Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
At TikTok, our people are humble, intelligent, compassionate, and creative. We create to inspire - for you, for us, and for more than 1 billion users on our platform. We lead with curiosity and aim for the highest, never shying away from taking calculated risks and embracing ambiguity as it comes. Here, the opportunities are limitless for those who dare to pursue bold ideas that exist just beyond the boundary of possibility. Join us and make impact happen with a career at TikTok.
About USDS
At TikTok, we're committed to a process of continuous innovation and improvement in our user experience and safety controls. We're proud to be able to serve a global community of more than a billion people who use TikTok to creatively express themselves and be entertained, and we're dedicated to giving them a platform that builds opportunity and fosters connection. We also take our responsibility to safeguard our community seriously, both in how we address potentially harmful content and how we protect against unauthorized access to user data.
U.S. Data Security (“USDS”) is a standalone department 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 user data in the U.S., 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 Trust & Safety, Security & Privacy, Engineering, User & Product Ops, Corporate Functions and more.
The TDR team in TikTok USDS is primarily responsible for threat detection, intelligence, incident response, and forensics. The TDR team in comprised of technical security practitioners, developers, and DFIR experts who work to protect trust in TikTok and our US users' data.
As a Threat Intel Analyst, the candidate must be able to effectively monitor social media and dark web intelligence sources to perform alert review, triage, and escalations. The candidate should be able to enhance processes by obtaining a high level of proficiency with collection platforms, tuning alerts, and automating tasks. The candidate must also be able to create and develop threat intelligence reports which outline findings and risk to business stakeholders.
Responsibilities:

• Own deep and darkweb threat intelligence monitoring, tier 1 alert triage, and escalation
• Maintain and tune data flows within a Threat Intelligence Monitoring Platform
• Develop automation to enhance intelligence collection and processing
• Identify and further develop current sources and reporting processes
• Provide timely escalations and reports with recommended mitigation strategies for business partners

Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Cybersecurity, information security, privacy, risk, compliance, project management or like discipline from an accredited college or university or measurable knowledge/experience from proven industry, military, defense, or government operations.
Core Qualifications:

• 2 years of experience with threat intelligence or threat monitoring
• Experience with Python for data collection
• Experience in a security or intelligence role within a global enterprise or intelligence vendor
• Ability to leverage well-honed research expertise for all source monitoring, to include social media and dark web sources.
• Experience developing and executing work processes in a fast-paced technical environment
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) along with teamwork collaboration per global and multi-functional teams and intelligence source groups
• Experience creating and disseminating reports to multi-level audiences in a technical environment
• Knowledge of cyber intelligence data sources and platforms
• Demonstrates time management and prioritization skills
• Highly motivated to contribute and grow within a complex area of emerging importance in an enterprise environment

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 during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or an accommodation, please reach out to us at USRC@tiktok.com