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TikTok · 3 months ago

Senior Security Analytics Engineer, Global E-Commerce Security Platform

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$187K/yr - $438K/yr

2+ years exp

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video, committed to inspiring creativity and bringing joy. They are seeking a Senior Security Analytics Engineer to enhance the security of their Global E-commerce platform by investigating security incidents, analyzing data, and developing solutions to detect threats.

Content CreatorsContent DiscoveryMedia and EntertainmentSocial MediaVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Responsible for relevant security incident investigation, data analysis, risk labeling, model building, and developing data-driven security solutions to detect security threats and breaches, with the ability to implement and execute the solutions

Monitor and analyze emerging cyber threats and risks related to user accounts takeover, network traffic crawling, data leakage prevention, suspicious user behavior, etc

Responsible for emergency response to security incidents, and identify the root causes of issues and provide security solutions to mitigate the impact of cyber attacks within specific SLAs

Collaborate deeply with various business teams, product teams, and more technical and functional teams to design and deliver technical solutions addressing complex business security challenges

Perform real-time data analysis and trending of security log data from various systems, apply advanced data analytics, statistical learning, and data mining techniques to strengthen security capabilities

Qualification

Data analyticsSQLPythonSecurity incident investigationRisk mitigationCross-team communicationBusiness judgmentProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Information Security, Data Science, Business Analytics, or a related discipline

2+ years of experience in data analytics, with proficiency in SQL, Python, and relevant analytical tools/languages, be able to detect cyber threats and risks by data-driven approaches

Excellent capabilities to investigate, identify, analyze hidden issues from real business risks and security incidents, and provide technical solutions addressing business risk challenges

Strong business judgment and ability to work independently in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, strong cross-team communication skills to achieve results

Preferred

Experienced in security risk mitigation, such as account security, data security, traffic security, or content safety strategy development

Experienced in E-commerce and retail related business fields

Strong communication skills to bridge business and technical teams, with the ability to drive projects efficiently from risk detection through solution implementation; Proven resilience and stability

Benefits

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

10 paid holidays per year

10 paid sick days per year

17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)

Company

TikTok

Glassdoor3.4

TikTok is a short-form video entertainment app and social network platform. It is a sub-organization of ByteDance.

Founded in 2003

Los Angeles, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.tiktok.com

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