Cloud Security & Infrastructure Lead - USDS

Mountain View, California, United States

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About TikTok U.S. Data Security
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. U.S. Data Security (“USDS”) is a subsidiary 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 U.S. user data, 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 across Trust & Safety, Security & Privacy, Engineering, User & Product Ops, Corporate Functions and more.

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 Intro
This role is a part of Cloud Security within the Security Tools Operations team. As a Cloud Security Operations Specialist Lead, you will be leading a team that manages the design, engineering, and deployment of tools and technologies to monitor our global cloud infrastructure footprint. These tools help validate asset inventory, ensure proper access, and detect/prevent cloud-based misconfigurations and vulnerabilities. You will also assist our network and endpoint security teams in consistently applying our security tooling like CWPP, WAF, Anti-DDOS, and IDS technologies to ensure our public cloud environments remain secure. Lastly, you will serve as a cloud SME, performing architecture design reviews, training sessions, and ad-hoc support during investigations and projects while working with our vulnerability management, incident response, GRC, and other XFN teams within GSO and the broader TikTok organization.

The candidate must be skilled in assessing current state of various cloud environments against industry best practices, identifying functional and technical requirements for cloud security tooling, implementing cloud-native and third party security solutions in a multi-cloud environment, and conducting analysis on cloud related threats, incidents and other general security-related issues. The candidate must also have the ability to communicate well, participate in coordinating response and defensive actions over a variety of security disciplines, and disseminate security information as appropriate in support of TikTok's critical business, go to market, and operational infrastructure needs.

In order to enhance collaboration and cross-functional partnerships, among other things, at this time, our organization follows a hybrid work schedule that requires employees to work in the office 3 days a week, or as directed by their manager/department. We regularly review our hybrid work model, and the specific requirements may change at any time.

Responsibilities
- Support the development and execution of enterprise-wide Cloud security program
- Define and manage security controls for a multi-cloud architecture
- Configure, maintain, deploy, and write rules in Cloud security tools (CSPM, CWPP, CNAPP)
- Design and implement 3rd party and cloud-native tooling to meet defined requirements
- Develop standard operating procedures and trainings for each technology
- Architect and continuously improve security technology stack, process and procedures, support model and cross-function interactions utilizing automation where possible
- Review and assess utilization of Cloud security tooling
- Promote and drive adoption of Cloud security tooling across the enterprise
- Partner across the Security Operations team to respond to cybersecurity incidents & develop and report Cloud security coverage metrics and remediation plans
- Define procedures to validate the effectiveness of the design, deployment, and management of security controls that aim to maintain confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Cloud networks and technology platforms

* Salary range is an estimate based on our InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index 💰

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Tags: Automation Cloud CNAPP CSPM DDoS Endpoint security Governance IDS Incident response Privacy Vulnerabilities Vulnerability management

Perks/benefits: Career development

Region: North America
Country: United States

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