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Kiswendsida
Dondasse

Senior AI & Cloud Engineer · Founder, SENTRi LLC

8+ years engineering production systems for federal and Fortune 500 clients — from cloud infrastructure at SAIC/DOT to six AI SaaS platforms I designed, built, and shipped independently under SENTRi LLC. I work across the full stack: FastAPI backends, React frontends, LLM pipelines, and Azure infrastructure.

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Open to senior / principal engineering roles
Kiswendsida Dondasse

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Experience

JUN 2021 — PRESENT
SAIC
Dept. of Transportation · Washington DC
Software Engineer
  • Design and maintain cloud-native full-stack applications for federal transportation ops: Python/FastAPI backends, React/TypeScript frontends, REST microservices on Azure.
  • Architect AI automation pipelines using OpenAI APIs, Azure Cognitive Services, and custom ML models — anomaly detection and decision intelligence for federal stakeholders.
  • Own full SDLC for internal agency tools: requirements gathering, system design, Agile sprint delivery, code review, CI/CD (Azure DevOps), and post-launch monitoring via Application Insights.
  • Build and maintain secure REST APIs and data transformation pipelines across distributed federal systems; enforce FISMA, NIST 800-53, and FedRAMP controls throughout.
  • Author IaC automation with Terraform and ARM templates; containerize workloads via Docker; orchestrate deployments on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
  • Mentor junior engineers; lead technical design reviews; champion TDD, clean architecture, and GitFlow within cross-functional Agile/Scrum teams.
IMPACT METRICS

4 production tools delivered — 60% reduction in manual data processing; AI monitoring pipelines cut operational incident rate 35% YoY.

OCT 2018 — MAY 2021
NCR Corporation
Remote
Cloud Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer
  • Designed scalable, highly-available Azure cloud infrastructure for Fortune 500 clients across retail, financial services, and hospitality sectors.
  • Led large-scale Azure migrations from on-premises environments; architected hybrid cloud solutions with ExpressRoute, Azure Site Recovery, and Azure Arc.
  • Built automated deployment pipelines with Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and Ansible — enabling sub-hour release cycles for enterprise clients.
  • Implemented security-first multi-region, multi-tenant architectures: network segmentation, WAF policies, Key Vault management, and DDoS mitigation.
  • Designed and integrated RESTful API microservices with containerized workloads on Docker/AKS supporting high-volume transaction processing.
IMPACT METRICS

28% average reduction in client infrastructure costs via workload right-sizing, reserved instance optimization, and automated scaling policies.

DEC 2016 — OCT 2018
Shell USA
Houston, TX (Remote)
Systems & Infrastructure Engineer
  • Managed enterprise-scale Windows Server and Linux environments supporting global oil & gas operations across distributed, high-availability infrastructure.
  • Developed PowerShell and Bash automation scripts for patch management, log rotation, and user provisioning — reducing manual effort by 60%.
  • Hardened enterprise security posture: endpoint hardening, firewall policy management, Nessus vulnerability scanning, and SIEM alert tuning.
  • Administered Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS/DHCP, and enterprise storage (NetApp/SAN) across multi-site environments.
  • Provided Tier-3 infrastructure support across global distributed systems, collaborating with offshore teams for 24/7 operational continuity.
IMPACT METRICS

99.7% uptime SLA achieved — MTTR reduced 45% through proactive monitoring and runbook automation.

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Platforms I've Built

AI · Security · SaaS
SentriFort
AI-powered SIEM/SOAR/EDR platform — behavioral risk scoring, MITRE ATT&CK kill chain reconstruction, Isolation Forest anomaly detection, HIPAA/PCI-DSS/NIST CSF compliance reporting.
FastAPIReactIsolation ForestDockerMITRE ATT&CK
Gov Tech · AI · Procurement
SentriBiD
Government bid intelligence SaaS — Claude AI Bid Copilot, Gemini proposal generation, win probability scoring, Kanban pipeline, and Subcontract Scout for federal procurement. v0.7 production.
FastAPITypeScriptClaude APIGeminiRailway
Ed Tech · Multi-tenant SaaS
GradFare
Enterprise graduation ceremony management — multi-tenant PostgreSQL RLS, SSO/SAML, Live Stage Experience (QR → A/V/livestream), SIS Import API, Twilio SMS. AWS ECS Fargate.
Next.jsPostgreSQL RLSAWS ECSSAML/SSOTwilio
Automotive · Cybersecurity · IoT
SentriDrive
Physics-aware CAN bus cybersecurity platform for connected vehicles — real-time OBD-II telemetry, NHTSA-aligned anomaly thresholds, V2X integration, Ed25519 OTA firmware signing.
Pythonpython-canCAN busEd25519NHTSA
AI · Case Intelligence · Gov
SentriHelios
AI Case Intelligence & Project Governance — 7-tab command center, AI transcript intelligence engine, guardian approval layer for AI decision validation, hash-chained audit ledger.
PythonSQLiteAnthropic APIRailwayCloudflare
IAM · Enterprise Security
Aegis-Orion
Enterprise IAM platform — JWT auth, bcrypt hardening, RBAC, soft deletes, domain event bus, hash-chained audit ledger, and policy-as-code governance engine.
Node.jsJWTRBACPolicy-as-CodeAudit Ledger

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Skills & Stack

AI / ML
Claude API · OpenAI · Gemini · LangChain · RAG Architecture · Prompt Engineering · Isolation Forest · Random Forest · Transfer Learning (VGG16) · RLHF · DPO · PPO
Cloud & DevOps
Azure AZ-305/AZ-104 · Azure DevOps · Docker · Kubernetes (AKS) · Terraform · ARM Templates · IBM Cloud · GitHub Actions · Jenkins · Ansible · CI/CD
Software Eng.
Python · FastAPI · TypeScript · React · Next.js · Node.js · REST APIs · Microservices · Turborepo · PyInstaller · Prisma ORM
Databases
PostgreSQL · Row-Level Security · SQLite · Redis · Prisma ORM · Neon · Supabase · SQLAlchemy
Security
CompTIA Security+ · SIEM Engineering · MITRE ATT&CK · Zero Trust · JWT · bcrypt · RBAC · SAML/SSO · FedRAMP · HIPAA · NIST 800-53 · FISMA
Architecture
Event-Driven Architecture · Domain Event Bus · Hash-Chained Audit Ledgers · Policy-as-Code · Distributed Systems · Big Data Systems · Microservices

Certifications

AZ-305Azure Solutions Architect · Microsoft
AZ-104Azure Administrator · Microsoft
Security+CompTIA
CCNACisco
IBM
GenAI EngineeringProfessional Certificate
IBM
AI EngineeringProfessional Certificate
IBM
DevOps & SWEProfessional Certificate
IBM
Full Stack DevProfessional Certificate
Linux AdministratorLinux Foundation
SW Arch for Big DataCoursera

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Contact

I'm open to senior and principal engineering roles — particularly in AI systems, cloud architecture, federal IT, or technical leadership. I bring both federal engineering rigor and startup delivery velocity.

kdondasse@outlook.com
240-708-0015
linkedin.com/in/kiswendsida
github.com/bibicheick
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Based in Laurel, Maryland. Available for on-site, hybrid, or fully remote engagements. Open to federal contractor positions, direct hire, and advisory roles.

Currently employed full-time at SAIC supporting the Dept. of Transportation. Available to discuss new opportunities at mutual convenience.