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The Global Security Organization provides industry-leading cyber-security and business protection services to TikTok globally. Our organization employs four principles that guide our strategic and tactical operations. Firstly, we Champion Transparency & Trust by leading the charge in organizational transparency, prioritizing customer trust, and placing user needs first. Secondly, we aim to maintain Best in Class Global Security by proactively identifying and reducing risks while enabling innovative product development. We constantly work towards a sustainable world-class security capability. Thirdly, we strive to be a Business Catalyst & Enabler by embodying the DNA of technical innovation and ensuring our Global Security operations are fast and agile. Finally, we Drive Empowered & Risk-Informed Decision Making by providing our leaders with the necessary information to make agile decisions based on risk. In order to enhance collaboration and cross-functional partnerships, our organization follows a hybrid work schedule that requires employees to work in the office 3 days a week, as directed by their manager. We regularly review our hybrid work model, and the specific requirements may change at any time.
Security Tools Operations and Validation team's responsibilities include designing and implementing IT security solutions that address the organization's needs, assessing risks and vulnerabilities, and developing strategies to mitigate them, validation of security technical controls.

The role will be responsible for architecture design and optimization, red team validation, metric operation for TikTok Secure SDLC. This role will use his solid experience in cybersecurity and architecture to implement the deep cyber defense technology for TikTok. Finding and fixing current GAPs in Secure SDLC is another important role. This role needs to be sharp about GAPs in current Secure SDLC, leading a team to find the GAPs on coverage, MTTD/MTTR etc. This role will lead the team to push cross functional teams fixing issues of Secure SDLC. This role will lead cross functional teams to implement best practice of Secure SDLC in the company. This role will be responsible for TikTok's maturity in Secure SDLC domain.

Responsibilities
- Threat modeling for TikTok
- Design and implement Secure SDLC's best practice in TikTok
- Validation of Secure SDLC security controls
- Leading Secure SDLC operation on metrics, optimization, incident response etc, driving metric improvement. In charge of Secure SDLC's maturity measurement, and status reporting
- Define and enforce secure architecture standards and patterns to prevent common security issues, pushing implementation in product and developers
- Being the overall stakeholder of TikTok Secure SDLC, responsible for fixing the gaps in Secure SDLC, including insufficient tech abilities, insufficient resources, unreasonable processes etc.
- Embrace new technology to increase Secure SDLC's efficiency, like AI related tech
- Being the team lead, developing the team, coaching the team members
- Building senior management awareness of Secure SDLC status

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
1. Strong understanding of Secure SDLC with best practice in industry
2. Strong data analysis ability, can use vulnerability data to find out potential risk trends. Sensitive to the abnormal in data
3. Strong experience in Cybersecurity technologies, including penetration tests, security assessment, familiar with SAST, DAST, SCA security tools etc
4. Deep understanding of security architecture, having successful experience of implementing end to end security architecture.
5. Solid knowledge about modern internet company architecture and development stack
6. Having experience to threat modeling of complicated business
Preferred Qualifications
1. A bachelor's (master's preferred) degree in computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, or a related field is usually required.
2. Excellent team-working skills are needed. Previous successful working experience through different time zones 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/cdpT2

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $147200 - $269800 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.