Summary
Sumana Malkapuram is a Senior Security Engineer with eight years focused on identity and access management and a broader 15+ year technical career across enterprise and cloud platforms. Currently at Netflix after a series of senior architect roles at Auth0, she designs and operationalizes identity-first security architectures that scale for large consumer and enterprise environments. Her background includes hands-on IAM implementation and leadership at NetApp, Oracle, IBM and Wipro, giving her deep experience bridging product, consulting and platform security. A published author and speaker, she translates complex compliance and threat model requirements into practical, auditable solutions and runbooks. Based in Apex, North Carolina, she brings a practitioner’s mindset to architecting secure developer and customer authentication flows, often spotting operational pitfalls before they surface. Colleagues rely on her blend of field-tested IAM engineering and clear technical communication to move security projects from proof-of-concept into production.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad