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Vandana Yadav

Sunnyvale,CA

Summary

Dynamic Senior Consultant with over 8 years of experience in identity governance and access management, specializing in enhancing compliance through Okta, EntraID, and SailPoint systems. Demonstrated success in optimizing processes and delivering innovative solutions that prioritize exceptional customer experiences. Highly proficient in cloud technolgies such as Google Workspace and PAM tools like CyberArk, dedicated to driving strategic initiatives for organizational growth.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Okta Senior Consultant

EYGDS
Bengaluru, Karnataka
08.2019 - 01.2024
  • Implemented seamless IWA and Active Directory connections in Okta/EntraID.
  • Integrated 500+ SSO applications in Okta/EntraID using protocols, including SAML, OIDC, Radius, Org to Org, SCIM, WS-Fed, and SWA.
  • Knowledge and experience configuring Okta/EntraID policies and sign-on rules for global session, authentication, and authenticator enrollment.
  • Planned migration from SailPoint IdNow to Okta, coordinating with application teams to set up migration time-slots.
  • Configuration of MFA using Okta Verify and IWA (Integrated Windows Authentication), delegated authentication, and JIT.
  • Ensured timely planning of certification cycle for every quarter in Sailpoint IIQ for high risk SOX applications
  • Streamlined user access management by integrating Okta with Office 365 workflows.
  • Configured role-based provisioning workflows for streamlined user onboarding within downstream systems.
  • Streamlined the integration process of over 400 applications with Okta SCIM provisioning.
  • Engaging with application teams to review design documents and expose the challenges and risks during IIQ upgrade
  • Engage with firewall teams to define IP zones for the internal and external networks, and block blacklisted IPs.
  • Operated on various engagements in North America to improve IAM transformation with exceptional customer service
  • Created reports, presentations and other documents to share findings with management team.
  • 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.
  • Implemented IAM solutions across cloud tools GCP, EntraID, and AD.
  • Contributed to RFPs by assisting the pre-sales team with technical insights in Okta.
  • Achieved cost-savings and long term project wins by developing functional solutions to problems.
  • Identified areas of improvement within existing processes and systems and recommended changes accordingly.
  • Developed training materials and conducted trainings for staff members on new technologies or processes.

Security Analyst

Accenture
Gurgaon, Haryana
09.2016 - 07.2019
  • 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.
  • Create reports, dashboards, and alerts using platforms like Splunk to provide observability.
  • Performed periodic audits of user accounts to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures.
  • Participated in regular meetings with internal stakeholders to discuss current security trends, identified risk areas and proposed solutions.
  • Actively participate in the 24/7 on-call rotation 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

  • Okta/SSO/CIAM
  • Google Cloud Platform/EntraID/
  • Active Directory/LDAP
  • Splunk Data Analysis
  • CyberArk Security Management
  • ServiceNow and Jira Experience
  • Access management
  • Identity governance
  • Technical training
  • Process improvement
  • Compliance management
  • Agile methodologies
  • IAM solution design
  • Process/Technical Documentation Expertise
  • Power BI Data Visualization
  • Stakeholder engagement

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?
  • Published paper in STM Journals 2015 on Vanishing Voices of Andaman and Nicobar Islands: https://sciencejournals.stmjournals.in/index.php/osmj/article/view/2244.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Okta Senior Consultant

EYGDS
08.2019 - 01.2024

Security Analyst

Accenture
09.2016 - 07.2019

Bachelor of Technology - Instrumentation And Control Engineering

Institute of Engineering And Rural Technology

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