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SOWMYA SANAGAPALLI

Leander,TX

Summary

Experienced IAM & SaaS Security Architect | 13+ Years | Cross-Industry Expertise

Results-driven Identity & Access Management (IAM) Solutions Architect with 13+ years of experience designing and enhancing secure authentication and authorization frameworks for both workforce and customer identities. Proven expertise in SaaS security, including cloud architecture, secure communications, and disaster recovery planning. Adept at engaging business stakeholders as a customer-facing security consultant, delivering scalable solutions across industries such as Healthcare, Finance, Manufacturing, and Technology.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

Technical Advisor

SAILPOINT TECHNOLOGIES
03.2024 - Current
  • Improved strategic direction for customers and partners in the Identity and Governance (IGA/IAM) domain, driving a 15% increase in proactive engagement.
  • Collaborate with Customer Success Managers to drive revenue growth, contributing to 10% increase in renewals and 15% uplift through strategic upsell opportunities.
  • Provide guidance on implementing Zero Trust principles through effective use of SaaS product suite.
  • Environments: IdentityNow, IdentityAI, Data Access Security, Non-Employee/Contractor Administration.

Senior Solutions Engineer

OKTA
11.2021 - 03.2024
  • Presented Okta SaaS value proposition to potential clients as the security subject matter expert, addressing complex security and compliance needs while aligning key stakeholders across IAM, Security, and IT functions.
  • Enhanced customer conversion rates across B2C, B2B2C, and B2B2E sectors using Okta / Auth0 Customer IAM (CIAM) products, emphasizing a unified global identity, SSO approach resulting in 50% boost in process efficiency.
  • Experienced in enhancing application security and login using WebAuthn, Passkeys and Bot detection.
  • Played a key role in our team, securing new clients and retaining existing customers, making $20M ARR handling over 150 clients with exceptional results through Okta / Auth0 products.
  • Environments: Okta/Auth0, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, Federation, SSO, ReactJS, Javascript, HTML, CSS, SPA Apps.

Senior Solution Architect

SAILPOINT TECHNOLOGIES
06.2016 - 11.2021
  • As a Senior Architect in Professional Services, served as a consultant in customer-facing role, architect, and implementer for Identity and Access Governance (IGA) solutions, achieving a 98% adherence rate.
  • Integrated with systems including HR such as Workday, SaaS applications like Salesforce, relational databases, on-premises apps like RACF, AD and Operating systems resulting in a 50% reduction in manual HR tasks.
  • Worked with Privileged Account Management (PAM) solutions, SCIM solutions, and implemented compliance and governance through Certifications module resulting in an average of 95% reduction in compliance violations.
  • Environments: SailPoint IdentityIQ, Identity Now, CyberArk, Java, LDAP, Azure AD, Databases, Servers, Web Apps.

Teaching Assistant

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
08.2015 - 05.2016
  • Assisted with classroom activities, tutoring, and assignment reviews for Programming Tools and Android Sensor Programming courses, supporting over 200 students and contributing to a 25% improvement in academic quality.

IT Analyst

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA
05.2012 - 09.2014
  • Led a team of 10, gathering business requirements, and managing offshore operations in India.
  • Orchestrated the onboarding of over 150 business apps, contributing to cost savings of 2 Million AUD.
  • Environments: IBM Security Identity Manager, IBM Directory Integrator, SOAP, Unix, LDAP, AD.

Software Engineer

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
12.2009 - 05.2012
  • Enhanced the Employee life cycle management system for 100k users, automating processes and implementing account delta changes, leading to a 90% improvement in performance.

Education

Master's - computer science

State University of New York
Binghamton, NY
01.2016

Bachelor's - computer science

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Andhra Pradesh, India
01.2009

Skills

  • Cybersecurity
  • Client relationship management
  • Sales quota achievement
  • Teamwork and collaboration

Certification

  • SailPoint Certified IdentityNow Professional Certification, 2024
  • Auth0 / Okta Certified CIAM Specialist, 2022
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, 2020

Timeline

Technical Advisor

SAILPOINT TECHNOLOGIES
03.2024 - Current

Senior Solutions Engineer

OKTA
11.2021 - 03.2024

Senior Solution Architect

SAILPOINT TECHNOLOGIES
06.2016 - 11.2021

Teaching Assistant

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
08.2015 - 05.2016

IT Analyst

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA
05.2012 - 09.2014

Software Engineer

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
12.2009 - 05.2012

Master's - computer science

State University of New York

Bachelor's - computer science

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

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