improving developer onboarding. Delivered pre-commit security framework integration with automatic secret scanning and updated documentation to reduce risk and improve usability. No major bugs fixed this month; primary value came from security automation and clearer setup. Key deliverables included a new pre-commit workflow, setup guidance, and documentation improvements that streamline secure development practices.

June 2025

11 Commits • 2 Features

Jun 1, 2025

June 2025 performance summary for ministryofjustice/laa-landing-page: Delivered deployment reliability and observability enhancements across the landing page project. Focused on robust CI/CD pipelines with dynamic environment targeting and service labeling, expanded monitoring/alerting across Prometheus, Grafana, and RDS, and a critical fix to Prometheus actuator port configuration to ensure proper scraping. These changes improved deployment reliability, faster issue detection, and clearer operational visibility, enabling safer releases and better service health insights.

May 2025

11 Commits • 3 Features

May 1, 2025

May 2025 monthly summary: Delivered end-to-end observability improvements across two repositories with a focus on business value and reliability. Key work includes Prometheus exposure via Spring Boot Actuator with endpoint alignment and ServiceMonitor integration, Grafana dashboards and standardized monitoring templates, and NetworkPolicy-based Prometheus scraping to improve observability in development and QA environments. No major bug fixes recorded this month; enhancements deliver faster incident detection, more actionable dashboards, and consistent monitoring templates across environments.

Activity

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Quality Metrics

Correctness85.2%
Maintainability85.8%
Architecture83.4%
Performance82.2%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

BashGradleHCLJavaMarkdownPromQLPropertiesShellYAMLproperties

Technical Skills

AWS RDSActuatorAlertingBackend DevelopmentCI/CDCloud PlatformCloud Platform ConfigurationCloud Platform ManagementConfigurationConfiguration ManagementContinuous IntegrationDevOpsDocumentationGitHub ActionsGrafana

Repositories Contributed To

2 repos

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

ministryofjustice/laa-landing-page

May 2025 Apr 2026
7 Months active

Languages Used

GradlePropertiesYAMLpropertiesBashJavaPromQLMarkdown

Technical Skills

ActuatorCI/CDConfigurationConfiguration ManagementDevOpsGrafana

ministryofjustice/cloud-platform-environments

May 2025 Oct 2025
2 Months active

Languages Used

YAMLHCL

Technical Skills

DevOpsKubernetesNetwork PolicyCloud Platform ConfigurationCloud Platform ManagementInfrastructure as Code