Deepan Udaiyar
Verified Expert in Engineering
System Administrator and Developer
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Toptal member since September 22, 2023
Deepan is a seasoned IT professional with over seven years of experience in system administration and over three years of experience in Okta administration. He specializes in integrating various cloud-based SaaS applications and automating businesses using Okta workflows. Deepan takes pride in educating business stakeholders about the power and simplicity of Okta.
Portfolio
Experience
- IT Support - 7 years
- Windows - 7 years
- Okta - 3 years
- MacOS - 3 years
- Python 3 - 2 years
- Bash - 2 years
- Jamf Pro - 2 years
- IT Automation - 2 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Okta, Bash Script, Python 3
The most amazing...
...thing I've done was onboarding over 50 users with a custom script, which saved many hours of manual work.
Work Experience
Senior Delivery Consultant
TechDemocracy
- Documented internal processes and best practices and taught the L1 team how to use them.
- Advised the client on ways to improve and streamline the existing Okta process.
- Provided L2 support for Okta-related issues and triaged queues in a timely manner.
IT Support Specialist
Dialpad
- Integrated business-critical applications such as GitHub, Dropbox, Asana, Slack, and Lucidchart with Okta.
- Automated application assignments in Okta using attribute-based smart groups.
- Proposed and implemented attribute sourcing from BambooHR to Okta and pushed it to other SaaS solutions.
- Managed offboarding and daily tasks such as password resets and two-factor authentication (2FA) leveraging Okta API.
- Automated the archiving and deleting of user accounts processes in Google Workspace using Okta workflows.
- Provided a Bash script solution for company-wide signature management and successfully ended the reliance on 3rd-party solutions such as Sigstr.
- Created a custom-designed doorbell using Raspberry Pi for a convenient entrance for employees.
- Earned three levels of Okta certifications—Professional, Administrator, and Consultant—in less than a month.
Experience
Automation of IT Processes
https://github.com/CodeToOvercome/IT-AutomationEducation
Course in Programming with Python
Langara College - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Post-secondary Diploma in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Centennial College - Toronto, ON, Canada
Certifications
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
HashiCorp
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services Training and Certification
Okta Certified Consultant
Okta
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Pandas
Tools
Slack, GitHub, Jamf Pro, Terraform
Languages
Python 3, Bash, Bash Script
Platforms
Linux, Azure, AWS IoT, Android, MacOS, Windows
Other
IT Support, Okta, APIs, IT Networking, IT Automation, Jamf
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