Dina Heidar
IT Statewide Applications Architect
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
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Top SchoolDina Heidar is an IT Statewide Applications Architect with over seven years of formal experience and more than two decades of hands-on work in state government technology, blending full-stack development, database administration, and enterprise architecture. She specializes in ASP.NET Core, C#, SQL Server, Oracle PL/SQL, and modern front-end frameworks, and has led statewide projects that unify application, reporting (SSRS/SSIS) and BI (PowerBI) solutions. Comfortable across cloud (AWS), SAPUI5/Fiori and traditional on-prem stacks, she excels at translating complex regulatory and operational requirements into maintainable, auditable systems. Dina’s background in environmental science and quality management, combined with civil engineering training, gives her a systems-thinking approach to architecture and risk-aware delivery. Outside work she pursues endurance activities like kayaking and backpacking, reflecting a steady focus on long-term goals and resilience.
6 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Civil Engineering at Alexandria UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Environmental Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Environmental Science at Louisiana State UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Quality Management, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Quality Management at Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
English, Arabic, French
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Github Skills (17)
vector6
certificate-store6
authentication6
matlab6
middleware6
numerical-integration6
asp-net5
netstandard5
asp-net-core5
identity5
saml4
security4
dotnet4
sso-authentication4
basic-authentication3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dina-heidar/saml2-authentication
Jun 2019 - Aug 2021
A netstandard2.0 middleware that can be used with ASP.NET Core applications for the SAML2 SSO authentication workflow. This middleware is open-source (free to use) and is not dependent on any .NET Framework libraries.
Contributions:8 PRs, 15 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 2 months
free-to-useasp-netnet-corebasic-authenticationoauth2
dheida1/Cryptography.X509Certificates.Extension
Jun 2019 - Sep 2020
X509Certificate2 extension to search for a X509Certificate2 in server/computer certificate store. Ideal to use when in production mode on servers.
Contributions:16 commits, 6 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 year 4 months
certificate-storein-productionidealproduction-modecertificate
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