ENGINEER

Manny Flores

Senior Systems Engineer

I run the identity and corporate apps infrastructure at Robinhood: Okta, GCP, Google Workspace. Lately my focus has been identity and access management: making AI tooling adoptable across the company without losing control of who can do what.

RobinhoodCorporate Apps InfraSF Bay Area
Portrait of Manny Flores
CHAPTER 01 · STACK

Stack.

Identity & Access Management

I own the identity stack: how people get in, what they can touch, and how access ends when they leave.

  • Okta administration, SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OIDC integrations
  • SCIM provisioning and user lifecycle automation
  • Zero Trust architecture and RBAC policy design
  • SOX compliance and IAM roadmap ownership

AI-Powered Identity Automation

Building the identity layer that lets enterprise AI tools work: bridging Okta auth to apps that don't support direct OAuth, and handling the lifecycle edge cases SCIM can't reach.

  • Okta MCP integrations enabling enterprise AI tool adoption
  • LLM access governance for enterprise AI tools
  • Lifecycle edge cases beyond SCIM's reach
  • Self-healing identity workflows

Automation & Integration Engineering

Removing repetitive ops work with scripts and integrations built to hold up over time.

  • Okta Workflows for identity lifecycle events
  • Python and Bash scripting for system automation
  • API integrations across SaaS, ITSM, and HRIS platforms
  • Terraform for infrastructure-as-code

Corporate Applications Infrastructure

I own the core infrastructure layer the company depends on to build and ship: Okta, GCP, and Google Workspace.

  • Okta administration and Terraform-based IaC for identity
  • GCP governance aligned to company AI workloads and sprawl prevention
  • Google Workspace security hardening and administration
  • Technical review authorship for identity changes
  • Lifecycle governance and tech debt execution
TOOLS
Identity & Access
Okta OIESAML 2.0OAuth 2.0OIDCSCIMRBACZero Trust
Automation & IaC
PythonBashOkta WorkflowsTerraformGCP IAMAPIs & Integrations
Corp Apps Infra
GCPGoogle WorkspaceOktaSlackJiraWorkday
AI & Governance
MCPAI OrchestrationLLM Access ControlsSprawl PreventionOIGABAC
CHAPTER 02 · CURRENT FOCUS

In the making.

Building

Terraform Okta: Identity as Code

Moving Okta config from clicks to Terraform. Config drift disappears, changes get reviewed like code, and policy stays consistent across the tenant.

OktaTerraformIaCIdentity InfrastructureCorp Apps
Building

Secure GCP for AI Workloads

Building the GCP foundation that lets engineers ship AI-assisted tools to production safely. Terraform-managed IAM, project structure, and access controls, so teams move from local prototypes to hosted services without creating sprawl.

GCPTerraformIAMAI EnablementSprawl Prevention
Building

Google Workspace Security Hardening

Tightening Google Workspace: access policies, DLP, third-party OAuth, audit coverage. The attack surface gets bigger every time someone installs a new AI tool, and that's the part I'm watching.

Google WorkspaceDLPOAuth GovernanceSecurityCorp Apps
CHAPTER 03 · SCOPE

Stewardship.

I own the identity, cloud, and collaboration stack that the company runs on at Robinhood. The mandate: harden the foundation, make AI tooling adoptable, and keep things from sprawling.

01

Okta Identity Infrastructure

IAM ownership, Terraform-driven config, lifecycle automation

02

GCP Governance

Company cloud access, AI workload hosting, sprawl prevention

03

Google Workspace

DLP, OAuth governance, access policies, Workspace administration

04

Technical Leadership

Lifecycle governance, technical review authorship, tech debt cleanup