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Susmitha Velpula

Susmitha Velpula

Okta Administrator & Professional
Hyderabad

Summary

Dedicated OKTA, Administrator, and Professional with a proven track
record of designing, implementing, and managing secure identity and access management solutions.
Skilled in leveraging OKTA's platform to optimize authentication, authorization, and user provisioning
processes. Results-oriented, self-motivated and a persistent learner. Effective communicator with the
ability to engage with a variety of stakeholders. Seeking a challenging role to contribute expertise in
ensuring robust and scalable identity solutions for organizational success.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Okta Developer, Administrator & Professional

Wipro
08.2020 - Current
  • Integrated OIN and custom applications with Okta using various methods SAML, WS-Fed, OIDC,
    OAuth2.0 and SWA.
  • Okta Org assessments, implemented best practices, setup SSO/Federation, self-registration, MFA,
    and security policies.
  • Worked closely with application owners/developers to set up connectors and troubleshoot issues
    (SAML Tracer, IdP initiated vs. SP initiated, SAML Assertion Validator).
  • Deployed Active Directory agent to integrate on-premises Active Directory as source of truth (profile
    master) to Okta.
  • Deployed Okta provisioning agent to integrate on-premises CSV Directory as source of truth (profile
    master) to Okta.
  • Deployed various LDAP Agents to integrate on-premises LDAPs to Okta as target source.
  • Configured delegated authentication for Active Directory.
  • Installed LDAP/AD sync agent to reconcile accounts into Okta; worked with Universal Directory; bulk
    loaded users into Okta through CSV files
     Pushed users from Okta to Active Directory.
    • Mapped attributes from Okta to LDAP and vice-versa, and provisioned users to LDAP from Okta
    • Mapped custom attributes to the LDAP directories, SSO applications using expression language as
    per requirements.
    • Configured attribute level mastering for all attributes as per requirements
    • Configured user provisioning for apps, synced users and roles between applications and Okta
    • Provisioned groups using group push to multiple directories and provisioning supported applications
    • Configured group-based password policies and rules to protect end-user credentials
    • Configured multi-level access request workflows for end-users for different applications
    • Integrated Okta with other identity providers to allow external users from other identity providers
    to access internal applications
    • Created Okta API tokens and used API tokens to connect with Okta APIs to perform user, group, and
    application operations
    • Familiar with custom authorization server using Okta API and configured Open ID Connect and OAuth
    2.0 for multiple applications based on client requirements
    • Configured Postman to connect Okta APIs to modify the user and application data based on business
    requirements
    • Familiar with Okta Access Gateway to integrate legacy applications for SSO - on-premise and Cloud
    apps that do not support SAML 2.0
    • Troubleshoot SAML applications using SAML Tracer
    • Submitted tickets to Okta support for L3 issues

Setup security policies – MFA, Okta Verify, SMS/Email Verification, password policies
• Created/disabled users, performed password resets, granted access to roles and entitlements
• Resolved user login issues

IAM Engineer

Stackonous
03.2019 - 06.2020
  • Hands on experience on Ping Federate 7.x, 8.x, 9.x., 10.2 .
  • Implemented SAML solutions using Ping Federate
  • Experience in installation of Ping Federate.
  • Responsible and Accountable for the day to day incident and release tasks with respect to Ping Federate.
  • Co-ordinate with Vendors and renew Signing & encryption certificates of connections.
  • Create SP/IDP connections using Ping Federate with external partners.
  • Provide L2 support and meeting SLA for he federation issues reported by application team and customers.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Programming

Andhra Loyola Institute of Engineering &Technology
Vijayawada, India
04.2001 -

Skills

    IAM

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Timeline

Okta Developer, Administrator & Professional

Wipro
08.2020 - Current

IAM Engineer

Stackonous
03.2019 - 06.2020

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Programming

Andhra Loyola Institute of Engineering &Technology
04.2001 -
Susmitha VelpulaOkta Administrator & Professional