What are the responsibilities and job description for the CIAM Threat Engineer position at Visionary Innovative Technology Solutions LLC?
Position: CIAM Threat Engineer
Location: Jersey City, NJ (Hybrid)
Duration: 6 Month
Job Description:
Notes:
1. Alternates for ThreatMetrix (Digital Identity & Risk)
ThreatMetrix is primarily used for Digital Identity Intelligence and Device Fingerprinting. Look for candidates with experience in:
- Direct Competitors: * BioCatch: (Behavioral Biometrics) – Very high overlap in skill set.
- TransUnion TruValidate (formerly Iovation): The most direct "functional twin" to TMX.
- LexisNexis Risk Solutions: Since they own TMX, candidates from other LexisNexis departments often have transferable knowledge.
- Sift (Sift Science): Popular in tech-forward and e-commerce companies for "Account Integrity."
- Key Skill Keywords:
- Device Fingerprinting / Device ID
- Behavioral Biometrics (Typing cadence, mouse movements)
- Identity Trust Networks
- Fraud Risk Scoring (Building rulesets/policies for transaction risk)
2. Alternates for Arkose Labs (Bot Defense & Mitigation)
Arkose is unique because of its "adaptive challenge" (gamified CAPTCHA) and bot mitigation. Look for candidates with experience in:
- Direct Competitors:
- HUMAN (formerly PerimeterX): Their "Bot Defender" is the primary market rival.
- DataDome: Highly technical bot protection often found in DevOps/SRE-heavy environments.
- F5 Distributed Cloud (formerly Shape Security): The enterprise "gold standard" for bot defense.
- Akamai Bot Manager / Cloudflare Bot Management: Candidates coming from a CDN background often have excellent bot-mitigation logic.
- Key Skill Keywords:
- Credential Stuffing Prevention
- API Security & Protection
- Anti-Scraping / Anti-Automation
- WAF (Web Application Firewall) – Specifically experts in managing WAF bot rules.