cisagov/ScubaGear
Jun 2025 – Jan 2026
6 Months active
Languages Used
PowerShellYAMLCSVRegoMarkdown
Technical Skills
CI/CDDevOpsGitHub ActionsPowerShell ScriptingYAMLConfiguration Management
skirkpatrickMSFT
PROFILE
Skirkpatrickmsft
Over six months, contributed to cisagov/ScubaGear by engineering automated workflows and robust configuration management for PowerShell-based dependency and policy handling. Developed GitHub Actions and PowerShell scripts to automate module version checks, dependency updates, and documentation synchronization, reducing manual maintenance and improving CI/CD reliability. Enhanced configuration reproducibility by introducing explicit version pinning and centralized parameter management, while refactoring scripts for clarity and maintainability. Integrated Azure authentication and policy as code using Rego, aligning security policies with organizational standards. Expanded test coverage with unit and integration tests, ensuring stable deployments and streamlined onboarding. Work emphasized automation, reliability, and secure, auditable processes.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
89%Features
Repository Contributions
10Total
Bugs
1
Commits
10
Features
8
Lines of code
3,698
Activity Months6
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Work History
January 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 monthly summary for cisagov/ScubaGear: Delivered major enhancements to Teams policy management and authentication, aligning with org-wide policy goals while preserving legacy support. Implemented 5.1v2/5.2v2/5.3v2 with automatic detection of org-wide app settings and fallback to legacy policies; enhanced certificate-based authentication handling; updated documentation and tests; and stabilized quality with all OPA tests passing.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 monthly summary for cisagov/ScubaGear: Delivered major enhancements to Teams policy management and authentication, aligning with org-wide policy goals while preserving legacy support. Implemented 5.1v2/5.2v2/5.3v2 with automatic detection of org-wide app settings and fallback to legacy policies; enhanced certificate-based authentication handling; updated documentation and tests; and stabilized quality with all OPA tests passing.
January 2026
November 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-11 (cisagov/ScubaGear). Delivered foundational feature refactors and robust testing that improve maintainability, security, and deployment reliability. Highlights include a configuration overhaul for ScubaGear and expanded tests for the Publish-PublicPackage workflow, with stronger Key Vault error handling.
November 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-11 (cisagov/ScubaGear). Delivered foundational feature refactors and robust testing that improve maintainability, security, and deployment reliability. Highlights include a configuration overhaul for ScubaGear and expanded tests for the Publish-PublicPackage workflow, with stronger Key Vault error handling.
October 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 monthly summary for cisagov/ScubaGear: Delivered module version pinning support by introducing an IsPinned property in RequiredVersions.ps1 to explicitly define pinned PowerShell module versions, standardizing module definitions, and improving configuration management and version control. This change enhances reproducibility of deployments and reduces drift across module versions.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 monthly summary for cisagov/ScubaGear: Delivered module version pinning support by introducing an IsPinned property in RequiredVersions.ps1 to explicitly define pinned PowerShell module versions, standardizing module definitions, and improving configuration management and version control. This change enhances reproducibility of deployments and reduces drift across module versions.
October 2025
September 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 (2025-09) focused on automating dependency management for PowerShell modules in cisagov/ScubaGear and ensuring documentation stays in sync with code. Implemented an automated GitHub Actions workflow to update PowerShell module versions, pinned modules, and improved error reporting for smoke tests. Refactored scripts for clarity and robustness to improve maintainability and reliability. This work reduces manual maintenance and ensures accurate dependencies reflected in both code and Dependencies.md, enabling faster onboarding and more reliable builds. Commit 0e1990fa29fe093776c0cc29c8c0b1386b71eedc contributed to Issue #47 by updating documentation to include lists of required min/max PowerShell module versions and incorporating them into Dependencies.md.
September 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 (2025-09) focused on automating dependency management for PowerShell modules in cisagov/ScubaGear and ensuring documentation stays in sync with code. Implemented an automated GitHub Actions workflow to update PowerShell module versions, pinned modules, and improved error reporting for smoke tests. Refactored scripts for clarity and robustness to improve maintainability and reliability. This work reduces manual maintenance and ensures accurate dependencies reflected in both code and Dependencies.md, enabling faster onboarding and more reliable builds. Commit 0e1990fa29fe093776c0cc29c8c0b1386b71eedc contributed to Issue #47 by updating documentation to include lists of required min/max PowerShell module versions and incorporating them into Dependencies.md.
August 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Aug 1, 20252025-08 monthly summary for cisagov/ScubaGear: Delivered automation enhancements for dependency management, implemented robust config fail-fast behavior, and aligned security policy/test coverage. These changes improved CI/CD reliability, reduced risk of invalid configurations executing, and modernized policy/versioning to reflect current security posture, contributing to faster and safer release cycles.
4 Commits • 2 Features
Aug 1, 20252025-08 monthly summary for cisagov/ScubaGear: Delivered automation enhancements for dependency management, implemented robust config fail-fast behavior, and aligned security policy/test coverage. These changes improved CI/CD reliability, reduced risk of invalid configurations executing, and modernized policy/versioning to reflect current security posture, contributing to faster and safer release cycles.
August 2025
June 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for cisagov/ScubaGear: Delivered an automated PowerShell module dependency update workflow, enabling periodic checks for latest module versions, automatic updates to RequiredVersions.ps1, and end-to-end automation including branch creation, smoke tests, and pull request submission. This reduces manual maintenance, accelerates dependency refresh cycles, and improves security and compatibility. No major bugs fixed this month.
June 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for cisagov/ScubaGear: Delivered an automated PowerShell module dependency update workflow, enabling periodic checks for latest module versions, automatic updates to RequiredVersions.ps1, and end-to-end automation including branch creation, smoke tests, and pull request submission. This reduces manual maintenance, accelerates dependency refresh cycles, and improves security and compatibility. No major bugs fixed this month.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness92.0%
Maintainability89.0%
Architecture84.0%
Performance86.0%
AI Usage26.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
CSVMarkdownPowerShellRegoYAML
Technical Skills
API integrationAutomationAzure integrationCI/CDCI/CD workflowsConfiguration ManagementDependency ManagementDevOpsDocumentationGitHub ActionsPolicy as CodePolicy managementPowerShell ScriptingPowerShell scriptingRefactoring
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