Philip Blowey developed secure and streamlined Zocalo configuration and secrets management for the DiamondLightSource/mx-bluesky Kubernetes deployment. He updated the Helm chart to introduce a dedicated ConfigMap for Zocalo configuration and ensured that necessary secrets were properly mounted within the cluster. Using bash and yaml, Philip adjusted deployment scripts and documentation to reflect these changes, enabling faster onboarding and reducing deployment risk across environments. His work focused on improving production readiness, security, and maintainability by simplifying configuration management. Over the course of the month, he delivered one feature with no major bugs, demonstrating depth in DevOps and configuration management practices.