Meresh Mohan Rao
Melbourne,Australia
Summary
Dynamic Lead Consultant at Capgemini Australia, specializing in IAM and PAM solutions. Achieved 99.9% uptime and reduced identity incidents by 25% through strategic automation and compliance enhancements. Proficient in CyberArk and ForgeRock, with a strong focus on stakeholder engagement and risk management, driving significant operational improvements and audit readiness. Attentive lead consultant proudly offering several years leveraging deep knowledge to advise business leaders. Enterprising and passionate with exemplary skills in building lucrative partnerships. Professional attitude and energetic drive to maintain motivation and smoothly manage activities to delivery.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Consultant
Capgemini Australia Pty Ltd
Melbourne, Australia
02.2020 - Current
- Led IAM program for a Tier-1 Australian bank, retails, steel industrial, delivering secure authentication, PAM, and compliance uplift for 50,000+ workforce identities.
- Optimised Active Directory & Entra ID, achieving 99.9% uptime and reducing identity-related incidents by 25%.
- Deployed CyberArk PAS and ForgeRock IAM, enabling privileged access governance and SSO federation across hybrid cloud.
- Managed and optimized Active Directory (AD) and Microsoft Entra ID, ensuring high availability, seamless integrations, and driving continuous service improvements that enhanced uptime and reduced operational incidents.
- Automated SCIM-based provisioning with ForgeRock IDM, SailPoint, and Entra ID, cutting onboarding times by 40% and reducing manual errors by 60%.
- Strengthened compliance with ISO 27001, and Essential Eight, enabling full audit readiness.
- Directed identity problem management and risk mitigation, identifying root causes of access issues and implementing permanent solutions that improved service reliability.
- Integrated IAM logs into Splunk/Sentinel SOC, reducing incident response time by 35%.
- Successfully completed upgradation
Consultant
Capgemini
Melbourne, Australia
07.2017 - 02.2020
- Onboarded 1,000+ accounts and applications using policy-driven provisioning, reducing manual workload by 40%.
- Enhanced monitoring by feeding IAM logs into SIEM platforms (Splunk, Sentinel), enabling real-time identity threat detection.
- Delivered stakeholder training on secure access policies and identity lifecycle management, aligned to ISO 27001.
- Provided daily PAM operational support for AD, Entra ID, and CyberArk environments.
- Designed and configured Saviynt IGA modules: provisioning, access requests, access certification, and role-based access.
- Developed custom workflows, rulesets, and connectors to automate user provisioning.
- Integrated Saviynt with Active Directory, Entra ID, and CyberArk, enabling seamless lifecycle automation.
- Automated compliance and audit reporting, reducing manual reporting by 40%.
Security Analyst
Rockwell Automation (IBM Client)
Bangalore, India
03.2017 - 07.2017
- Secured access for critical OT/IT systems by implementing RBAC and MFA policies for 2,000+ workforce identities.
- Enabled seamless SSO federation with ForgeRock AM and AD, reducing password fatigue.
- Coordinated MFA rollout, improving account security and reducing identity-related incidents by 30%.
Security Analyst
Happiest Minds Technologies
Bangalore, India
01.2016 - 03.2017
- Deployed CyberArk Vault and ForgeRock AM/IDM/IG, enabling privileged access management and identity federation for enterprise clients.
- Implemented SCIM connectors for automated user lifecycle management across SaaS/on-prem systems.
- Configured OAuth2/OIDC federation in ForgeRock AM, improving application integration and reducing password sprawl.
- Supported regulatory compliance (SOX, ISO 27001) by assisting in audit preparation and governance reporting.
- Piloted IAM containerisation with CD/CI to demonstrate scalability for enterprise deployments.
- Developed and customized SailPoint IdentityIQ connectors, rules, and workflows (Beanshell/Java).
- Built attribute transformation logic and provisioning policies.
- Integrated SailPoint with HR systems, AD, Azure AD, and SaaS applications.
- Implemented access review campaigns, SoD checks, and policy violation handling.
- Partnered with compliance teams to align IdentityIQ with governance frameworks.
Analyst
Infinite Computer Solutions
India, India
04.2015 - 12.2015
- Delivered L1/L2 IAM operational support for AD, Entra ID, and CyberArk environments, ensuring service availability.
- Automated credential lifecycle processes, reducing password reset incidents by 25%.
- Supported privileged account incident management, resolving issues within SLA timelines.
- Planning, Deployment and Administration of CyberArk PIM Solution.
- Performing quarterly activity like DR drill and BCP use cases.
- Worked with CyberArk Vendor support to troubleshoot and resolve the technical problem related to CyberArk PIM environment.
- Assist in the ongoing design and engineering of the Cyber-Ark solution version 9.10 and on boarding including identity management, policy management, inventory management and security logging and monitoring of platforms to that solution.
- Analyze new request in operation related to privileged access of servers, database and network devices to manage policies of CyberArk.
- Integrated various platforms with CyberArk such as Windows & UNIX servers, Database & Network Devices.
- Managing integration of PIM Solution with SIEM & MFA.
- Handling the Compliance management & Audit requirements.
- Manage CyberArk operations and resolving issues on priority.
- Supported on Connection component provisioning as per requirements and testing for transparent connection.
Education
Bachelor of Computer Science -
01.2013
Diploma in Electronics & Communication -
01.2008
Skills
- IAM/PAM Platforms: CyberArk PAS, ForgeRock IGA Ping Identity, saviynt
- Privileged access management
- Identity management
- Authentication & Federation: SSO, SAML, OAuth2/OIDC, Adaptive MFA, RSA SecurID
- Identity Life-cycle & Provisioning: SCIM connectors, JIT Provisioning, RBAC, Access Certification
- DevOps & Automation: CI/CD using AIM, and PowerShell Scripting
- Directory Services: Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, LDAP
- Security Operations: SIEM (Splunk, Sentinel), Microsoft Defender, SOC Collaboration
- Compliance & Governance: ISO 27001, Essential Eight, SOX, Audit Reporting
- Frameworks: Zero Trust, Risk & Compliance Management, DR/BCP
Certification
- CyberArk PAS Administrator
- CyberArk Trustee Certificate
- CyberArk Advanced Training
- ForgeRock IAM Training
- RSA SecurID Administration Training
- Professional Communication & Presentation Skills
Personal Information
Visa Status: Australian PR
Timeline
Lead Consultant
Capgemini Australia Pty Ltd
02.2020 - Current
Consultant
Capgemini
07.2017 - 02.2020
Security Analyst
Rockwell Automation (IBM Client)
03.2017 - 07.2017
Security Analyst
Happiest Minds Technologies
01.2016 - 03.2017
Analyst
Infinite Computer Solutions
04.2015 - 12.2015