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Join 1Kosmos and help lead the next wave in identity assurance and passwordless innovation.\n1Kosmos is driving the future of identity security, empowering organizations to eliminate passwords and establish trust at every step of the identity lifecycle. As a vibrant team of innovators, we develop advanced authentication solutions trusted by some of the world’s leading brands. Join us as we create a passwordless world and set new standards for digital identity assurance.\nYour Title: Senior Implementation Engineer\nYour Location: Hybrid - Edison, NJ HQ\nYou Report to: VP, Customer Success\nCompensation: $160,000 or more depending upon experience\n1Komos is looking for a Senior Implementation Engineer to join our growing Customer Success team! You'd be the technical lead on deployments that put phishing-resistant authentication into production for some of the largest organizations, designing SSO and federation architecture across Entra ID, Okta, PingFederate, and ForgeRock, and deploying passwordless authentication into VPNs, VDI, and frontline workforce environments. This is hands-on work across protocols, infrastructure, and code, with Python, PowerShell, and JavaScript in play whenever standard configuration isn't enough. 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workflows.\nTroubleshoot authentication failures, token issues, certificate problems, and federation-related incidents.\nPasswordless & Identity Verification\nDeploy passwordless authentication solutions utilizing FIDO2, Passkeys, WebAuthn, mobile-based authentication, and certificate-based authentication.\nImplement identity proofing and verification workflows.\nDesign phishing-resistant authentication architectures aligned with Zero Trust principles.\nIntegrate passwordless authentication into VPNs, VDI environments, workforce applications, and customer-facing applications.\nEnterprise Infrastructure Integration\nIntegrate with Active Directory, LDAP, Microsoft Entra ID, HR systems, SIEM platforms, and MFA solutions.\nDeploy and support 1Kosmos components.\nSupport hybrid, multi-cloud, and on-premises deployment models.\nAutomation & Development\nDevelop automation scripts and integration tools using Python, PowerShell, and JavaScript.\nBuild and troubleshoot REST API 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