Harish Muppalla
Okta Cloud Security Expert | IAM Engineer | 6+ Yrs in SSO, MFA, SCIM, OAuth, OIDC | Identity Lifecycle Automation | Zero Trust | API Access Mgmt | Compliance: SOX, HIPAA, NIST
- Role
- Okta Engineer at Cisco
- Location
- Overland Park, KS, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Harish Muppalla
I’m a results driven IAM Engineer and Cloud Identity Security Expert with over 6 years of…
Experience
Okta Engineer
Sep 2024 — Present · Overland Park, KS, US
Migrated legacy authentication platforms into Okta Identity Cloud for enterprise users, significantly reducing login failures by 32% and accelerating employee onboarding cycles from 3 days down to 6 hours.• Collaborated with compliance, audit, and security risk teams to enforce FedRAMP, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 controls within Okta, streamlining governance processes and improving access certification management.• Configured Okta Identity Engine (OIE) with Adaptive MFA, SCIM, OAuth, SAML, and OIDC federation,strengthening Zero Trust identity security and reducing suspicious login activity across VPN and remote tools.• Automated joiner–mover–leaver lifecycle using Workday integration with Okta Workflows and SCIM,delivering 99.5% provisioning accuracy, saving 400+ IT hours per quarter, and minimizing identity-related delays.• Developed and maintained custom Okta API hooks with attribute-based access control (ABAC), enforcing granular authorization rules for financial applications and improving compliance posture for sensitive reporting systems.• Integrated Okta logs with Splunk and Azure Sentinel for advanced monitoring, cutting incident triage time from two hours to under forty minutes during security investigations.• Designed and implemented a comprehensive Okta security training program for internal teams, enhancing user awareness and reducing support ticket volume related to access issues by 25%, improving overall security posture across the organization.
Education
Saint Louis University
Master's degree
2023 — 2025
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