cisagov/ScubaGear
Jun 2025 – Jun 2026
10 Months active
Languages Used
PowerShellYAMLCSVRegoMarkdown
Technical Skills
CI/CDDevOpsGitHub ActionsPowerShell ScriptingYAMLConfiguration Management
skirkpatrickMSFT
PROFILE
Skirkpatrickmsft
Over ten months, contributed to cisagov/ScubaGear by engineering automation and modernization across dependency management, authentication, and policy enforcement. Developed PowerShell and YAML-based CI/CD workflows to automate module updates, version pinning, and documentation synchronization, reducing manual maintenance and improving release reliability. Migrated key providers—including Exchange Online, SharePoint Admin, and Power Platform—from module-based to REST API integration, centralizing authentication and streamlining cross-platform support. Enhanced policy management for Teams and delegated permissions, aligning with evolving security standards. Strengthened test coverage through unit and functional testing, refactored configuration management, and improved documentation, resulting in more maintainable, secure, and resilient software delivery.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
85%Features
Repository Contributions
15Total
Bugs
2
Commits
15
Features
11
Lines of code
7,173
Activity Months10
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Work History
June 2026
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2026June 2026 monthly summary for cisagov/ScubaGear: Delivered a major migration of the Exchange Online provider from a module-based approach to direct REST API calls, along with robust testing enhancements and test infrastructure improvements. This work reduced external dependencies, improved reliability for automated workflows, and strengthened the testing coverage for REST-based interactions.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2026June 2026 monthly summary for cisagov/ScubaGear: Delivered a major migration of the Exchange Online provider from a module-based approach to direct REST API calls, along with robust testing enhancements and test infrastructure improvements. This work reduced external dependencies, improved reliability for automated workflows, and strengthened the testing coverage for REST-based interactions.
June 2026
April 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2026April 2026: Modernized ScubaGear with REST-first integration for SharePoint Admin API and Power Platform, delivering cross-platform automation, reduced dependency footprint, and more robust authentication. Implemented end-to-end REST wrappers, centralized auth flows, and comprehensive test/docs updates to reflect the new REST-based architecture. Improved resilience on GitHub runners and strengthened policy automation pipelines.
April 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2026April 2026: Modernized ScubaGear with REST-first integration for SharePoint Admin API and Power Platform, delivering cross-platform automation, reduced dependency footprint, and more robust authentication. Implemented end-to-end REST wrappers, centralized auth flows, and comprehensive test/docs updates to reflect the new REST-based architecture. Improved resilience on GitHub runners and strengthened policy automation pipelines.
March 2026
1 Commits
Mar 1, 2026March 2026 (cisagov/ScubaGear): Focused on security/compliance fixes and test plan improvements to reinforce robust authentication flows and delegated permissions governance.
1 Commits
Mar 1, 2026March 2026 (cisagov/ScubaGear): Focused on security/compliance fixes and test plan improvements to reinforce robust authentication flows and delegated permissions governance.
March 2026
February 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026: Key enhancements to ScubaGear's dependency bump automation, delivering a more reliable weekly workflow, reduced PR noise, and improved change-detection and documentation updates. Demonstrated strong cross-platform scripting, CI workflow optimization, and version management, delivering measurable business value in maintenance efficiency and stability.
February 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026: Key enhancements to ScubaGear's dependency bump automation, delivering a more reliable weekly workflow, reduced PR noise, and improved change-detection and documentation updates. Demonstrated strong cross-platform scripting, CI workflow optimization, and version management, delivering measurable business value in maintenance efficiency and stability.
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
Correctness89.4%
Maintainability86.0%
Architecture82.6%
Performance85.4%
AI Usage29.4%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
CSVMarkdownPowerShellRegoYAML
Technical Skills
API DocumentationAPI integrationAuthenticationAutomationAzure integrationCI/CDCI/CD workflowsConfiguration ManagementDependency ManagementDevOpsDocumentationGitHub ActionsPolicy as CodePolicy managementPowerShell
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