Vinay Kumar Gangineni

Okta Engineer @Capital One

KS, US

Deployed Okta Identity Engine (OIE) with Universal Directory, SSO, and MFA for 15+ high-risk financial applications, ensuring consistent authentication flows across retail, credit card, and workforce platforms; reduced login errors by 27%.• Automated user provisioning and deprovisioning across Workday, Active Directory, and Azure AD using Okta Workflows; onboarding time dropped from 3 business days to under 6 hours, covering accounts.• Integrated SCIM 2.0 and SAML/OIDC federation with 40+ SaaS platforms including Salesforce, ServiceNow, and internal banking applications; achieved 100% compliance with Capital One’s security and access governance guidelines.• Applied Adaptive MFA and Risk-Based Authentication for 12M+ customers, reducing account takeover attempts by 34% year-over-year while keeping session abandon rates under 2%.• Partnered with Cybersecurity Risk teams to align identity policies with SOX, NIST 800-53, and ISO 27001 frameworks; produced quarterly audit reports with 98% entitlement validation on first submission.• Developed Python and PowerShell automation to validate token expiration, API gateway authentication, and inline hook executions; reduced IAM testing effort by 20% per sprint.• Configured Okta App Proxy for legacy on-premises banking applications, enabling secure remote access without VPN and eliminating outdated perimeter dependencies.• Monitored identity events in Splunk and Cortex XSOAR, triaging an average of 400+ anomalies per month; escalated critical issues within SLA of 30 minutes.