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Salary: USD 160,000 - 160,000 / annual
1Kosmos BlockID is seeking a Senior Implementation Engineer to lead enterprise deployments of its passwordless authentication and identity verification platform. You will serve as the primary technical lead for end-to-end customer implementations, working across discovery, architecture design, deployment planning, and production rollouts.
Key responsibilities include:
**Customer Implementation & Delivery**: Lead end-to-end deployment for enterprise and public-sector customers. Conduct discovery workshops, architecture reviews, and technical design sessions. Develop implementation plans, migration strategies, and deployment runbooks. Manage multiple simultaneous customer implementations while ensuring delivery excellence.
**SSO & Federation Integration**: Design and implement Single Sign-On integrations using SAML 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), OAuth 2.0, and WS-Federation. Integrate with enterprise Identity Providers including Microsoft Entra ID, PingFederate, Okta, ADFS, ForgeRock, and custom providers. Configure federation trust relationships, claims mappings, authentication policies, and user provisioning workflows. Troubleshoot authentication failures, token issues, and federation-related incidents.
**Passwordless & Identity Verification**: Deploy passwordless authentication solutions utilizing FIDO2, Passkeys, WebAuthn, mobile-based authentication, and certificate-based authentication. Implement identity proofing and verification workflows. Design phishing-resistant authentication architectures aligned with Zero Trust principles. Integrate passwordless authentication into VPNs, VDI environments, and applications.
**Enterprise Infrastructure Integration**: Integrate with Active Directory, LDAP, Microsoft Entra ID, HR systems, SIEM platforms, and MFA solutions. Deploy and support 1Kosmos components across hybrid, multi-cloud, and on-premises environments.
**Automation & Development**: Develop automation scripts and integration tools using Python, PowerShell, and JavaScript. Build and troubleshoot REST API integrations. Create deployment automation and operational tooling.
**Customer Success & Escalation Support**: Act as a trusted technical advisor for customer IAM and authentication initiatives. Mentor customer teams on passwordless authentication adoption. Support escalated technical issues and complex production environments. Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Support, and Customer Success teams. Provide implementation feedback to influence product roadmap.
**Requirements**
- 9+ years of hands-on IAM, SSO, or Federation implementation experience
- 5+ years implementing enterprise authentication and access management solutions
- Experience leading customer-facing technical implementations
- Experience integrating enterprise applications and SaaS platforms using federation standards
- Proven ability to manage complex technical deployments involving multiple stakeholders
- Eligible to work in the United States
**Technical Expertise Required**:
- SAML 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), OAuth 2.0, SCIM
- Active Directory, LDAP
- MFA and Passwordless Authentication
- PKI and Certificate Management
- REST APIs, JSON, XML
**Experience with one or more**:
- Microsoft Entra ID, Ping Identity PingFederate, Okta, ForgeRock, SailPoint, CyberArk
**Programming/Scripting**:
- Python, PowerShell, JavaScript, Bash
