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IAM Consultant | Entra ID | CIAM | Purview | SailPoint IIQ | PG in Cyber Security

About

Cyber Security Consultant at Deloitte with 5 years of experience spanning IAM advisory, identity risk program design, and hands-on implementation across financial services and healthcare. I've managed engagements where advisory and execution meet — including a cross-geo MFA Strategy project for a UK FS client (6 products evaluated, 45 requirements, stakeholder sign-off on Microsoft Entra ID) and an enterprise-wide Authentication Controls Assessment that became a repeatable Deloitte advisory offering. On the implementation side, I've delivered Okta-based IAM for 5,000+ users, configured SCIM provisioning from SailPoint, and designed Conditional Access policies aligned to Zero Trust principles. Core skills: IAM Advisory · Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) · Okta · SailPoint IIQ · PingOne · MFA Strategy · Conditional Access · PAM · RBAC · NIST CSF · ISO 27001 · SOC 2 · GDPR · Splunk · Microsoft Sentinel · MITRE ATT&CK. Recognised with Spot Awards (2022, 2023) and an Applause Award (2024). PG in Cybersecurity — Great Lakes (GPA 4.33/4.33). Fluent in English, Telugu, and Hindi. Open to: Cyber Security Consultant · IAM Advisory · IAM Engineering · Cloud IAM · Identity Program Management — Hyderabad, Bengaluru, or remote.

Location

Hyderabad

AI stack

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Work experience

Cyber Security Consultant at Deloitte, Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 5 mos, Cyber Risk Assessment and Governance • Contributed to building an enterprise authentication controls risk assessment program from the ground up as part of the core team, no existing template to work from. Helped shape the control testing approach and suggested evidence requirements for specific controls, including proposing automation through Archer. It is now a repeatable offering at Deloitte. • Tested authentication controls for effectiveness across client environments, reviewed Splunk telemetry and ECDB evidence, flagged weaknesses, and presented risk-rated findings and mitigation recommendations directly to CISOs and technology owners. • Assessed authentication control gaps for likelihood and business impact, then tracked remediation to closure through structured risk and issue logs mapped to NIST CSF and ISO 27001. Tooling and Automation • Independently designed and built the Authentication Controls Crosswalk tool, mapping 20 controls across 7 frameworks with status tracking, maturity scoring, and auto-generated gap reports. Automated with VBA and Power Query, deployed on SharePoint, with AI tools used to help build the automation layer. • Kept remediation moving across application owners, IT, and compliance teams using JIRA, tracking every item through to closure ahead of audit cycles. Identity Governance and Stakeholder Work • Delivering an ongoing SailPoint IGA engagement, techno-functional work covering role access validation, access certification, and entitlement management for the client's access governance program. • Contributed to the vendor evaluation on an MFA strategy engagement for a UK financial services client, part of a cross-geo team (India delivery, UK Director and Manager stakeholders) that scored 6 vendors against 45 requirements, and helped present rationale that shifted the client's decision toward the evidence-backed recommendation.

Business Analyst Quality Assurance at Deloitte, Jan 2021 - May 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Hyderabad, • Tracked and triaged defects across UI, functionality, UAT, SIT, and production through JIRA, keeping issues visible from identification through resolution. • Maintained evidence and sign-off documentation for a Salesforce-based patient outreach platform across 50+ agile sprints, in a HIPAA-compliant environment handling PII and PHI.

Education

Postgraduate Degree, Cyber Security, Great learning

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Andhra university