Nikhil K

Iam Engineer @Western & Southern Financial Group

Experienced IAM Engineer specializing in PingFederate, PingAccess, and Entra ID, with a strong focus on securing enterprise trading and SaaS platforms. Configured high-availability PingFederate clusters, implemented SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect authentication flows, and enforced access and session policies in PingAccess. Integrated MFA, adaptive authentication, and conditional access rules through Entra ID, aligning identity governance and user provisioning across corporate and partner applications. Migrated legacy federation systems, developed custom authentication adapters, and automated onboarding and policy enforcement. Managed clustered environments for peak loads, optimized performance, balanced proxy traffic, and applied fine-grained API and device-based access controls. Collaborated with DevOps teams for seamless deployment, maintained documentation, monitored proxy and session performance, and ensured compliance with audit and governance requirements. Adept at troubleshooting authentication failures, configuring federation trusts, and implementing risk-based login challenges, enabling secure, scalable, and resilient identity solutions.