Andrii D.

I'm a certified Solutions Architect based in Tampa, Florida, with 15+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling enterprise and SaaS systems in the cloud and on-premise - from Fortune 500 companies to small startups. Most recently, as VP of Software Engineering at a SaaS security company, I took two AI products from concept to production: an AI evaluation and monitoring platform, and an AI gateway with an inline AI firewall for prompt-injection defense and sensitive-data masking. My clients include Deloitte, Humana, ENFRA (formerly Bernhard), and ID Logistics. I can start a project from scratch, advise on existing issues, provide technical guidance, and help organize IT assets. My leadership experience includes managing cross-functional teams of up to 25+ engineers, both local and offshore, and I'm comfortable stepping into technical decision-making alongside your team. Core competencies include: Cloud architecture and configuration (Azure AKS (Kubernetes), Azure Functions, Event Hub, Service Bus, Stream Analytics, IoT Hub, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, Istio, Docker, Terraform) AI & LLM systems: AI gateways, RAG, evaluation frameworks, prompt-injection defense, and AI governance/compliance (NIST AI RMF, FedRAMP readiness) Microservice and event-driven architecture, Zero Trust security, DevSecOps/GitOps Backend development (C#, Python, TypeScript, Rust, OAuth 2.0/OIDC, REST, GraphQL) Web app development (Angular, React, HTML, JavaScript) I can also help set up Azure DevOps and GitHub and implement authentication with Azure B2C, Azure B2B, Microsoft Entra ID, or Auth0. Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (2024) Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies (AZ-300) Microsoft Azure Architect Design (AZ-304) Applied Data Science Program: Leveraging AI for Effective Decision-Making, MIT Professional Education Feel free to reach out anytime.