Andrew Pollock
Advisor at Polyvations
Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Pollock is an independent technologist and advisor with 21 years of experience building and securing large-scale infrastructure, most recently as a Senior Software/Security Engineer on Google's Open Source Security Team where he contributed to OSV.dev, the widely used open-source vulnerability database. He combines deep hands-on skills in SRE, security engineering, DevOps and packaging—evidenced by long-term Debian package maintenance and practical improvements to OSV’s backend, CI and scanner installability. As founder of Polyvations and an advisor to startups, he blends product strategy, team building and network-driven introductions with technical leadership. His background includes leading enterprise security programs at Google protecting internal GCP usage and automating compliance at scale, plus early career systems and ISP operations. Based in Queensland, Australia, he pairs a rare mix of operational rigor and open-source stewardship with volunteer leadership in community organisations. He is also pursuing study in psychological science and counselling, reflecting an uncommon interest in human-centred aspects of tech and team dynamics.
21 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National UniversityBachelor of Information Technology, Bachelor of Information Technology at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)Saint Patrick's College ShorncliffeBachelor of Psychological Science and Counselling, Bachelor of Psychological Science and Counselling at ACAP University College
Github Skills (12)
go10
vulnerability10
cicd9
security9
python9
security-scan9
vulnerability-management9
docker8
gcp8
build-automation8
dockers8
json7
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
google/osv.dev
Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
Open source vulnerability DB and triage service.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:1035 reviews, 85 commits, 1260 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily contributed to the back-end infrastructure and functionality of the OSV project. They focused on normalizing and refactoring PyPI package names, which involved modifying code in various files. Additionally, the user addressed linting and formatting issues, and fixed installability of the scanner tool, which demonstrates expertise in DevOps and code maintainability. The user's work encompassed improvements to NVD CVE data parsing, integration testing, and improvements to the build and deployment process.
security-toolsopenvasvulnerability-managementsecurityvulnerability-detection
andrewpollock/osv-schema
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025
Open Source Vulnerability schema.
Contributions:86 pushes, 24 branches in 2 years 1 month
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