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Srikanth Boddireddy

Atlanta,United States

Summary

IAM leader with 13 years of experience in designing and implementing enterprise-level identity and access management solutions. Built and managed large IAM engineering teams, enhancing operational efficiency across multiple business units. Expertise in IAM technologies and governance frameworks, focusing on information security and threat mitigation. Established partnerships with executive stakeholders to deliver secure and compliant IAM ecosystems.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Principal Engineer – IAM Technical Leader

UnitedHealth Group / Optum
Atlanta, United States
02.2012 - Current
  • Built and led a global IAM Engineering Support function servicing 400+ applications and 120M+ users, achieving 99.98% uptime and reducing incident noise by 30%.
  • Defined and operationalized support models for identity lifecycle, access governance, and privileged access management across CIAM and EIAM platforms.
  • Led successful integrations of PingFederate, SailPoint, CyberArk, and Shape Security, ensuring enterprise-grade scalability and support readiness.
  • Developed and matured a diverse IAM support team, embedding Agile/DevOps practices to accelerate delivery and improve system reliability.
  • Collaborated with InfoSec and IT Ops to manage identity-related threats, security incidents, and audit readiness across hybrid cloud environments.
  • Partnered with IAM Engineering and leadership to shape strategic roadmaps, align support capabilities, and drive continuous improvement.
  • Defined IAM governance frameworks aligned with SOX, HIPAA, NIST, and ISO 27001, strengthening compliance and risk posture.
  • Led audit response efforts, including evidence collection and remediation of findings, ensuring readiness for internal and external assessments.
  • Integrated IAM platforms with Splunk for real-time monitoring and threat detection, enhancing security posture and operational visibility.
  • Deployed hybrid IAM solutions across Azure, AWS and GCP, supporting both workforce and customer identity needs.
  • Operationalized IAM support for 120M+ users with 24/7 global coverage
  • Reduced alert fatigue by 30% through automation and structured handovers
  • Enabled strategic SSO integrations during Merger and acquisitions across business units
  • Instituted governance for RBAC, PAM, and access reviews aligned with regulatory standards
  • Delivered real-time dashboards and weekly executive updates for IAM health and KPIs
  • Lead technical excellence across a 10-member IAM support team both onshore and offshore model

Education

master’s degree - Information Technology

Globe/Minnesota School of Business University
01.2014

Skills

  • PingFederate and Okta
  • Azure and AWS
  • CyberArk and Shape Security
  • SAML, OAuth, and OIDC
  • SCIM and LDAP
  • GCP and Splunk
  • ServiceNow and Confluence
  • JIRA and Agile/DevOps
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Incident management
  • Audit readiness for SOX, HIPAA, NIST, ISO 27001

Affiliations

  • OpenID Foundation (OIDF) – Active WG member
  • Gartner CISO Community member
  • Sr. IEEE member

Accomplishments

  • Operationalized IAM support for 120M+ users with 24/7 global coverage
  • Reduced alert fatigue by 30% through automation and structured handovers
  • Enabled strategic SSO integrations during Merger and acquisitions across business units
  • Instituted governance for RBAC, PAM, and access reviews aligned with regulatory standards
  • Delivered real-time dashboards and weekly executive updates for IAM health and KPIs
  • Lead technical excellence across a 10-member IAM support team both onshore and offshore model

Skills And Technologies

PingFederate, Azure, Okta, SailPoint, CyberArk, Shape Security, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, SCIM, LDAP, Azure, AWS, GCP, Splunk, ServiceNow, Confluence, JIRA, SOX, HIPAA, NIST, ISO 27001, Agile/DevOps, Stakeholder Engagement, Incident Management, Audit Readiness

Projects

· Project Title 1: Enterprise-Wide IAM Deployment (EIAM)

o Description: Deployed a centralized IAM system for the Workforce, integrating SSO and MFA to secure access for more than 4,00,000 employees

o Outcomes: Improved user authentication efficiency by 90% and enhanced compliance with regulations.

· Project Title 2: Customer IAM Deployment for OHID (One HealthCare ID) Providers(B2B)

o Description: Deployed a centralized CIAM system for the Providers using PingFederate, Threat Metrix, AWS, on-prem Shape security and integrating SSO and MFA to secure access for more than 25M Providers

o Outcomes: Improved user authentication efficiency by 99.99%, increased resiliency, availability, strengthened risk posture, ability to adapt to threats, acts as a single platform that enables standardized experiences at the personal and business level.

o Portals - https://www.uhcprovider.com/, https://www.mahix.org/individual/ , Vision, Dental providers, OptumRx and more

· Project Title 3: Customer IAM Deployment for HSID (HealthSafe ID) Members (B2C)

o Description: Deployed a centralized CIAM system for the Members using on-prem PingFederate, Cloud Threat Metrix, Shape Security with integrating SSO and MFA to secure access for more than 120M Users with 7 ID Tenants for 400+ APPS and 2M Logins/day

o Outcomes: Improved user authentication efficiency by 90% and enhanced compliance with regulations.

o Portals – Myuhc https://member.uhc.com/myuhc , ORX https://www.optumrx.com/ , Optum Bank https://www.optumbank.com/ , Surest https://www.surest.com/ , Rally engage https://www.rallyengage.com/welcome and many more

· Project Title 4: Shape Migration to AWS Cloud (DevOps and Security)

o Description: Deployed a Shape Endpoint protection service for the HSID Members portals to protect from BOT attacks

o Outcomes: This solution can detect the threats and enforced Mitigation policies and Reject Policies based on the bot attacks. This improved the security posture for our external facing applications and prevented multiple BOT attacks which saved 40Millions.

· Project Title 5: Aikyam Threat Modelling (Security Assessment for CIAM)

o Description: Create a Threat Modelling approach to assess and identify current secure posture for Aikyam Tenant which supports HSID and OHID CIAM

o Outcomes: This solution can give an opportunity to assess and analyze the security posture on Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation, Info Disclosure, Denial of Service, Elevation of Privilege, identify the gaps and fix the problems.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Principal Engineer – IAM Technical Leader

UnitedHealth Group / Optum
02.2012 - Current

master’s degree - Information Technology

Globe/Minnesota School of Business University
Srikanth Boddireddy