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Mike Shutlar

Michael Shutlar enhanced the ministryofjustice/laa-landing-page and cloud-platform-environments repositories by delivering robust observability, security, and deployment improvements. He implemented Prometheus metrics exposure and Grafana dashboards using Spring Boot and Kubernetes, standardizing monitoring across environments for faster incident detection. Michael strengthened CI/CD pipelines with dynamic environment targeting and service labeling, leveraging GitHub Actions and Terraform for reliable deployments. He integrated automated secret scanning with tools like Gitleaks and TruffleHog, and enabled XSIAM logging for RDS to improve audit readiness. His work demonstrated depth in backend development, DevOps, and security automation, resulting in more reliable, secure, and observable cloud-native services.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

80%Features

Repository Contributions

31Total
Bugs
2
Commits
31
Features
8
Lines of code
5,692
Activity Months4

Work History

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.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness83.8%
Maintainability84.6%
Architecture81.6%
Performance80.0%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

BashGradleHCLJavaMarkdownPromQLPropertiesShellYAMLproperties

Technical Skills

AWS RDSActuatorAlertingBackend DevelopmentCI/CDCloud PlatformCloud Platform ConfigurationCloud Platform ManagementConfigurationConfiguration ManagementDevOpsDocumentationGitHub ActionsGrafanaInfrastructure as Code

Repositories Contributed To

2 repos

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

ministryofjustice/laa-landing-page

May 2025 Oct 2025
4 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

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