Andy Barnes
Senior Manager at GitHub
Epping Forest, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAndy Barnes is a Senior Manager at GitHub with over 10 years of hands-on experience in support engineering, systems administration and technical documentation. He has progressed through multiple senior support roles at GitHub, specialising in enterprise deployments, code security tooling (Code Scanning, Dependabot, Dependency Graph) and identity integrations (LDAP/SAML/SSO) across Linux, Debian/Ubuntu, cloud (AWS/Azure) and desktop platforms. Known for turning complex operational problems into clear processes and customer-facing documentation, he routinely bridges support, engineering and sales to improve product reliability and onboarding. His background spans Unix/Solaris-era expertise through modern container and cloud environments, reflecting a rare continuity of systems-level knowledge. Currently completing a BSc (Honours) in Computing and IT with The Open University, he combines formal study with decades of practical incident response and mentoring. An understated strength is his long track record of process and documentation improvements that scale institutional knowledge across teams.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree BSc (Honours) Computing and IT, Bachelor’s Degree BSc (Honours) Computing and IT at The Open UniversityVeritas Cluster Server 5.x UNIX Fundamentals, Veritas Cluster Server 5.x UNIX Fundamentals at SymantecCheckpoint VPN-1/Firewall-1/Management 1 NG, Checkpoint VPN-1/Firewall-1/Management 1 NG at Net Connect LimitedNVQ Level 3 Customer Service, NVQ Level 3 Customer Service at Peterborough Regional CollegeMicrosoft Certified Professional Windows NT 4 Workstation, Microsoft Certified Professional Windows NT 4 Workstation at Albert Einstein CentreWeston Favell Upper SchoolSun StorEdge 6920 System Support Readiness Training, Sun StorEdge 6920 System Support Readiness Training at Sun MicrosystemsDocker Beginners Hands on Full Day Workshop, Docker Beginners Hands on Full Day Workshop at nor(DEV):
English
Github Skills (90)
github10
office36510
linux10
keyboard10
onedrive10
vscode10
sd-card10
rubygems9
graphql-api9
dotnet9
elm9
opengl9
rest9
api9
rust9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
kurgol-public/dependabot-security-updates
Jun 2021 - Sep 2025
Contributions:13 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 3 months
kurgol/kurgol
Jul 2020 - Jul 2026
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
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