Security Specialist, Detection & Response - Global Security Organization

s a Security Specialist, you will be a member of TikTok's enterprise Threat Detection and Response team. The Threat Detection and Response team is responsible for 24x7 monitoring of multiple security-related information sources to manage incidents related to cyber, privacy, and data protection for TikTok data, infrastructure, and products. The Threat Detection and Response team will regularly survey TikTok's networks for signs of a breach, malware, or unauthorized access. Additionally, the Threat Detection and Response team is responsible for developing and maintaining incident response plans, playbooks and procedures. Finally, the Threat Detection and Response team will be responsible for data collection and analysis of Incident Response data.

Responsibilities:

• Ability to serve as an incident commander during a cybersecurity incident and run bridges between cross-functional stakeholders, effectively managing and overseeing the entire incident response lifecycle from detection to resolution.
• Perform technical analysis and assessments of cybersecurity-related incidents, including malware analysis, packet-level analysis, and system-level forensic analysis.
• Lead cross-functional projects to improve our capabilities to effectively detect and respond to security incidents
• Develop incident response plans and procedures, including identification, remediation, containment, and eradication procedures
• Synthesize technical details of critical incidents to executive management and provide immediate containment and eradication recommendations
• Support the onboarding of new products, data, processes, or tools by identifying requirements by integrating them into operations (processes, playbooks, and training)
• Work with the Detection Engineering team to create custom rulesets to detect and hunt for advanced threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• This team is part of a 24x7x365 operation and may require shift and/or on-call work

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience in computer security incident handling
• Strong experience with various OS systems: Linux, MacOS and Windows
• Experience with SIEM/SOAR tools, ELK stack
• Excellent knowledge of industry-standard frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK)
• Familiar coding with one or more programming/scripting languages (e.g., Perl, Java, Python, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors' Degree or industry equivalent work experience in Cybersecurity with a focus on security analytics and incident response
• Certifications such as GCIA, GCIH, GREM, OSCP
• Work well under pressure and within constraints to solve problems and meet objectives
• Experience with identifying and responding to advanced threats and threat actor TTPs