Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
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Team Intro
As a direct report to the Principal Lead, US Data, Identity and Access Management (DIAM) within TikTok USDS, you will be working to support the TikTok USDSs Identity workstream. The Data, Identity and Access management (DIAM) team within TikTok's Global Security Organization is responsible for engineering, deploying, testing and monitoring our global infrastructure footprint to validate data inventory, access and protection across our vast infrastructure of data centers, SaaS and IaaS. Identity and Access management team will be responsible for how users within an organization are given an identity - and how it is protected.

In your capacity as a key contributor you are part of a team that manages the security of TikTok data through identity management processes and controls across the entire data lifecycle, from creation to destruction. This will include developing the process for granting and removing access based on the principles of least privilege and need to how to manage access to data. You and the team will oversee policies and procedures for managing access based on enterprise policy and other international regulatory requirements (e.g., data residency), and your team will ingest organizational policies to create enforcement mechanisms.

The candidate must be skilled in conducting technical analysis of access policies, rules, and permissions as well as evaluating appropriateness of effective access. The candidate will develop, select, and motivate highly effective employees to execute TikTok's business model.

Responsibilities
- Define strategy for the execution of Identity and Access Management program
- Onboard application to the IAM tool and support access management and assurance needs
- Build and review technical and functional requirements for in-house or external technologies
- Design and implement access management and assurance programs (people, process, and technology) to mitigate security threats and risks related to access that may impact business data through a holistic global program-oriented approach
- Develop and maintain identity residency and identity access requirements and controls as necessitated by business needs and regulations
- Design and implement the identity review process, ensuring that identities and access is reviewed regularly both for appropriateness of access as well as privilege levels for all users
- Guide the team in developing use cases and integrating access management technologies with related cybersecurity technologies (e.g., security incident and event management, data classification, vulnerability management)
- Develop and maintain policies and procedures that support identity management (e.g., access assurance, access monitoring and reporting, authentication requirements)
- Implement and enforce mechanism to proactively monitor, respond and report on inappropriate data access events

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors' Degree or industry equivalent work experience in identity and access management, security architecture, and/or engineering in a converged security program
- 5+ years applicable experience
- Demonstrate ability to quickly assimilate to new knowledge and remain current on new developments in access management tools and capabilities and industry knowledge
- In-depth experience in designing and deploying access management technologies and controls in enterprise-class organizations, including the following:
- Access management on Windows and Linux operating systems
- Access monitoring, remediation, and escalation
- Role and policy-based access controls to enforce the principle of least privilege
- Configuration of access permissions and roles, provisioning, modifying, and de-provisioning account access
- Strong understanding of:
- Access management tools, processes, and procedures
- User access administration, role and policy-based access controls, including identity management, provisioning and de-provisioning access
- Azure, Azure AD
- Privileged access management (PAM) tools, CyberArk
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) tools, SailPoint

Preferred Qualifications:
- CISSP, SSCP, CAP, CCSP, CISM or applicable experience in the Information Security field
- Familiarity with securing identity across SaaS and IaaS cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud Platform)
- Be able to deliver both detailed technical reports to enable access remediation and business friendly reports to demonstrate progress and track risk
- Be able to handle ambiguity and collaborate with a global team
- Be comfortable communicating with business executives and technical teams
- SailPoint experience is a plus

D&I Statement
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.

Data Security Statement
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.

Acknowledgement of Country
In the spirit of reconciliation, TikTok acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $118800 - $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.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

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.