Tom Knight developed the Insurance Billing Kafka Adapter module for the utilitywarehouse/kafka-cluster-config repository, focusing on seamless integration of billing data with Kafka topics managed through AWS MSK. Using HCL and infrastructure as code principles, Tom designed a modular adapter that plugs directly into the existing Kafka cluster configuration, reducing manual setup and accelerating onboarding for new billing sources. The solution enabled real-time ingestion of billing data into downstream systems, improving the timeliness and accuracy of billing insights. Over the course of the month, Tom’s work demonstrated depth in AWS, Kafka, and infrastructure automation, delivering a robust, reusable integration component.