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Fnu Vandana

Sunnyvale,CA

Summary

Security Professional with over 8 years of experience in leading projects from inception to completion. Proven ability to foster collaboration among stakeholders to meet project goals.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Solution Specialist

Accenture
Bangalore, Karnataka
01.2025 - 03.2025
  • Conducted 40 hours of Okta and Entra ID training for 50+ fresh industry talents, building foundational expertise in identity and access management, while reducing training costs by 40%.
  • Developed dynamic IAM dashboards leveraging Power BI to visualize key metrics—user access trends, authentication flows, MFA adoption, provisioning lifecycle, and compliance status—accelerating data-driven decisions at the executive level by 60%.

Senior Security Consultant

EYGDS
Bengaluru, Karnataka
08.2019 - 01.2025
  • Delivered seamless SSO integration for 500+ apps through Okta and EntraID, leveraging protocols like SAML, OIDC, SCIM, and SWA to reduce login friction, accelerate onboarding by 60%, and improve user satisfaction.
  • Implemented seamless IWA, Just-in-Time (JIT) provisioning, and delegated authentication via Active Directory in Okta, reducing login latency by 40%, cutting authentication-related helpdesk tickets by 60%, and scaling to support over 10,000 enterprise users with minimal admin overhead.
  • Partnered with firewall teams to define and implement trusted IP zones for internal and external networks, blocking blacklisted IPs, and reducing the risk of network breaches.
  • Reduced user friction and improved security posture by 70% through the implementation of Okta and Entra ID policies, and sign-on rules for global sessions, authentication workflows, and authenticator enrollment.
  • Automated user onboarding using Okta APIs, integrating with the HR application to dynamically provision users, assign role-based access via group membership, and enforce MFA and MDM policies, reducing onboarding time by 85%.
  • Automated identity lifecycle tasks—provisioning, de-provisioning, and application assignments—via Okta Workflows reduce errors by 70% and save over 1,500 hours annually, boosting IT team efficiency and scalability.
  • Partnered with pre-sales to provide technical leadership on Okta and EntraID capabilities across 10+ RFPs, influencing over $10M in closed deals by delivering tailored, enterprise-grade identity solutions.
  • Leveraged Okta's integration with Intune to ensure secure, compliant access to corporate resources from mobile devices through automated device trust, and passwordless authentication.
  • Configured Okta and Entra ID policies, and sign-on rules for global sessions, authentication, and authenticator enrollment—enhancing security while reducing user friction through streamlined and adaptive access experiences.
  • Strong ability to document standards and processes, knowledge articles, SOPs, with hands-on experience in Microsoft Visio for building logical and architectural diagrams for complex environments.

Security Analyst

Accenture
Gurgaon, Haryana
09.2016 - 08.2019
  • Expertise in digital certificate management, including generation, renewal, revocation, and security policies.
  • Strong knowledge of PKI architecture, certificate authorities (CAs), and certificate lifecycle management tools.
  • Automated bulk user creation, deletion, using scripting languages like PowerShell in AD.
  • Performed periodic audits of user accounts to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures.
  • Actively participate in the 24/7 on-call rotation, meetings to provide expert-level support, and work on incidents for PKI and IAM systems during outages, incidents, or security events.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Instrumentation And Control Engineering

Institute of Engineering And Rural Technology
Prayagraj ,Uttar Pradesh, India
07-2016

Skills

  • IAM Tools: Okta, SSO, EntraID, CyberArk, SailPoint, Active Directory, LDAP
  • Languages: Python, PowerShell
  • Soft Skills: Stakeholder Management, Collaboration, Technical Writing, Team Mentoring
  • Authentication Protocols: OAuth, OIDC, SCIM, SAML, WS-Fed

Accomplishments

  • Awarded the Highest Performing Team for a client facing project of public utility organization in the North Americas region where I served as the Technical Lead at EY in 2024. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/subchak-97pointer_highest-performing-team-awardfy-24-activity-7212182738169176064-rZrb?

LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com/in/vandana-yadav-133161b5

Timeline

Technical Solution Specialist

Accenture
01.2025 - 03.2025

Senior Security Consultant

EYGDS
08.2019 - 01.2025

Security Analyst

Accenture
09.2016 - 08.2019

Bachelor of Technology - Instrumentation And Control Engineering

Institute of Engineering And Rural Technology