Deceptive Behaviors Investigation Analyst - USDS

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We are seeking an experienced Investigation Analyst to join the Trust and Safety Team within USDS. You will be supporting the Deceptive Behaviors and Network Investigations (DBNI) sub-team within our Risk and Response team. This team investigates leads of Influence Operations (IO) and other Deceptive Behaviors (DB) meant to mislead TikTok users and systems about the identity, origin, operating location, popularity, or overall purpose of the activity. The team also assesses and investigates other high harm networks that violate our Community Guidelines or policies in a coordinated manner.

Authenticity is the foundation of our community at TikTok, and we strive to foster an environment where genuine interactions and content thrive. As such, the DBNI team leads USDS efforts to identify, assess, and disrupt networks that seek to deceive our users and systems or promulgate other coordinated harms. The team is looking for detail-oriented, motivated candidates with a passion for online safety and excellent critical thinking skills. Successful candidates will have the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, small but growing environment, and work proactively with various teams across the globe.

Responsibilities

• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data to generate analytic judgments and products for internal trust & safety, legal, and executive customers.
• Use all available internal and external data sources to produce actionable intelligence on high-harm threat actors, their networks, and threat organizations in the topic area of Deceptive Behaviors and other high harms.
• Identify risk patterns and link abusive behavior through analysis.
• Work cross-functionally with internal teams on investigations, escalations, and incident response.
• Identify process and policy gaps and develop actionable recommendations to resolve them.
• Handle sensitive information in a manner complying with our Terms of Service, applicable laws and regulations, and internal operating procedures while protecting user privacy.
• Collaborate with a team of global experts that respond to known threat actors and proactively build and tailor queries to discover and identify potential threats.
• Monitor ongoing current affairs and abusive trends to iterate proactive measures to keep users safe.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
-Bachelor's degree or higher in Criminal Justice, Political Science, Economics, Business, Journalism, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Cybersecurity, other relevant field, or equivalent experience.
-3+ years of investigations experience in trust & safety, law enforcement, intelligence, security, or risk fields.
-Analytic and investigative experience assessing large datasets to extract high fidelity signals.
-Basic proficiency in SQL or other relational database languages.
-Experience working in crisis management and response, while protecting highly confidential information.
-A proven record of identifying signals of nefarious behavior or feature abuse and using creativity to mitigate complex threats.
-Investigations experience focused on network analysis.

Preferred Qualifications
-An understanding of online deceptive and manipulative behavior and knowledge of the signals of specific threat actors, their cross-platform tactics, and how they evolve or change over time
-Identify anomalous behavior and determine ways for further exploring new research leads
-Experience working with international partners in different time zones while also being able to communicate complex concepts to broader stakeholders without shared expertise
-Your ability to work in a high tempo environment, adapt, respond to day-to-day challenges of the role.
-Your resilience and commitment to self-care to manage the emotional demands of the role.