01Introduction

Senior Engineer — Identity & Access Management

I work on the systems that decide who gets access to what.

Senior Engineer — Identity & Access ManagementChandigarh, India
02The journey

Networking to identity engineering — one line of work, followed all the way in.

  1. 2017NetworkingRouters, switches, AAA — the first time access control was my job.
  2. 2019IT OperationsJoined Priority Technology Holdings; enterprise support at scale.
  3. ~2020Enterprise AccessSaaS administration and the phased OneLogin rollout.
  4. ~2021SSOSAML 2.0 and OIDC integrations across 15+ applications.
  5. ~2023IAM EngineeringOkta, MFA, RBAC and access governance as a discipline.
  6. NowAutomationScripting the routine and building internal identity tooling.
  7. NextIdentity EngineeringDeeper platform, protocol and governance architecture.
03What I work on

The layers around every identity.

Identity & Access Management

Okta, OneLogin and Ping Identity for a 1,200+ user environment.

Enterprise SSO

15+ SAML 2.0 and OIDC integrations, onboarded and supported end to end.

Identity Lifecycle

Joiner-Mover-Leaver, RBAC and least-privilege access across systems.

SaaS Administration

Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 provisioning, policy and security.

Automation

Scripting identity and operational tasks, and building internal tooling.

Access Governance

MFA, access requests, audit trails and certification-ready inventory.

05Flagship — LifeCycleOne

Lifecycle, orchestrated.

Built an employee-lifecycle platform that centralizes onboarding, offboarding, identity visibility and operational workflows across enterprise SaaS systems.

  1. 01

    Validate the request

    An approved joiner, mover or leaver — fields checked, duplicates caught, before anything runs.

  2. 02

    Execute connectors

    System-specific actions fan out through one connector contract across the connected stack.

  3. 03

    Collect per-system results

    Every application reports back individually — a job never collapses into a single pass/fail.

    Google WorkspaceActive DirectoryMicrosoft 365SlackAtlassianAssetSonar
  4. 04

    Review partial failures

    Failed systems stay visible and individually retryable, with the full history kept.

06Experience

Where the work happened.

2019 — PresentChandigarh, India

Senior Engineer — Identity & Access Management

Priority Technology Holdings

Enterprise identity, access and SaaS operations across Okta, OneLogin, Ping Identity, Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.

  • Managed IAM platforms (Okta, OneLogin, Ping Identity) for a 1,200+ user environment and acted as a primary point of contact for identity issues.
  • Led a phased, organization-wide OneLogin rollout and integrated 15+ enterprise applications using SAML 2.0 and OIDC.
  • Configured and enforced MFA, access policies, RBAC and least-privilege controls, and ran Joiner-Mover-Leaver processes.
2017 — 2019Chandigarh, India

Network Support Executive

DVOIS Convergent Communication

A networking foundation in authentication, access control and resilient 24/7 incident response.

  • Supported enterprise network infrastructure — routers, switches and access points — for high availability and performance.
  • Managed AAA (Authentication, Authorization, Accounting) systems, building foundational experience in access control and network security.
  • Troubleshot connectivity and authentication issues and responded to incidents in a 24/7 support environment.
07Skills & certifications

What I know, and what proves it.

Core

The discipline I'm hired for.

  • Identity & Access Management
  • Single Sign-On (SSO)
  • SAML 2.0
  • OpenID Connect
  • MFA
  • RBAC
  • Joiner-Mover-Leaver
  • Access governance

Hands-on

Platforms I operate day to day.

  • Okta
  • OneLogin
  • Ping Identity
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft 365
  • Jira Service Management
  • Splunk
  • REST APIs

Project experience

Used to build the things on this site.

  • SailPoint ISC
  • Atlassian APIs
  • Google Apps Script
  • JavaScript / React
  • Flutter
  • Tauri / Rust
  • Postman

Learning / exploring

The next-chapter list — deliberately separated from experience.

  • Microsoft Graph
  • PowerShell automation
  • Python API automation
  • PIM
  • Conditional Access
  • ABAC
  • Zero Trust Identity

Certifications

  • AWS SAASolutions Architect — AssociateAmazon Web Services2022
  • SC-900Security, Compliance & Identity FundamentalsMicrosoft2026
  • SC-300Identity and Access Administrator AssociateMicrosoft2026
  • SailPointIdentityNow / Identity Security Cloud — LeaderSailPoint2026
  • SailPointIdentityNow / Identity Security Cloud — ProfessionalSailPoint2026
  • AZ-500Azure Security Engineer AssociateMicrosoftIn progress · 2026

Education

  • Bachelor of Computer ApplicationsMewar University · Chittaurgarh, India · 2021
  • Diploma in Computer Science & EngineeringRayat Bahra University · Rupnagar, India · 2017

Recognition

  • Received 5+ Kudos awards for consistent performance, ownership and team support.
  • Received Spot Recognition for contributions to IAM initiatives, including SSO and access-management improvements.
  • Recognized by leadership for resolving critical access issues and supporting reliable IAM operations.
08What's next

The identity-engineering roadmap.

A deliberate learning plan — not completed experience. This is the direction I'm building toward next.

  1. 01

    Control plane

    Move from operating access to designing the conditions on it.

    • Entra Conditional Access
    • PIM
    • Azure RBAC vs Entra roles
    • Zero Trust
  2. 02

    Protocol depth

    Know the tokens well enough to debug them without the console.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • OIDC
    • JWT
    • SAML
    • SCIM
  3. 03

    Automation layer

    Replace repeat clicks with reviewable, auditable code.

    • Microsoft Graph
    • PowerShell automation
    • Python API automation
    • REST APIs
  4. 04

    Governance architecture

    Design lifecycle and certification as a system, not a checklist.

    • JML architecture
    • RBAC vs ABAC
    • Segregation of Duties
    • Access Certification
    • Identity architecture
09Contact

Have a role in mind?

Let's make identity impossible to break.