Hisham Alsaadawi

About Me

I'm a software engineer currently pursuing my M.Sc. in Computer Science (Cybersecurity) at the University of Passau, Germany. I hold a B.Sc. in Software Engineering (Cybersecurity) from Prince Sultan University with first-class honours (GPA 3.81/4.0).

With 2.5+ years of professional experience building enterprise platforms on OutSystems and Pega, I've worked on payment integrations, banking APIs, sales automation systems, and cloud infrastructure on OCI. I combine hands-on engineering with a growing security focus.

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hisham@portfolio:~

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  "name": "Hisham Alsaadawi",
  "location": "Passau, Germany",
  "education": "M.Sc. CS (Cybersecurity)",
  "university": "University of Passau",
  "interests": [
    "Cloud Security",
    "Application Security",
    "System Integration",
    "DevOps & CI/CD"
  ],
  "status": "Open to opportunities"
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Experience

Software Engineer

Saudi AZM · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Aug 2023 – Oct 2025

Developed a payment and money-transfer module on OutSystems for a government auctions entity, integrating external banking APIs for transaction processing and invoice generation.
Designed and developed a Pega sales automation system to manage business opportunities, centralizing contacts, ROI, costs, timelines, and historical data.
Set up and maintained cloud resources on OCI — VPN servers, databases — and resolved networking issues including VPN configuration.

OutSystemsPegaOCIREST APIsKubernetes

Pega Developer — Internship

Saudi AZM · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Feb 2023 – Aug 2023

Built enterprise low-code solutions on Pega and OutSystems, integrating with third-party REST APIs.
Deployed Pega on OCI using Kubernetes (OKE), migrating from a Docker-based setup.

PegaDockerKubernetesOCI

Education

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M.Sc. Computer Science (Cybersecurity)

University of Passau, Germany

Present

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B.Sc. Software Engineering (Cybersecurity)

Prince Sultan University, Riyadh

Graduated Aug 2023

First-class honours · GPA 3.81 / 4.0

Skills & Certifications

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Languages & Dev

Java
Python
SQL
HTML / CSS
OutSystems
Pega

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Tools & Infrastructure

Docker / Kubernetes
Oracle Cloud (OCI)
GitHub / GitLab
Linux
Postman
CI/CD Pipelines

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Concepts

System Integration
API Integration
Cloud Computing
Networking
DevOps & CI/CD
Access Control (ACLs)

Certifications

OCI Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Certified Architect Associate

N+ CompTIA Network+

PEGA Certified Pega Senior System Architect

OS11 Associate Reactive Developer (OutSystems 11)

Projects

Payment & Banking Integration

Payment and money-transfer module for a government auctions platform, integrating external banking APIs.

OutSystemsREST APIsBanking

Pega Production Environment

Created the production environment for an internal Pega application on OCI, migrating from Docker to Kubernetes (OKE).

KubernetesOCIDockerPega

DDoS Defense System

Real-time DDoS mitigation — ML classifies traffic, flagged IPs are blacklisted, and XDP drops all subsequent requests at the kernel level.

CXDP/eBPFPythonKibana

Auto-GRC

Automated compliance engine that validates Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and IAM configs against CIS, NIST, and ISO 27001 benchmarks.

PythonOPANext.jsFastAPI

Sales Automation System

End-to-end sales automation platform managing business opportunities, contacts, and ROI analysis.

PegaAutomationCRM