About USDS
At TikTok, we're committed to a process of continuous innovation and improvement in our user experience and safety controls. We're proud to be able to serve a global community of more than a billion people who use TikTok to creatively express themselves and be entertained, and we're dedicated to giving them a platform that builds opportunity and fosters connection. We also take our responsibility to safeguard our community seriously, both in how we address potentially harmful content and how we protect against unauthorized access to user data. U.S. Data Security ("USDS") is a standalone entity of TikTok in the U.S. This new security-first division was created to bring heightened focus and governance to our data protection policies and content assurance protocols to keep U.S. users safe. Our focus is on providing oversight and protection of the TikTok platform and user data in the U.S., so millions of Americans can continue turning to TikTok to learn something new, earn a living, express themselves creatively, or be entertained. The teams within USDS that deliver on this commitment daily span Trust & Safety, Security & Privacy, Engineering, User & Product Ops, Corporate Functions and more.

Team Intro
The Access Assurance vertical within USDS Data Defense and Access Assurance (DDAA) Team is responsible for designing and maintaining an access management program with a mission to enforce the principle of least privilege. We strive to establish secure and compliant processes around provisioning, deprovisioning and governance of access to USDS data and infrastructure proactively identifying and reducing risks.

Job Overview:
As an Access Assurance Engineer, you will be part of the team responsible for Access Assurance within TikTok USDS. You will be responsible for supporting the team along with a team of cross-functional cyber, privacy, engineering, and data protection analysts to define, implement, manage, and measure controls to protect data in accordance with USDS policies and standards relevant to geographical regulations, contractual commitments, and confidentiality requirements. The Access Assurance Engineer will play a pivotal role in operationalization of access management programs in USDS.

Responsibilities:
- Design access management program that addresses data residency and fine-grained role-based access requirements and controls as necessitated by business need and regulations
- Assist in the development and implementation of Access governance frameworks, policies, and procedures.
- Build and review technical and functional requirements for in-house or external technologies to support access management and assurance needs, including applying appropriate security measures
- Operationalize access management workflows to improve efficiency
- Support periodic reviews of access to USDS data and systems
- Drive remediation of non-compliant access in a timely fashion
- Implement and enforce mechanisms to proactively monitor, respond and report on inappropriate data access events
- Work with other information security teams to classify and categorize data based on sensitivity and compliance requirements
- Support interactions with Risk and Compliance to understand control requirements and provide information to support findings for non-compliance with internal security policies
- Responsible for designing and reporting key metrics and visualizations for weekly, monthly and bimonthly cadences across multiple audiences
- Participate in security reviews to ensure compliance with access governance policies.
- Foster a principle of least privilege for access management
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure alignment of access governance initiatives with organizational goals.

Qualifications

Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., Information Management, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Cyber Security)
- 5+ years of experience in identity and access management or access governance
- 5+ years of experience working with IAM tools and strong knowledge of Access management concepts (RBAC, PAM, Access Reviews, SOD, LCM, provisioning and deprovisioning of Access)
- Experience in designing/deploying Access management solutions
- Experience analysing large data sets across multiple database types (e.g., MySQL, Hive, Redis etc) leveraging SQL etc
- Experience with industry frameworks, standards and regulations (e.g. ISO, NIST)
- Ability to write scripts, develop automations, configure tools, work with APIs and databases
- Proficient in at least one software programming language ( Python,Java,Ruby etc)
- Demonstrate ability to quickly assimilate to new knowledge and remain current on new developments in cybersecurity capabilities and industry knowledge
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff
- Strong communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Familiar with Cloud-based technology deployments

Preferred Skills:
- Strong understanding of technology environments and various databases
- Experience working with technology partners to validate data-related problems
- Experience working with Microservices architecture
- Experience in automating access management workflows to reduce operational overhead
- Experience with risk and controls frameworks including (ISO 27001, NIST CSF, NIST RMF, FAIR, COBIT, NIST RMF, ISO 31000 etc.) is a plus

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/ktJP6

This role requires the ability to work with and support systems designed to protect sensitive data and information. As such, this role will be subject to strict national security-related screening.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $98800 - $196000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees:

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care.

Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability.

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.