Ankit Patel
@ankitpatel5
Security-focused software engineer specializing in IAM, secure authentication, and cloud-native backend systems.
What I'm looking for
I’m a Security-focused Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience building scalable backend systems and security platforms. I specialize in Identity & Access Management (IAM), secure authentication, and cloud-native microservices—turning complex security requirements into practical, reliable engineering.
Since Feb 2021, I’ve led IAM and identity platform work as a Member of Technical Staff at Nile Global. I designed and implemented SAML 2.0 Federation SSO integrations with Okta and Microsoft Entra ID for 500+ users across 20+ enterprise tenants, then engineered SCIM 2.0 user lifecycle automation with RBAC/ABAC enforcement—reducing onboarding time by 70% and deprovisioning errors by 90%.
I’ve built secure backend workflows for identity data ingestion, validation, and transformation using REST APIs, including LDAP integrations and JWT-based session management. I also developed a Python-based log analysis and incident triage utility using GPT-4 with LangChain, LangGraph, and Pinecone, reducing mean-time-to-resolve by ~40%, while improving performance with Redis caching and cutting authentication response times by ~30%.
Earlier, I delivered an OpenID Connect Identity Provider for OAuth2/JWT authentication across 15+ enterprise clients (100,000+ monthly requests) and built certificate automation to reduce certificate-related outage risk by ~80%. Across my roles, I’ve consistently paired secure coding with DevSecOps pipelines, feature flag rollouts, and cloud deployments on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Security Engineer (IAM)
Nile Global
Feb 2021 - Present (5 years 4 months)
Led design and implementation of SAML 2.0 federation SSO with Okta and Microsoft Entra ID for 500+ users across 20+ enterprise tenants. Built SCIM 2.0 user lifecycle automation with RBAC/ABAC enforcement, reducing onboarding time by 70% and deprovisioning errors by 90%, and improved MTTR by ~40% via GPT-4-based incident triage.
Senior Software Developer
Unify Technologies
Jun 2020 - Feb 2021 (8 months)
Developed scalable microservices for File Integrity Monitoring, improving detection reliability by ~35% across 10+ enterprise deployments. Built a Windows mini-filter driver to reduce security incident investigation time by ~30% and contributed to an open-source MFA platform used by 5,000+ users.
Software Developer (OIDC)
Nexus Group
Sep 2017 - Jun 2020 (2 years 9 months)
Delivered an OpenID Connect identity provider supporting OAuth2/JWT authentication across 15+ enterprise clients and 100,000+ monthly authentication requests. Automated certificate scanning for 1,000+ IPs/domains to cut certificate-related outage risk by ~80% and migrated services to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), reducing infrastructure costs by ~25% and achieving 99.9% uptime.
Software Developer (NetBackup)
Veritas Technologies LLC
Mar 2017 - Sep 2017 (6 months)
Built CLI and GUI tools to optimize object sizing for NetBackup Cloud, reducing cloud PUT costs by ~20% and improving backup throughput by ~15% across three major enterprise accounts. Integrated AWS S3 and Azure Blob Storage vendors, cutting new vendor onboarding effort by ~40% (from 4 weeks to under 2.5 weeks).
Software Developer (CATIA Tools)
Dassault Systèmes
Mar 2014 - Mar 2017 (3 years)
Developed a Picture Grabber tool to extract real-time CATIA views, reducing manual snapshot creation time by ~60% and saving ~3 hours/week per user. Implemented marker rotation and multi-link annotation features, improving documentation speed by ~40% and reducing review cycles from 5 days to 3 days while delivering 10+ enhancements with zero critical regressions.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra
Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology
2009 - 2013
Earned a B.Tech in Information Technology from NIT Kurukshetra (2009–2013). Coursework covered areas such as network security, cryptography, operating systems, and distributed systems.
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