Responsibilities

Team Introduction: The mission of TikTok's Global Security Organization is to build and earn trust by reducing risk and securing our businesses and products. Also known as "GSO", this team is the foundation of our efforts to keep TikTok safe, secure, and operating at scale for over 1 billion people around the world. We work to ensure that the TikTok platform is safe and secure, that our users' experience and their data remains safe from external or internal threats, and that we comply with global regulations wherever TikTok operates. Trust is one of TikTok's biggest initiatives, and security is integral to our success. In whatever ways users interact with us — whether they're watching videos on their For You page, interacting with a Live video, or buying products on TikTok Shop — GSO protects their data and privacy, so they can have a secure and trustworthy experience. Responsibilities - Monitor and analyze emerging cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits relevant to our infrastructure and products. - Research new methods and technologies to detect cyber threats, identify signals, and design data-driven approaches that use these signals to identify security threats and security breaches. - Bring insight into all aspects of modern security issues to our products and rapidly developing prototypes for mitigations. - Collaborate with cross-functional software engineering teams in developing products and services for delivering security assurance. - Create and maintain use cases for intelligence monitoring, develop and deliver high-quality written products and oral intelligence briefings - Identify and assess emerging risks, including analysis of deep and dark web data - Apply cutting-edge AI technologies/Machine Learning (ML) to develop innovative AI solutions for security.

Qualifications

Minimum qualification: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other relevant majors. - Passion and extremely self-motivated about security research, especially to discover real-world security problems, and addressing in-the-wild security threats. Deep understanding of vulnerability analysis and discovery as well as exploitation process and techniques. - Knowledge of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs), cyber threats, and vulnerability mitigation strategies. - Experience with Vulnerability Research - Research experience in two or more of the following: threat intelligence, IAM, key management systems, data security, application security, web application and browser security, security protocols, operating system internals and hardening (e.g., Windows, Linux, OS X, Android), network security, vulnerability management, penetration testing, or applied cryptographic concepts. Preferred Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a technical field (or equivalent work experience in related field - Professional certifications in Cybersecurity (OSCP, GCIH, GREM, GNFA or other relevant certifications) - Experience in working and investigating incidents in Cloud environments (e.g. AWS, GCP) - Familiarity with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes - Familiarity with OSINT tools such as Liferaft, Skopenow, Flashpoint, TLOxp, LexisNexus, etc - Experience working with strategic, tactical, technical, and operational threat intelligence - A strong background in data science, AI, machine learning, and deep learning. Experience in applying AI technology to security domain is highly preferred.

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