Kandice Hendricks
Cloud & Cybersecurity Architect · AI Security · DevSecOps · Compliance
Professional Summary
Cloud Solution Architect and Cybersecurity Leader with 25+ years of experience designing secure, scalable enterprise platforms across government, healthcare, finance, and enterprise sectors. Expert in AI/LLM security, Zero Trust architecture, Post-Quantum Cryptography, DevSecOps pipelines, and compliance automation (NIST, CMMC, FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, SOX).
Core Competencies
Technical Skills
AI / ML / IoT
Azure AI Foundry, OpenAI GPT-4o, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, LLM Threat Modeling, Prompt Injection Defense, RAG Security, IoT Security, ML Pipelines, Responsible AI Governance
Cloud Platforms
Azure, AWS, OCI, GCP, Azure AI Search, Prompt Flow
Security & Compliance
Zero Trust, PQC (ML-KEM/ML-DSA), NIST SP 800-207, CMMC, FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, SOX, ISO 27001, OWASP LLM Top 10
DevSecOps & IaC
Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Azure Policies, Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, AzDO, GitHub Actions, SAST, Container Security
Security Operations
Sentinel, Splunk, ELK, CyberArk, Tenable/Nessus, SolarWinds SEM, SOAR, Azure Content Safety, Prompt Shield
Identity & Access
Azure Entra ID, SAML, ADFS, OAuth2, Okta, Auth0, CyberArk, JIT/JEA, Managed Identities, Conditional Access
Experience Highlights
Ascend Technologies
GhostDrill (PTaaS)
Maveris / Harmonia (VA Federal)
EMCOR – EBS
Nelnet Bank
3Cloud Solutions
Blue Mantis
Cognosante (CMS/HHS Federal)
PTC / ColdLight (IoT / AI-ML)