Responsibilities

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

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.

Join us.

Team Introduction

The Global Security Organization provides industry-leading cybersecurity 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.

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 leading the design, architecture design and implementation of our state to the art Security Tech Validation Framework. And setup the technical supporting team including product team, development team, domain validation teams, validation operation teams etc. The validation framework and validation in security domains will provide solid platform support to GSO's maturity measurement effort. And by implementing the validation of different security domains, the role will make sure the security requirements by GSO are implemented in all of TikTok's business.

Responsibilities

- Architect, design, and implement open and scalable security validation frameworks to automate security testing, validation, and reporting processes

- Implement security validation in different security domains, including network security, cloud security, endpoint security, Secure SDLC, Identity and authentication etc.

- Design and implement domain specific validation infrastructure and utilities

- Prioritize the target validation domains, working with a cross function team

- Setup the supporting teams for technical control validation, including operation team, SRE team etc

- Working with inside/outside service providers to find solution with the best ROI

- Setup validation strategy according to stakeholder's requirements

- Make the SLA of validation framework and implement

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

1. A bachelor's (master's preferred) degree in computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, or a related field is usually required.

2. Strong experience with security automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium, Ansible, Jenkins, Chef, Puppet).

3. Strong product or development experience in security testing tools (SAST, DAST, IAST, RASP, WAF, HIDS etc).

4. Strong understanding of Secure SDLC with best practice in industry

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Proficiency in at least two programming languages: Python, Java, Go, Bash, C/C++, shell; Having excellent debugging skills

2. Good knowledge of BAS(Breach As a Service) like frameworks

3. Broad knowledge of all security domains

4. 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.