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.
Experience
Executive Support Engineer — Political Appointees & VIP
- ›Provide dedicated white-glove IT support exclusively to DOT political appointees, Deputy Secretaries, and senior executive leadership.
- ›Manage and troubleshoot complex technical issues across Windows, Mac OS, iOS, and mobile platforms in fast-paced, high-stakes executive environments.
- ›Oversee provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of executive devices including iPhones, iPads, and laptops using Microsoft Intune MDM.
- ›Maintain strict confidentiality when handling sensitive information belonging to senior government officials and political leadership.
Senior AI & Cloud Engineer
- ›Designed and maintained cloud-native full-stack applications for federal transportation ops: Python/FastAPI backends, React/TypeScript frontends, REST microservices on Azure.
- ›Architected AI automation pipelines using OpenAI APIs, Azure Cognitive Services, and custom ML models for anomaly detection and decision intelligence.
- ›Built and maintained secure REST APIs across distributed federal systems; enforced FISMA, NIST 800-53, and FedRAMP controls throughout.
- ›Authored IaC automation with Terraform and ARM templates; containerized workloads via Docker; orchestrated deployments on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
4 production tools delivered — 60% reduction in manual data processing; AI monitoring pipelines cut operational incident rate 35% YoY.
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.
- ›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.
28% average reduction in client infrastructure costs via workload right-sizing, reserved instance optimization, and automated scaling policies.
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.
99.7% uptime SLA achieved — MTTR reduced 45% through proactive monitoring and runbook automation.
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.
Gov Tech · AI · Procurement
SentriBiD
Government bid intelligence SaaS — Claude AI Bid Copilot, Gemini proposal generation, win probability scoring, and Subcontract Scout for federal procurement. v0.7 production.
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.
Automotive · Cybersecurity · IoT
SentriDrive
Physics-aware CAN bus cybersecurity platform — real-time OBD-II telemetry, NHTSA-aligned anomaly thresholds, V2X integration, Ed25519 OTA firmware signing.
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.
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.
Skills & Stack
AI / ML
Claude API · OpenAI · Gemini · LangChain · RAG Architecture · Prompt Engineering · Isolation Forest · Random Forest · Transfer Learning · RLHF · DPO
Cloud & DevOps
Azure AZ-305/AZ-104 · 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 · Prisma ORM · PyInstaller
Databases
PostgreSQL · Row-Level Security · SQLite · Redis · Neon · Supabase · SQLAlchemy · Prisma ORM
Security
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-305
Azure Solutions Architect · Microsoft
AZ-104
Azure Administrator · Microsoft
Security+
CompTIA
CCNA
Cisco
GenAI Engineering
IBM Professional
AI Engineering
IBM Professional
DevOps & SWE
IBM Professional
Full Stack Dev
IBM Professional
SW Arch for Big Data
Coursera
Linux Administrator
Linux Foundation
Contact
Open to senior and principal engineering roles — AI systems, cloud architecture, federal IT, or technical leadership. Available for on-site, hybrid, or fully remote engagements.
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.