About
I build enterprise Identity Governance (IGA) and Privileged Access Management (PAM) capabilities end to end — from Java and Spring Boot REST APIs on the backend through to the React and Angular screens that identity administrators actually use. Over 2.5 years at Cross Identity I have worked across the full identity lifecycle: automating Joiner-Mover-Leaver provisioning and deprovisioning into Active Directory, LDAP and SaaS targets; implementing Single Sign-On with SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect alongside MFA and Certificate-Based Authentication; and supporting RBAC, role mining, Segregation of Duties and access certification campaigns with approval, delegation and revoke workflows. What I most recently shipped: the Identity Service Build 2.0 release — 21 REST endpoints covering identity CRUD, source import, attribute mapping, correlation and activity tracking, with paginated search and audit logging throughout. It went out ahead of schedule with zero post-release critical defects and earned a Spot Award. Day to day I also do the unglamorous work that keeps an identity platform trustworthy: root cause analysis on recurring production issues, SQL query tuning across Oracle, MySQL and MongoDB, remediation of VAPT and code-review security findings, unit tests and peer reviews — all inside an Agile/Scrum delivery cycle with QA, support and product. Core areas - IAM & Security: IGA, PAM, User Lifecycle Management, RBAC, role mining, access certification, SoD, least privilege, OWASP Top 10 - Protocols: SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SCIM, LDAP/LDAPS, Kerberos, JWT, MFA, CBA, TLS/SSL, X.509 - Backend: Java 8/11/17, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, REST APIs, Microservices - Frontend: React, Angular, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 - Data: SQL, Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB — schema design, stored procedures, indexing, query optimization - Directories & Platforms: Microsoft Active Directory, OpenLDAP, Azure AD / Entra ID, Cross Identity IGA Suite Currently deepening OAuth 2.0 / OIDC security patterns, OWASP secure coding and Active Directory administration. Open to conversations about IAM engineering, identity platform work and backend roles. ckniriksha@gmail.com
Work experience
Software Engineer- L1 at Cross Identity, Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Joined the product engineering team and grew from onboarding into independent feature delivery on the Cross Identity IGA platform. • Built REST APIs and backend modules in Java, Spring Boot and Spring Data JPA against MySQL. • Learned and applied core IAM concepts in production code — user lifecycle management, authentication and authorization, RBAC and least privilege. • Developed front-end screens in React and Angular and wired them to backend services. • Investigated and fixed customer-reported defects, working through application logs and SQL to isolate root causes. • Wrote unit tests and technical documentation, and participated in peer code reviews.
Software Trainee at Cross Identity, Apr 2024 - Mar 2025 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
AWS Cloud Computing Hybrid Internship at HAL, Inspired from biological neural network to implement an artificial neural network helps in decision making and recognition.
