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Akhil Gorla

Tampa,FL

Summary

Highly experienced Identity and Access Management (IAM) consultant with 12+ years in the IT industry, including 5 years in the cybersecurity space. Specialized in IAM design, integration and implementation of various products, with a proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams globally. Proven track record of delivering cost-effective solutions and increasing security for large organizations. Holds relevant certifications in the field.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Identity & Access Consultant

Tata Consultancy Services
06.2018 - Current

Client: PWC Global (PricewaterhouseCoopers)

1. Migration of 1000+ applications from existing Optimal IdM to NextGen IAM products - ForgeRock AM,Identity Gateway,DS.

2. Implementing SSO solutions for In-house applications, cloud based applications as well as federating with 3rd party vendor applications.

3. Implementing SSO solutions using protocols such as SAML2.0, WS-Federation and OpenID Connect/ OAuth2.0

4. Responsibilities include analysis before implementing SSO solutions based on the type of Applications i.e. Server side apps, Single page apps and mobile/native apps.

5. Experience in setting up OIDC/OAuth2.0 ,SAML2.0,WS-FED clients using ForgeRock Suite and OKTA.

6. Experience in setting up OIDC/OAuth2.0 ,SAML2.0,WS-FED clients using Optimal's IdM products - OFIS,VIS, optimal broker cloud UI.

7. User and group administration on backend directories using Apache Directory and creating LDAP accounts/API access accounts to make backend API calls.

8. Very efficient in troubleshooting SSO issues and very well versed with debug tools such as Fiddler and HAR analyzer for Chrome browser

9. Provided the secondary level support for backend IAM infrastructure related stuff like monitoring, break fixing the issues after code upgrades. 10. Hands on experience on Mobile based applications Integration using OIDC/OAuth2.0

Infrastructure Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
05.2016 - 05.2018

Client: PWC US (PricewaterhouseCoopers US)

1.Migration of 50+ applications from SiteMinder to ForgeRock Access management.

2.Design and Deployed new scale-out storage arrays to support growing business applications.

3.Migration of mission critical application pointed NAS shares to new scale-out storage arrays without single outage.

4.Initial setup and replication to DR site and recover from DR site.

5.Have experience in migrating 1000+ NAS shares from Dell EMC VNX to Isilon cluster

6.Migration of all desktops and users from one Active Domain to new Active Domain.

DataCenter Operations Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
03.2011 - 04.2016

Client: PWC UK( PricewaterhouseCoopers UK)

1.Have hands-on experience in creating new NAS shares for WebSphere and WebLogic applications.

2.Have hands-on experience in restoring the application related files using Point-in time checkpoints.

3.Played a major role in DR( disaster recovery) test for mission critical applications high availability.

4.Have hands-on experience in creating LUNs on EMC Unity arrays, HP 3PAR storage.

5.Have hands-on experience in replicating NAS arrays to DR site.

6.Have hands-on experience in replicating SAN arrays to DR site.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Electronic And Communications

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Hyderabad, India
07.2010

Skills

  • Single Sign On (SSO)
  • Federation
  • ForgeRock AM, Identity Gateway
  • OKTA
  • SAML20, OIDC/OAuth20 and WS-FED
  • LDAP
  • User Life cycle management
  • Active Directory
  • Splunk SIEM tool
  • REST API testing
  • Optimal IdM
  • Auth0
  • SiteMinder

Certification

  • Okta Certified Professional
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
  • ForgeRock Access Management Essentials (On Demand Training
  • ForgeRock Access Management Product Knowledge
  • OpenID Connect & JWT: Identity as a Service for your Apps

Timeline

Sr. Identity & Access Consultant

Tata Consultancy Services
06.2018 - Current

Infrastructure Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
05.2016 - 05.2018

DataCenter Operations Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
03.2011 - 04.2016

Bachelor of Science - Electronic And Communications

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Akhil Gorla