Penetration Tester (Network/Cloud/Application) - USDS - Mountain View

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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.

About the Team
The USDS Offensive Security and Privacy serves as the Independent Testing and Validation pillar for USDS. The team performs cyber threat simulations within the TikTok USDS environment to proactively identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and defense gaps. They do so by analyzing the organization's attack surface, which includes - but is not limited to - products, applications, controls, appliances, and infrastructure. Their objective is to emulate adversaries to equip the organization against emerging threats by improving their identification, detection, protection, response, and remediation capabilities.

As an Application Security Penetration Tester, you will validate security controls around web resources and mobile applications and their backend web services for TikTok. Work with a team of security testing professionals to enhance existing services offerings and security testing capabilities and conduct hands on technical testing focused on identification of OWASP type vulnerabilities in both web application and mobile applications.

To succeed in this role the candidate will possess breadth and depth of knowledge in security of operating systems, networking and protocols, firewalls, databases and middleware applications, forensics, scripting and programing. All Application Security Penetration Testers are expected to continuously improve their tradecraft through research, to add breadth and depth to their knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Develop/modify custom tooling to solve new needs
• Build relationships with engineering teams to strengthen TikTok's to security state
• Conduct full exploitation operations in Windows and *nix environments
• Develop comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences
• Communicate findings and strategy to client stakeholders, including technical staff, executive leadership, and legal counsel
• Perform innovative research and promote an environment of innovation and knowledge sharing
• Perform web application testing, mobile application testing, network penetration testing, and source code reviews
• Utilize attacker tools, tactics, and procedures to perform analysis and identify vulnerabilities
• Implement static and dynamic security testing as part of an automated application security testing process
• Other Cybersecurity operational and project initiatives responsibilities to be assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors' Degree or industry equivalent work experience in IT, Computer Engineering or a similar field
• 3+ years of experience performing application penetration tests
• Well-rounded background in application, network, and system security
• Experience with using, administering, and troubleshooting different flavors of Linux
• Experience working in Windows environments
• Experience with reading, writing, and editing code written in various programming languages, such as Perl, Python, Ruby, Bash, C/C++, C#, and Java
• Experience with Burp Suite Pro, including identification and usage of relevant plugins
• Experience with security assessment tools, including Nessus, Accunetix, Metasploit, or Cobalt Strike
• Experience with conducting reverse engineering on mobile applications, including applications with anti-emulator and obfuscation protections
• Open to travel as the need arises to perform testing on-site e.g. Data centers, office locations etc. (Estimated Frequency: once per month)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Industry certifications such as OSCP, OSCE, OSWE, GPEN, GCIH, GWAPT, or GXPN
• Contributions to the security community such as research, public CVEs, bug-bounty recognitions, open-source projects, blogs, publications, etc
• Experience with server administration, TCP/IP networking, vulnerability identification and exploitation, vulnerability exploit code development, offensive security operation coordination and communication, vulnerability tracking and remediation, mobile testing
• Experience with methodologies on both static and dynamic analysis for different application types and platforms
• Experience working with Web Application Firewalls
• Securing, testing, having a good understanding of API vulnerabilities and how to address them

D&I Statement
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.

Accommodation Statement
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/ktJP6

Data Security Statement
This role requires the ability to work with and support systems designed to protect sensitive data and information. As such, this role will be subject to strict national security-related screening.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $116000 - $235000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.